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c 8 ‘ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. An Exception to Dall Saturdays in the Stock Market, PRICES STRONG AND HIGHER. An Active Movement Along the Line Indicated for Next Week. THE BANK STATEMENT. A Decrease of Specie and Legal Reserve. MONEY OFFERING FREELY. Railroad and Government Bonds Strong. GOLD STEADY. WALL STREET, SATURDAY, August 2—6 P. M, Except in the stock market there has been no material change from the condition reported yes- ‘erday. Prices were generally steady, with busi- ness dull and feeling the effect both of heat and the absence of many leading men from the street, On ’Change to-day cotton was quiet, with “‘spot”” ruling steady and future 1-l6c. a %c. per Ib, easicr. Flour remained dail and unchanged, wheat was only in moderate demand, but steady, while corn was in good demand and firm, THE MONEY MAKKET. ° Money was easy at 3 to 4 per cent, offerings being abundant at 3)¢ per cent, Discounts are un- changed at 54 a73¢ per cent, according to the character and date of maturity of the paper. Sev- eral of the country banks have made application to their neighbors of the city for discounts, and the symptom developed thus early is regarded as indi- tative of coming stringency. Foreign exchange was dull and nominal at 10944 a 109% for sight and 208% a 109 for prime bankers? sterling sixty-day bills on London, THR FOREIGN MARKET, The London market is reported as steady, with American securities strong and money easy. The following are the latest quotations:—Consols for money, 92% a 92%; do, for account, 924% a five-twenty bonds of 1865 (old), 944 a 94%; Ho., 1867, 94%; ten-forty bonds, 91% @ 91% ; new fives, 905, a 90%; Erie Railway shares, 403j a 47; Hlinois Central Railway shares, §44 85; new French loan, 6% a 6% per cent premium. in Amsterdam the following prices are reported:—Union Pacitic, first mortgages, 683; do., stock, 245; Northwest, preferred, 71: St. Paul, preferred, 613¢; Mlinois Central stock THE BANK STATEMENT, The bank statement is even les? encouraging than last week, showing a reduction in the total seserve of $895,600 as the result of the withdrawal of specie, Which may have gone to supply tue in- creased demand for gold for customs. ‘The amount held by the banks above the 25 per cent reserve required by law is $13,843,475, or $816,975 less than Jast week. There has been an inerease in loans of $597,100, a decrease in deposits of 400, and in circulation of $37,100, ‘The crease in legal tenders was $61,500. During the corresponding week last year the loans amounted to $295,425,200. The decrease in the total liabilities of the banks is $314,500. The following is a comparison of the statement of the present week with that of its predeceseor :— August 2 pifferences. Loans $289,930,200 Inc. $597,100 Specie 100 Circulation. os Deposits. . Ce Legal tenders... 49,95 238,500 Inc. 81,500 The following shows the relation between the otal reserve and the total liabilittes:— July 2%. August 2, _Duferences. .$31,2 300 $30,272,200 Dec. $977,100 . 49 40,038,500 Ine, 81,00 Bpecie...... $80,310,700 De 27,188,000 Dec. 38,840,900 Dec. Tot.Mabilities. . $26 25 p. c. res’ve.. 66,5! Excess over 25 p.c.res’ve.... 14,620,450 13,803,475 Dec, GOLD STEADY—115}¢ A 115%. The gold market to-day presented no notable Seatures, the transactions being light and charac- terized by considerable dulness, The variations in price amounted only to 44 per cent, The changes gre shown in the annexed table:— JOA. M.. x 12:35 M TITa63¢ 8200 PSM The carrying rates were 1%, 1, to fat. The operations of the Gold Exchange Bank to- day were as follows :— ¢ 66,507,225 ad 816,975 3 per cent shipments tor the week + Silver bars. ...... American gold. Foreign gold American silver. Total ‘The pments to-day $29 50,000 was in gold coin, THE UNITED 84 ‘PS TRBASURY. The weekly statement of the operations of the Treasury Department at Washington Js as follows: The amount of fractional currency received from the printer for the week ending to-day was $549,500, and the shipments $1,022,000, The shipments of | Hotes were $658,000, The Treasurer holds as secu- Tity for National bank circulation $390,85 for deposits of public money $15,680, tional Bank currency outstanding to this date amounts to $545,140.910, The Internal Revenue receipts were $39) 281; for the fiscal year, ¢¢ Ourstanding notes of National goid $1,989,200. The Treasury operations for the week at the New York office included the disbursement @f $1,183,297, gold, for interest, 000 in redemption Of five-twenty bonds, and the receipt of $2,978,877 for customs. The Treasury also sold $1,000,000, gotd. The custom receipts to-day were $410,000. The Assistant Treasurer paid out to-day $287,000 on ac count of interest, and $27,000 in redemption of five. twenty bonds. ‘The total Treasury disbursements on warrants | for the month of July amount to $16, EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. The foreign commerce of the port for the week ‘was as follows :—General me ndise Imports, in cluding dry goods, $5,412,088; produce exports, $5,764,323, and specie exports, $710,441. The total 100, merchandise imports since the first of January | Were $245,554,060, against $260,515,170 last year, and $219,763,791 in 1871, The total exports of pro- duce since January 1 were $161,595,896, against $124,282, 704 last year, and $11,807,571 in 1871. The total exports of specie since January 1 were $96,773,140, against $54,860,008 Jast year, and $50,987,245 in 1871. RAILROAD BONDS. This market was firm, but not especially active. New York Central sixes of 1887 sold at 924, Erie third at luz, Union Pacific first at 823% a §2),, do, tens at ei a 61%, MWinois Central bonds at 103, Lake Shore dividend bonds 954s, Lake Shore onsolidation at 994, Cleveland and Pittsburg Jourth at 8534, New Jersey Central first, ex interest, At 10434, Ohio and Mississipp! consolidated at 91%, Milwaukee and St. Pani first at 91, ditto sevens, Old, AL 88%, C., C. and I, C, first at 89, Chicago and Norihweeern copslidawe, Gs IMLEIpEL, BF Wr amounted to | 2 NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET., > ‘The foNowing were the bias as amended at the Del, Lack & W Ist m...100 Det, back & W dam. 108 Del, Lack & W7's, con.-100 Tol'k Wab Ist m ex... % Tol & Wab tem, StL d 9% Tol & Wab equip bd... &2 IN & So lows Ist m...-. BS «98 Harlem con mks 6s 18 Alb @ Susq 2d pas. Alb & Susg 34 bd: 7 5 Mich Cen con 7's, i902.. 99 Chie, Bi 09 Mich so 9836 Gey a1 Ms v 9 = Unio & Miss 20 C.RaA 9736 Dub & Sioux Ci C, P & Anew bd... Dub&siouxv'y pos @ ane new ods... 97 st Louisd ia astm..., 965% ‘Ke Shore div bd: . 9) St Louis & 1M 2d m. +8 Lake shore con c vds.. 99: Mil & StP ist me's, P D. 105 4, i 10, ast "s, gol Cen Pacific old bas: oy Mal a St ietmn ba CD o mion Fac ist m bas. ‘D BL Umon Pac i¢7' 73 i Union Pac ancome 10 Bien 7a 75. ell ae Alar A istme. it “ Bur,C, R & Min Ist 7'sg SOUTHERN SECURITIES were dulland inactive, The only dealing at the Board was a single sale of Georgia new sevens at 90, The quotations for the remainder of the list are as heretofore quoted. GOVERNMENT BONDS, ‘The demand for this class of securities serves to maintain the price strong: but there is a scarcity in the market, and hence the transactions are at present comparatively insignificant, The quota- tions are as follows :—United States currency sixes, 1l4}s a 114%; do, sixes, 1881, registered, 1183; a 11844; do. do., do., coupon, 1193g @ 120; do, five- twenties, registered, May and November, 116% @ 117; do, do., 1862, coupon, do., 1174 &@ 11743 do. do., 1864, do., o., 117% 117%; do. do., 1865, do., do., 119 a 119%; do. do., 1867, registered, Jan- uary and July, 116% 21163; do. do., 1865, coupon, do., 11734 @ 117%; do. do., 1867, do., do., 11834 a 119; do. do., 1868, do., do., 11834 a 118%; do. ten-forties, registered, 112% 112%; do. do., coupon, 11545 a 115% ; do. fives of 1881, coupon, 114% a 114%. THE STOCK MARKET, Contrary to general expectation—because for several weeks past Saturdays have generally been dull days—the market opened with and retained considerable firmness until the close, a higher Tange of prices being established in most of the leading shares, and @ larger activity displayed. The advance ranged from ‘4 to 14 percent. The total transactions amounted to 54,886 shares, of which 11,110 shares of Pacific Mail, 17,200 of Western Union, and 5,713 shares of Lake Shore clianged hands. Western Union rose irom 92% to 93%, re- ceding to 92% at the close. Pacific Mail having disposed of its indebtedness to the city for taxes by securing a loan of $126,000, advanced from 36% to 38, and closed at 37%. Lake Shore showed strength and steadiness at 47% 295951, New York Cen- tral sold at 1053¢ a 1053¢ @ 105% a 10534; New Jersey Central at 1033¢ a 10334. Northwestern was tirm at 68% a 68% a 69, with a slight reaction at the close; Delaware and Lackawanna at 10134 a 1017, a 102, with an active buying movement. Wabash fiuc- tuated about Js per cent, opening at 7246 and sell- | ling up to 723g. St. Paul advanced trom 62% to | 533g, closing at 4 off. Union Pacific showed signs of activity, but gained only 3¢ percent. rie was steady at 59% a 694%, Rock Island at 110% a 110%, Ohio and Mississippi at 40 a 4014, Fort Wayne at 4 a 94, Cleveland and Pittsburg, guaranteed, at 894. * HIGHEST AND LOWEST, The following table shows the highest and lowest prices of the day :— Highest. Lowest. New York Central and Hudson River stock consolidated, 10516 Erie. Beae Lake ‘Shore 9534 | Wabash Tag | Northwestern ; \ rthwestern preferred Milwaukee and $ Muwaukee and St. | ferred. | Onto and Mississippi G,, C. and LC, Western Union, Pacific Mail... SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOOK EXCHANGE, Saturday, August 2—10:15 A. M. $500 US 520, ¢, °65, n.. 11734 $10000 US 5-20, r, '67... 10 40000 US 6-20, ¢,'65n.b ues . mane y 10 A, M.—Before Call. 290 shs West Un 1 100 shs NY C& H RR... 105% | 1300 ao. 30 a0 10535 | 200 5 200 05: 300 100 Un Pac RK. 200 do. 400 shs West Un ‘Te! 200 me 2000 Brook 6's, Pi 5000 NY C 6's, 87. 2000 Erie jdm... 2000 Un Pac Ist m WO) oO tstiesseess 00 Un P 10's ine 70e0 do ue 1000 TN] Cen bonds... 1000 Lake Shore div b 3000 L Shore con « Suu Clev & P 4th 2000 N JC Ist, 1.x 1000 Ohio & M con. 1000 M a St P Ist. 400) M SEP TS. gold Sig 9 do Wy 5000p Pac RR...b 400 a0 Wy 200 iw 20 Wwe & 0) 68 20 do... Hid lO CART RR... be 20 Del. & West RR.. 200 ry ao. NWRE ao. 55 Ger 10 Bk ors & Brk: 10D & HCanal. v0 a b 6 Chie, Bur & Q.. 100 H & StJo RR WRR, WOM & SEP pA.) 6 Ta 10) Ohio & Miss" !/ ibe 40 i 10 (“extol ve 405 0 12:15 P.M. 1500 U $1500 US 978. ¢, '81.be 1144 oe 1000 US 10-4, ¢..b 6 18a P. M.—Hetore Cail, 100 shs Pac M 2 4 0 do . iu00 Un Pac RE C&NWRE 100 Rock T RR... Jou Mul & St P Ree b WW do. 100 M & StP RR pi 100 Tol & Wab 1w0,Ohio & M Rit 10) Pt Wayne... wo dao P.M. 100 shs NJ Cen RR.be 103: 200 tC eS | ey second Soard—1 500 she WestU Tel, .b¢ 50 Bbsceawivecs eT} ae | v0 do 1s) de ta S8Co..bebs do do. | TONY cal k bes i } 100 do... 80 Oluo & Miss RE pf . wo. vee LOIS 2to3P. M 400 shs Del, L & WR.bS 102 Mu do lua ya. 10V0hio & MRE 300 ao 100 LA st 100 Adan & Pac pf... eater do CLOSING PRICES—3 O'CLOOK P, M. Western Union. 2% a 2% NJCen.. .. Pacific Mall.... 37% a 88 Rock Isiand. BX Central ie & Walp WH Pan, Boson, A 2, 1873. In Semantic wool the transactions have been large, the sales during the past week having amounted to 2,050,000 Ibs. The new fleece wool finds ready purchasers among ie tad ng tee atte uh oe re Ww’ some 5! - cessions have been mate on flecer. wook but stocks are generally held at previous rates. It is ‘ved that the Principal buyers of domestic fleece arc | connection mille which lagt year were using ‘Anstralia, wool almost exclusively. California wool remains quiet and steady 1 price, Ste. being an extreme figure for the choicest clips, Sales have been made of Olio and Penn- syivania fleeces, medium extra and double extra, at 7c. @ Sic.: Michigan, 450, © 49c.; Indiana, Wisconsin and othe: combing and delaine, He. ‘8c. a 36c.; tb do., 50c. Spring California, 2c; a ‘superfine and extra pulled, S2e.; scoured, a Ths. 5 She. ; Fall California, 96. Be. 'a 350. EUROPEAN MARKETS, Lonpon Monxy Marxrt.—Lonpon, August 2—1:30 P.M.— Ene Railway shares, 47. 2:30 P. M.—Consols tor money, He ue States five-twenty bonds, 1867's, 4%; new Livexroo. Corton Marxet.—LiveRroo., P. M.—Ot the sales to-day 8,000 bales w: Sales of cotton not below good ordinary, and November, at § 13-164.; shipped trom Charleston, not below low middli deliverable feed at 8%d. Sales of eotton shipped from, Charleston, deliverable September, at 8 13-16d., do., . ing upland Pay dling Orie: Bales 12000 Dales, including 800) for speculation export. LiverrooL Breansrurrs Manxer.—Liverroon, August 2-P. M—The market for breadstiiis ts quict. IVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKET. —LivKnRPooL, August 2— heese, 638. per wt. for the best grades of Ameri- FINANCIAL, ‘\ —LAPSLEY& BAZLEY, 74 BROADWAY, dail, Morea aioe mp viegat cols and i 0 Priv ct cks an Gold. Explanatory circular ‘matied al y address. Maa (ASBNTS 6 YOON Os, lew street. enews: _ buy and weil douthers Securities Naa AT .REASONABLE RATESMONLY ON LIFE AND Endowment Insurance Potiloes, Mortgages and other Beeurities. Instrance of all kinds efteeted with best companies J RIVH & CO., 17 Bro FIRST CLASS (HORT) BOND AND MORTGAGE of twenty thousand dollars for sale. Apply to 8. H. THAYER, Ksq., 150 Naseat New Yor! BARKRUPTCY PROCERDINGS A SPECIALTY — JD The subscriber, through the correspondents of the Gazram, Collection ‘Agency. prosecutes claims in Bank- ruptey in any district of the United states. Equitable division of fees arranged in gases recetved from attor- neys in this district. AUDLEY W. GAZZAM, Solicitor in Bankruptcy. 29 Broadway NASH.—PROMPT LOANS, ON STOCKS, LLFE POLL / cies, Furniture, Pianos, Diamonds, General Merchan- dise and other securities. Second M tpagss and Com- MBS CAGNEY, mercial Paper cashed. Jal i Auctioneer, 631 Hudson street. E, CULVER & CO., Bankers and dealers in Stocks and Bonds Post office box 4,323. The Midland Railway is an ent the Stock: a No. 25 Nassau street, rprise of national im- Bonds soon to be placed hanges will be as freely York Central, Erie au ia Ventral Kailroad Companies. Five hun- ind eightv-eight miles of tts railroad are now com- pleted and in operation. Continuous trains are running from New York to Oswego, and on the Western Exten- sion, towards Buffalo, the Company is running trains 86 mil’s; the remainder of the distance, 120 miles, to Buf falo, is in course of rapid construction, and if will bo completed within one year. The New York and Oswego Midland Railway will be one of the anost profitable trunk lines running out of New $50,000,000. We confidently believe that fifty millions of dollars will be made by the stock and bond holders in this road within a iew years by the rise in the value of the prop- erty. The selling value of the Stock and Bondsof the New York Central and Hudson River Rail- road is ove! ere Bl The selling value of the Stoe f the Midland Railway Companies, ipcluding suft- cient to complete single track f Buffalo and double track east of Middietown, is, be Length of New York Central and’ ind River Railroad from New York Central depot to Buffalo PzAbe heeds expe seve 455 miles Length of the Midland Railway, Jersey City to Buftalo, via Montelair..... 385 miles Saving over the Central route Saving over the Erie route ‘The difference of distance in favor of the Midland route must always enable it to compete with the other lines advantageously as to freight, and ought to give it a larger share of the passengers than any other Ine, The early completion of the Western, Kxtchsion, from Scipio Centre to Buffalo. ts insured by the subscriptigns of cap: talists to a Sy te formed to, purchase $0,000,000 of bonds from the company. The Syndicate has guaran- teed to advance further means, {f wanted, to complete this road. We offer for a shert time New York and Oswego Midland Railway Company's First Mortgage en Per Cent Gold Bonds, Western Extension, at 873; \d accrued mterest in currene ? yt Jersey Clty and Alban: Bonds at { We aro sole agents for sell ad Company's Seven Per Cent Gold t terest in currency. This road is now in operation and i fiom Jersey City to Tappantown, a distance of twenty- four miles, Nine miles further ‘are graded, ou which iron is being 1aid. straw within @ year. completed road. ‘The road will be completed to Haver- These bonds are only issued on A specialty will be made of the Stock and Bonds of the following vompanies:—New York and Oswego Midland Railway Company, New Jersey Midland Railway Com- pany, Montclair Railway Company and Jersey City and Albany Railroad Company. We have now on hand a limited supply of these bonds. All Bonds and Stocks Known in this market will be bought and sold, for cash, on orders for Investors or dealers. We solicit, permanent correspondents aud ‘agents for the sale of these bonds, DE R & CO., Bankers, 25 Naasau street, New York. & MACY, BANKERS, 30 WALL STREET YORK, OFFER TH SAME FACILITIES TO DEPOSITORS AS INCORPOATED BANKS, AND ALLOW INTEREST ON “DAILY BALANCES AT THE RATE OF FOUR PER ‘ENT. 1 pea & FOOTE, ¢ Bankers, ect, New York, ‘ounter the price “bid atthe ell at the price at which it is in suins to suit, } ASKINS & BRAINE, STOCK BE sta KERS, 11 BROAD | stree esa specialty. Any one cans and with very little risk. i OANS ON LIFE INSURANCE POLICT AND 4 other securities, in Jarge and small amounts, at 33 Liberty street, up stairs. N ONEY TO LOAN—ON BOND AND MORTGAGE upon Brooklyn and New York improved property. WARREN 8. Witney: : No. 5 Beekinan street, rooms 21 and 22. ONEY TO LOAN—ON BOND AND MORTGAGE, IN N of $5,0% to $100,00, no bonus; Second Mort- Kages cashed at low rate ANFENGER & FHRENREICH, 38 Pine street. W 009 FOR TWO YE. 5, 10 “PER CENT; ity. Address HH. A vox 167 Herald office. l@ TO LOAN ON W YORK CIty ™ | $10.00( Proved poverty, or, good vacant Yates oney at once; principals only apply to A. ©. B00. tit brokdway. SPRY WA. COVED 3] 4 000 IN SUMS OF FROM $4,000 TO $6,000 TO ba loan on first class improved property m Mortgages, first or second. cast : HEREMAN & SON, 2 Pine street. 5 $45.000 i ity or Brookly: 36,000 AND $5,000 TO +3 or 5 years; existing LOAN@ON BOND AND MORT- thou bonus, for a term of years; On this city CONRFY, 162 Broadway, room 9. $295.000 v PURCHASE MONEY Dov. ed, Ol ea city property. Principals 1 my educa, ule Tan bere ABROOKE, Herala of vroper ‘iress, with full part ) WANTED— IMMEDIATELY, ON BROOK Vo Property first inortgages In sums of M for sule, Call on or ad- tO LOAN—IN ONE, rst class improved city $50.000 property only. Also mone 4 : D. b, ORM ‘EMT Broadway. TO LOAN ON BOND MORT-. LOD.OUO, Fires cis. coves Sob geen mentee, Apply tod. ROSENFIELD, 34 West Twenty-seventh st. e TO LOAN—ON CITY PROPERTY IN $100,000) Sin iho 0 $10,02, no honun: $128,090 GAYNOM, 0 Nassau street. roetn It, (Pee © THOMAS E. 5. ONE ie op ys BOND AND MORT- wage, nd aad ehold Morty . KICHARD Ve HARNERT ee HT Broadway, room F, basement, r TO LOAN—IN SUMS TO SU 150.000 riRass'y gues to st Motigeges ney for Second and leasehold Mortages q PAUL P. TODD, & Aberty street, —_—$~+-@-—__, VIOLATION OF GAME LAWS, A Governor and General Kansans, Sr. Lovrs, Mo., August 2, 1873, Governor Woodson, of this State, and General James Craig, with several other gentlemen of St. Joseph, Mo., went across the line into Kansas yer- terday to shoot prairie chickens, and were arrested and fined for Nolation of the Kansas Game law. affair caused a good deal og, lung any the Governor's friends, a Pa Arrested in THE LATEST BROOKLYN FAILURE. John A. Betts’ Complications. The report of the failure of Mr, John A. Betts, the real estate operator, of Brooklyn, as published in the HERALD yesterday, caused no little surprise in financial ana social circles, imasmuch as Mr. Betts ‘Was considered one of the wealthiest citizens. It appears, however, that he became involved in some unfortunate transactions with the late E. 8. Mills, the defaulting President of the Brooklyn Trust Company, whose notes he endorsed for @ large amount, These gentlemen were also jointly engaged, in certain real estate speculations, In the bankruptcy petition it is set forth that Mr. Betts? liabilities amount to $700,000 and his assets to ‘The petition is a voluntary one. The Will show the extent 0 which the bankrupt endorsed Mr. Mills’ paper and thereby accelerated his Own financial rus :— Note of H, 8. Rapelye. endorsed . Betts fe the aecominedanigy off ca © fe se 101 R. C. Eveleth, siti Notes of sume, endorsed by Betts for E.'S. Mills Note of same, endorsed by Betts for B. 8. Mills... Note of same, endorsed by Betts tor B. 8. Mills... Note of, same, endorsed by Betts tor E. 8. Mills Note of K. ©. 'Eveleth, endorsed by Betts for B. of J. A. J, Lor cr ed b: qe wary and uy Be ¢. ~ameepncanaatond ite lye, endorsed by Betts for EK. 5. ied The fellowing transactions between Mr. Betis and the Brooklyn Company are also recorded ;— February 1, 1873, loan by the Brooklyn ‘trust Com- any Of $7,000; read by & house and lot on [pha street, valued at $12,000, ‘ebruary 1, 1873, loan by the same institution of $7,000, for which Mr. Betta gave as security a house and lot on Wyckoff street, Valued at $12,000. February 1, 1878, another loan by the company of $7,000, with a_ security of $12,000 on a hoase and Jot on Wyckoff street. February 1, 1873, loan of $7,000 by the Brooklyn Trust Company, secured by houge and lot on Wyckoff street, valued at $12,000. larch 29, 1872, loan of $12,000 trom the company, for which a house and lot on Clinton street, value at $25,000, were given as security. A loan of $1,200 was made also by the Lge ony'# to Mr. Betts, for which he gave as collateral two first mortgage bonds of the Central branch of the Union ¢ Railroad, valued at $1,200. The following foans also appear :—From the Treas- urer of Kings county, a loan of $10,000, secured by bond and mortgage on house and lot in Degraw street, 202 feet west of Fighth avenue, valued at »,000,, From the Treasurer of Kings county, another loan of $10,000, secured by bond and mortgage on house and lot in Degraw street, 235 feet west of Eighth avenue; estimated value, $25,000. ‘he remainder of Mr. Betts’ liabilities consist of bonds and mortgages and bills for materials and labor connected with the building operations car- ried on by himself and Mr. Mills. THE HOBOKEN SAVINGS BANK. POD E Influx of Bepositors with Books for Ex- amination—Continued Belief in the Sol- vency of the Institution—Experts at Work. It would be difficult to describe the na- ture and extent of the feeling produced on the other side of the river by the an- nouncement of the suspension of the Hoboken Savings Bank. In no part of the country are there so many of the poorer class of peopic—widows, servants,jlaborers and struggling mechanics—inter- ested in a savings bank as in Hoboken. There 1s much consolation, however, in the fact that there are no prospects of serious losses to be sus- tained by those suffering creatures. In con- formity With the request of the directors hundreds of depositors came to the bank yes- terday to hand in their pass books tor examina- tion. More than one half of the entire number of books have already been given in. The only re- source of the other depositors at present is to SURRENDER THETR BOOKS (procuring an acknowledgment thereof), in order that the public may speedily be relieved of their anxiety. hen the mournful procession of yester- day—a train of ragged and afflicted working girls, aged widows and trembling paupers, wending their Way tothe gloomy portals of the institution—is considered, it is not difficult to imagine how the hearts of the directors were moved, and a tacit understanding was arrived at by which the direc- tors are to make even personal sacrifices, if neces- sary, in order to preserve the integrity ofthe bank. From a statement made by Mr. Warren, who, with numerous experts, 18 pow overhauling the ac- counts, itis probable that the bank will be found perfectly solvent. One-fourth of the pass books have been compared with the bank records, and no discrepancy has appeared beyond those already discovered. Mr. Warren is very sanguine in his See ssitais) and they must go far to relieve the meni ANGUISH OF THE POORER DEPOSITORS. One of the directors also made a statement, that if the pubhc have not confidence in the present management then the Board will be changed. This declaration will be hailed with gratification, as there are only a few men in the present Board who inspire universal contidence. in the meantime the experts are untiring in their labors. A great many sensational canards have been set afloat in rela- tion to the suspension, whose sole effect will be to create unnecessary excitement, LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. ‘THE RESULT OF THE GENEVA arbitration has given impulse to the promoters of a code of public inter- national law. The London Peace Society has im- proved the opportunity by circulating a tract, giv- ing an anthology of the utterances of statesmen and crowned heads in behalf of arbitration, instead of war, as a mode of settling international differ- ences, THE London Catholic Times complains that “the wave of continental Liberalism’’—secularism alias Godlessness—has already reached our shores, and threatens to carry all before it. It adds:— In educational matters our just claims for reli- gions equality are spurned. In soctal life, the cursed inidelity of the time unceasingly attacks us. Our poor are threatened with peril, both moral and physical, by being driven under the hoops of that bigoted Bumbledom which sees in every pay another Guy Faux, and in every Irishman a rebel. THE Spectator pronounces Mrs. Edwards’ new novelette “A vagabond Heroine,” to be “humor- ous, Vivid, vapid, lavish, and yet brief.” It is are- freshment in every sense, a8 @ novelette ought to be, AN ENTERPRISING Edinburgh tradesman thus poetically advertised his wares:— Scots wha hac wi’ Wallace bled, Scots whom Brnce has often led, Ifyou want a gracetul head, Gang to Box the hatter!” SPEAKING OF THE LATE BANQUET of the Cobden Club, the Londou 7imes remarks :— “Many minds have been puzzled to understand the appropriateness of harrowing the memory of the simplest of men by the consumption of one of the most sumptuous of dinners.’’ SENOR CASTELAR, in his new book on Italy, in- veighs against the unrestrained luxury of Rome. He tells of the strangely dressed courtiers and pages clad im gold; of cardinals attired in purple and ermine; of bishops with Oriental mi- tres; of Swiss who resemble hariequins; of noble body guards, who throw biack velvet manties on their shoulders and wear silver sworas by their sides; Of servants clad in ali the hues of the rain- bow; of lackeys whose finery challenges the painted parrots of the tropics, and of soidiers with uniforms like that of General Bourn in the “Grande Duchesse de Geroldstein.” ‘Tue Gardener's Magazine, in an article denuncia- tory of the English gamekeeper, says that he is the curse of the country; and goes on to administer this rather tree rap over the knuckles to Albert Edward, the heir apparent of England :— Some one has described the Prince of Wales as & “royal poulterer,” and so long as be has pheas- ants driven in to corners that, by the aid of several servants to load and hand guns to him, he may shoot them at the rate of 120 an hour, and take care to have the deed recorded in the newspapers— so long as the Prince of Wales does this, he must endure to be designated as “ the royal poulterer,”’ and be really ought to take out a license as a dealer in game. In His New Novet, “Our Forefathers,” Gustave Freytag has given a brilliant picture of the man- ners and customs of the Thuringians. His object is to relate the fates of an individual race in a series of pure fictions. M. CHEVALIER, & French naval officer, has written & book in defence of the Navy of France, entitled “La Marine Frangaise et Ia Marine Alemande Pendant Ia Guerre de 1870-71." He proves that the current reproach of the war vessels of France, with their admitved superiority, having effected nothing during the war, is unfounded. Germany withdrew al! her vessels, early in the war, into the shelter of the Baltic ports, leaving nothing that the French navy could do, save to make a diver- sion in favor of the army on the German const. ‘This could only have been done with the snpport of & body of troops, and those were nover forthcom- dog Wo Dt aid, THE STREET PAVEMENTS. Cmebsisshidereaebese Van Nort on Green’s “Responsible Cone tractor”—A Veritable “Know NSoth- ing”—Extracts from the Officia] Record of the Life and Public Virtues of Jar- dine. Commissioner Van Nort, of the Department of Public Works, has written the following communt- cation to the Mayor in relation to proposals sub- (| mitted to His Honer by Mr. Robert Jardine for repairing the street pavements of the city Derarrment or Punic Works, Commissionnn’s Orricz, Room 19 Crry Hatt, New York, August 2, Hon, Witten F. Havewnran, Mayor of the city of New Sin—The communications of Mr. Robert Jardine ad- dressed to Your Honor, dated respectively July 12 and 28, the former as to repairing the pavements of the city aiid the latter as to repaving the city, ineluding the sub- stitution of “Belgian blocks for wooden pavements,” and which were transmitied by Your Honor to this De- partinenton Jaly 29 last, received iny immediate atten- in. Upon receipt of Mr. Jardine’s pi uested him to meet me in reference thereto. He accord- roposals I at once re- a ingly culled here, and haying gone tully into the matter with him, T regret to say that Clound he had undertaken to deal with awubject about which he knew compara- tively little, His information as to the work required to be performed was of the most meagre character. His “careful and thorough examination” consisted of walks through a portion of some of the streets and avenues. ‘The work required to put the pavements of the c! ty into 4 proper or onen pea ble state of repair, Mr. Jardine is not in LP rag lo execute, and al:hough allowed by me time to furnish security for’ the execution of the work, he ne nies to again meet me or comimanicate with me on the subject. ‘At this am not surprised, considering the facts which have come to my knowledge, A¥ you are aware. the Charter provides, section 99:—“No bid shall be accepted trom, or contract awarded to any person who is in arrears to the Corporation upon debt or contract, or who is adefaulter as surety or otherwise upon any obligation to the Corporasion.” the records of thw Deparment show the following facts :— Firat—At a meeting of the Croton Aqueduct Board, held 3a jowing preamble aud resolution were LO} -_ ereas Robert Jardine, contractor for the paving ot West street, from Chambers to Watts street, has wilfull: neglected to comply with a notice from this Board, served upon him on the 29th day of Mav last, by not taking up and relaying in a proper manner such'parts of said Davemnent as were laid by, him under his special oagpermens, Gated December 81, 1867; therefore solved, That this Boad will, under and in pursuance said agreement, Im- and emplo of the authority granted to them b mediately purchase such mate Taborers and otner pergons as inay be necessary for and jn the ‘prosecution of the work so neglectéd by said jardine, Second—Mr. Jardine was declared to be a defaulter upon another contract, as shown by the following com- munication :— Onorex Aquxpuet Derantwrnt, } Nxw York, Jame 24, 1468, To Rosrrt Janine, Contractor :— Sin—Please to take notice that the Croton Aqueduct Board are of the opinion, and do hereby certify, that the work under your coniract for the pay t the Sec- ond avenue, trom Sixty-first to Kighty-sixth street, has been unnecessarily delayed; that you have wilfully vio- lated the provisions of said contract, and that you are executing the same in bad faith, and that said Board for said reasons have this day decJared said contract to be annulled. You are tur notified and hi y die rected to immediately discontinue all work under said contract. Yours, 5 &c. THOMAS STEPHENS, Croton ROBERT L, Daneadu, ts ueduct GEORGE 8. GREENE, ard. Third—Beécause of Mr. Jardine’s default, as above, the Comptroller refused to approve his sureties for the execu- tion of another contract, when he was the lowest bidder, as shown by the following :— ComprnouEn’s Orrice, July 13, 1870. To rue Commissioner OF PoaLic Works :— I herewith return bia of Robert Jardine tor paving Foxty-second street with stone blocks, from Tenth avenue to the Hudson River, without my approval of the sureties thereto, for the reason that Mr. Jardine is in detauit on previous contracts with the Corporation. Yours, RICHAKD B, CONNOLLY, Com: Talso find thaton October 19, 1871, the Department of Parks agreed with Mr. Jardine ana issued an order to him for filling Manhatian square, that cm May 31, 1872, this order was cancelled in consequence ot Jardine ailing todo the work. There are judgments docketed against Mr. Jardine amounting to several thousand dol- jars, which he has for years fuiled to pay. These tacts will, | have no doubt, satisfy Your Honor that, even if the law permitted, Mr. Jardiue is nota proper person with whom to contract forthe repairing of the city pavements. I regret this, for, upon reading the notice in the 7imes of July 29, as to the proposal re- ceived by Your Honor from a “responsible contractor,” 1 was in hope that relief as to this matter, althongh un- expected, Was at last received. In this, however, I am disappotl |. The matter, therefore, must be otherwise dealt with, and the responsibility for the tailure to deal ‘with it must rest with those who are alone to blame for e delay. Pie following statement may be accepted by Your ag @ iair approximate estimate of the expense of repairing the pavements: Length of wooden pavements, 22.85. mile ‘wooden pavements, 391,688 square y: repairs immediately required 19,151 yards, which, it exe- cuted with ordinary, not prepared wood, will cost about three dollars per square yard oe Length of concrete pavements, 0.60 mile: ‘concrete pavements, 28792 yards; repairs _re- quired, one-half total area, or 11,896 yards, at $1.. 11,896 Length of concrete over cobble stone, 3.62 miles ; ap- proximate area, 76,00 square yards; repairs re- Quired, one-fifth of total area, or 15,u proximate area, 8,200,000 square yards: repairs required, one-tenth of total area, or 320,000 square yards, at5) cents... ‘ $i Length’ of cobble sione pavement 86.60 miles, ap- proximate area 1,860,000 square yards, repairs total area, oF 930,000 square required, half of yards, at 25c. ti rear, and accord- my revised esti- contemplated to have executed this ingly the approprigions 1 asked for mate for the work were :— For repairs to wooden and cencrete pavements $60,000 For repairs to stone pavements... 100,000 Total....... $160, 000 Asexpiained not of July 2 lust, the mptroller, withoat in any way com- municating with me on. the subject, and in total iguor. ance, ashe then was and still is, as to the wants oi the city In reterence to the repairs’ of its pavements, took upon himseit 1m tbe most arbitrary manner To reduce my estimates for repairs tor wooden and concrete pavements to....... And for repairs to stone pavements reduced fo1 to subt estil joard of Apportionment for its approval. I have already in the communication last referred to informed Your Honor that for the sum so appropriated the wooden and concrete pavements cannot be repaired so as to remove the well-grounded complaints that they are in a condition dangerous to life and property. There is no use, thereiore, in the Comptroller resorting to any jurther subterfuge in this matter. Jt was his dut, wo have submitted to the Board the estimates of thi Departinent; and if any information was required by the Board in reference thereto it was not his place but the province of this Department to have turnished the same. And now that his “responsible contractor” a ned out a failure, I trust that Your Honor will be able so to arrange that the appropriation for the repairs ‘on the wooden and concrete pavements will be increased to a sum sufficient to enable this Department to have the week, urgently required completed without any far- ther delay. ‘As to some of the other appropriations made for this Department and the works of the ely recently com- mented upon by the Comptroller, I ‘shall ask Your Honor’s attention in a future communication. Yours very respectiully, GEO. M. VAN NORT, Commissioner of Public Works, CUSTOM HOUSE AFFAIRS, Collector Arthur, after enjoying @ pleasant vaca- tion of three weeks, which he spent in salmon fish- ing on the coast of Labrador, returned to the city on the Ist instant greatly invigorated, and assumed his official labors, which, in the interim, had been administered by his special deputy, Mr. John R, Lydecker, The season of commerce has ar- rived, and busy times may be expected at the Cus- tom House. The following is @ report of entries and with- drawals from bonded warehouses for the month of July :— ENTRIKS. Warehouse. Rewarehou: é ‘Iransportation without Steen Warehouse and transportation. .... Warehouse for export to foreign countries . Rewarehouse for export to foreign countries......1. az Warehouse for export to Canada. .. A Rewarehouse for export to Canad Foreign export, Class No. 2. Canada export, Class No. 2. Export to Mexico... 1,640 57 WITHDRAWALS. For consumption........ For transportation in Un Export to foreign countries... 7 Rewarehoused to foreign countri # Rewarchoused to Canada... TAQUIDATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS, Entries on hand hin! A, 1873, . Entries received in July, 1873. Diquidated............0. Awaiting damages Awaiting reports... Awaiting Weighers’ returns, The amount of money paid out in July at the Auditor's Department tor excess of unascertained duties was $ 55. COMPTROLLER’S RECEIPTS. Comptroller Green reports the following amounts paid yesterday into the city treasury, from— 1 mortgage and interest, ground, ferry, e and interes 1, A and £008... 066.6 ” $12,143 BUREAU OF ARREARS. Arrears of taxes, awessments, Water rent and in- terest... pb sveaborys BURKAU OF COLI Assessments for street opening 4,579 and interest wisi suacmen. ahs » water rents and penalties....... cereeeeeeee SU nd fines... ..++ ore r FIFTH DISTRICT COURT. Court costs. ..6..+ Total PUGILISTIO ENCOUNTER IN TRENTON, N, J. ‘Two young men, named Bissell and Kennedy, em- ployed as clerks in the Chancery office, in the State House, at Trenton, N.J., had @ war of words yester- day which terminated in a violent fisticut encoun- ter, The result was greatly ci ist Kennedy, traces of a severe pum- mein whore iew younds. ‘The clerical force em- the pastime hugely, and the pan Col pF Shy of the e was Considerably the exottement wasin progress, The tetenved'’ fr rant for pugilistic honors threayens +0 eve le WAAL AT Rill | defy detection. | been conducted with closed doo $$$ rrr rr | FLOATING OFFAL. The Condition of the Lower Bay—What Pilo§ Commissioner Blunt Saw Yesterday—His Opinion of Mayor Havemeyer and the Dock Commission—An Unpub- lished Letter to the Mayor— The Offal Nuisance To Be Stopped—Action of the Board of Health. ‘Yhe condition of the Lower Bay of New York become positively alarming to the residents om Staten Island, consequent on the stenct arising from the floating ofa! and dead animals which have accumulated on the shores of that islani With a view to remedy this Dr. Vanderpoel calle attention to the subject at the meeting of the Board of Health on Friday last. He urged that the contract of the New York Rendering Company should be annulled. He said that the compan; were setting the whole community at defiance, an the Board had the remedy in its hands by annulling, the contract and it should be promptly applieds The stench of the floating offal and 4 animals was terrible. It was bringing ® pestilence to the shores of Statem Island, and this was equivalent to bringing @ pestilence to this city. The people of Statem Island were justly indignant at the awful condition: of the bay and their shores, which were strewmy with offal and dead animals. While in his steamer* he had to make a long detour to avoid the horrible. stench. This mode of getting rid of the offal was @ greater nuisance than allowing it to be ren at the dock. ‘The following letter from Commissioner Blun§ was read at the meeting of the Board:— Orricr ov Tux BoaRD on Comeasionans on) Proms} POLICE CommisstoNERs -— K GENTLEMEN—At cight P.M. yesterday a scow, like old canal boat, loaded with de mals, towed by steamer, name unknown, discharged _all her cargo ne form our Board, s0 that wevad prosecute these violator or the law. Respecttully, ft GEORGE W. BLUNT, Secretary. The Board have since made arrangements which any one oifending in this manner will be im® mediately arrested. INTERVIEW WITH BLUNT. A reporter of the HERALD called yesterday upomt Commissioner Blunt, at the Pilot Commissioners? Office, and had the following conversation witht him:— 4 ReEPORTER—Mr. Commissioner, I see you have written a letter to the Police Commissioners tm reference to the throwing into the bay a number of dead animals, CoMMISSIONER—Yes, sir, I have; and yesterday E was out in one of our steamers and I counted five, dead horses in the Narrows. In fact, I think of writing an addition to the satling directions, showing that in the month of Jaly and August the appearance of dead horses will make a very good buoy. WHO 18 THE OFFENDER ? REPORTER—I suppose you are not quite certal which is the offender, Swit or Clarke, the N York or the Brooklyn contractor? Either one those may have dumped those dead horses theres COMMISSIONER—There is not much chance 0} making any disastrous mistake. They are 4) leagued together in this thing. One is sendy to in~ form of the other, as [have had abundant evidences There is nothing to choose between them. It isy of course, Just a3 easy for one as the otner to dum) these animals in the Narrows. pee CREN you think that you will be able to: stop it 3 COMMISSIONER—I have no doubt of it. I think measures are already taken which will effectually stop this thing. The fact is, sir, this FILLING UP OF THE HARBOR witb alls kind of retuse has become so common ai thing that even those who are appointed by tl city to care for its interests seem not to realiz the consequences of the neglect of duty. I hav the copy of a letter here which I nave sent t Mayor Havemeyer, that has not yet been publishe Tthink the time has come when it may be puba lished, and I hand it to you for publication, ‘The following is the letter referred to:— Orrice oF THE BOARD or Commsstonyns ov Prto Ror 10 Bonuina Suir, New Youn, July 80, 1873,” Mayor W. F. Havemever:— 7 Sin—I have been informed that the Dock Comm who are now dredging some slips of the city, deposi their dredgings in the North River, above Spnyten Duyv: Creek, which of course is greatly to the damage of river and harbor, as well as a violation of the rights the people of Westchester county, who do not wish to be the recipients of the city filth.’ This conduct ts inde~ fensible, on the part of the Dock Commissioner, as the Pilot Commissioners assigned them a dumpin ground four miles nearer to the East River slips than the, lace they use und where no damage can accrue to the Our harbor law does not apply to the ction; if it did the Commission shoul have the benefit, write this as a citizen. It is in you ower to stop this action and Thope you will do so. ‘This letter and your answer (if answered) will be publ Respecttuliy, GW. Commissroner—Thi letter 1s a very strong itt stance of the utter indifference of the Chief Magis« trate of this city to the interests of the harbor, But what can you expect from a man who would nominate Charlick and Matsell ? THE DOCK COMMISSIONERS GET IT. REPORTER—Bvt don’t you think the Dock Coms mission, when they see what & mistake they hav@ made, will remedy all this as far as they can’ COMMISSIONER—A more fmbectle Commission than the. Dock Commission it is scarcely possible to conceive ol. REPORTER—Then you have not much hope from® that quarter? COMMISSIONER—No; our matin hope is in publid sentiment forcing these Commissioners, and especially the Mayor, to do their duty. Commissioner Blunt then turned his attention to the pilots, and directed the reporter to a contem~« plation of the avoirdupois of two very stout pilocs who were “cooling off” in a shower of perspiratiom: in an adjoining room. The reporter remarked that they had evidently not suffered trom the eMuvia o! stench from the dead offal in the Narrows. THE DESTITUTE SI0K CHILDREN'S FUND: ‘The following additional contributions to the fund for the relief of the sick children, whose. parents are too poor to procure them the neces« sary medical aid and proper food, have been re« ceived at t.¢ HERALD olfce From a lady in Harlem. W. HL THE KESSELL THROAT CUTTING CASE. His Death in the Hospital. John Kessell, the German, who, on Friday night; while suffering trom an attack of delirium tre- mens at his house 50 Forsyth street, cut his throat with a large carving knife, subsequently died im Bellevae Hospital from the effects of the wound. Deceased had been drinking to great excess for @ long time, occasioned, perhens, by extensive losses which he had sustained in his business, which was that of a saloon keeper. No causes other than those stated are known for the commission of the crime. Coroner Kessler held an inquest. OOUNTERFEIT GOLD IN CIRCULATION, A counterfeit half eagie (coinage of 1872) has ree cently made its appearance in this city and Bostong which so closely imitates the genuine as almost to In weight and color it corresponds with the legal coin and is made up of eight hun« | Grea and forty-eight thousandths gold, alloyed with copper, and minimum of silver, its intrinsic value being $4 70-100, The outlines of the letters and the eagle on the counterfeit are not as sharp, square and angular as those on the genuine. Coloneh Whitley, Chief of the United States Secret Service, offers a reward of $5,000 for information leading to the capture of the dies from which the com is made ana to the arrest and conviction of the parties: guilty of making and putting it on the market. THE ALLEGED TOWBOAT MONOPOLY, Captain Seaman, Captain of the Port, has stilt under investigation the charges against some of: the harbor masters for alleged favoritism inregard@ to towboats. The charge against Mr. Williams, of. the Fifth district, has been fully considered and found not sustained. Yesterday the case of Eu-« gene Frost, of the Fourth district, was under con- sideration and some testimony taken, but this case is not yet concluded. So far the investigation has and no access. allowed to the testimony, Captain Seaman intends, when the investigation is complete, to place the testimony he has taken at the-disposal of the press. Probably on Tuesday next the Captain’s decisiom. Will be formaily rendered on each complaint, WESTERN ENTERPRISE, Rejoicing at the Completion of an. Aqueduct in Novada. i SAN FRANCISCO, August 1, 1873, ‘There is great rejoicing in Virginia City and Gold Hill, Nevada, to-night, over the successful comple- tion of the water works and the introduction of an abundant wore of water to both cities. Tho aquedact ts eighteen miles long, work on it having been commenced three years age. The cost ef the auaterniiae Soa gVar ® douans