The New York Herald Newspaper, January 20, 1875, Page 8

B QUR DETECINE. SISTEM History of Its Growth and Influence. THE PAST AND PRESENT. How Crime Flourishes in This City. DETECTIVES USING DECOYS. Interesting Revelations Re- garding Our Secret Police. VERSUS FICTION. FACTS That a radical reform ts needed in our police de- Yective system is a fact too well established to need extended remark. [thas become a settled eonviction in the public mind that the present plan of hunting down criminals by special detec- tives is not what it was orig:naily intended to be, and it ia now quite evident that even the Board of Commissioners are satisfied that the present force of detectives must be overhauled and remodelled, That there are honest and faitn{ul 9Mcers among the detectives there can be no question, but they are associated with others who—1! all that 1s said about them be true—are no better than the ‘thieves they are supposed to watch and capture. The fact is that mapy evils have grown In the eourse of time into our present system of detec- tive work, and although these evils have been of | slow growth, the abuses have deen so multiplied that tie entire fabric has become rotten and offensive to the public eye, 80 much so thata genera! outcry bas gone ont against them and the Bourd seem at last to have awakened to a realizing sense of their own duty in the premises. In order to hasten the reform so greatly needed ‘we propose to lay before our readers a few facts that will, no doubt, enlighten them, and explain the causes that have led to the present state of | affairs. OBIGIN OF THE SQUAD. In 1857, when the Metropolitan Police act weat ‘nw operation, the Commissioners found that the oid municipal police bad in its organization what ‘was styled a ‘special service squad.’’ The mem- bers Of this little body of Officers were all picked men, and to become one of the squad was deemed a decided promotion. Patrolmen who in any way distinguished themselves by bravery in making arrests of desperate criminals or who displayed peculiar valent tn detecting the authors of crime were transferred to the squad on the first va- eancy, and a8 many Of the promotions to bigher grades of rank and pay were made {rom the squad at grew in importance. The result was that tue heads of the department brought to the surfece whatever real police talent there bappened to be ip tne rank This was one of the few good features that existed in Mayor Wood's police, and it is Dest known, but the system o! permitting every member of! the Common Council :o have a votce in appointments of course weakened" the morale of the force, aud the vew cepartment became @ necessity. Nearly every prominent member of the present pojice force, whose date of service extends vack to tose early days of ununiformed policemen, was a mem- Der of the equad. The present Superintendent, Walling, was ‘or some time one of its leading men, and the experience gained by tim tn the @auad at that time laid the foundation for the Drijiant reputation be has since made ‘or himsel/. John Jourdan, who also rose to the rank of Super. imtendent, and who wae in bis life one of the best @etectives in the country, wus also a member. Joseph Dowiing, the well known ex-police magis- Srate, likewise graduated ‘rom the squad. Cap Sain Jeremiai Petiy, and many other old officers who rose to bigh rank, trom this celebrated body. Some o! the older de- ectives in the headquarters squad at the present time were once enrolled therein, and there can be Ho question that had the system been carried out ever since we snouid not bear so much scandal about the conduct of our detectives as is now 80 commonly bruited abroad, THE DETECTIVE BURBAU. In their endeavors to introduce new features and obitrerate all those of the extinct department, the Metropolitan ‘Police Commissioners decided to orgauize 4 detective squad, which was to be uncer the eye and personal contro! of the Superintend- or stil retain it, came | NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1875 obtain a hint, tf not positive information, recard- \was instructed to make proper arrangements for ing 18 hiding place, Thus the game was run to earth, and the lesser criminal, of course, released to prey upon the community, Sometimes tne victim would insist upon havin Gespoller prosecuted and puuished, Tue Jeature of evil tencency grew into the practi ‘The officers, only too anxious that their promise | of release and non-puiishment should be fulfilled, would call in the aid of tue District Attorney, Who | WIL the mistaken idea that ne was really aiding | were inefectve. | in the detection and suppression of crime, giten | consented to hold pack the wheels of usiice. thief Deimg arraigned invariably plead ed guilty to The | keeping ofder at the jiace Of assembly, but he failed to do 80, and great commotion, disorder ana his , INconvenience were the resuit of this carelessness. new | Instead of having 100 policemen at the Cooper In- “es | stitute in govd ume belore the gatnering of tue Captain Sievert sent half a dozen | late hour, when their services | The Commissioners of Police | and the Supermtendent are held responsible vy the Mayor aud they are trying to throw the blame on the shoulders of Captain sievert, in we -peopie there at a ' @ lesser degree oi the offence he stooa charged , Mayor's opinion the Superintendent should have | With, und either a nomina! sentence would be im- | posed oy the Judge or suspended altogether. | Thus the detecuves were placed in confidential | relations with the very men who the pubuc suD- | posed they were constantly hunting and seizing, Sent an inspector with an aaequate force to the maoung lw proper time to preserve order aud peace. On the contrary, tne police authorities are of Opinion that if Captain Sievert nad carried out his instructions all would have deen well, Captain | anc out of this familiarity grew another evil, | Sievert was thied not loug ago for a similar dere- | which will be explained tn 1ts proper place. THE TEMPTATION OF REWARDS. richer and larger than ever. Burgiars found that by sales to Customers. The consequence was that | the owners. When tne case came into the hands | of the headquarters detectives they found the d | spoiled merciants iar more anxious that their goods should be recovered than tnat the eriminais = were to | and_ punisued. Then began the 01 offering rewards for the recovery of property insvead of the conviction of the tmeves, Thus tne true detective seuse was deadened and their energies directed entirely to getting back the plunder, Ten percent of the cost of the stolen | €00ds Wags very olten the vait held out by the | Owners, and they frequently suggested that if no | other way presented itself the arrested thief might | be let of on surrendering bis il gotten booty. | That the detectives in those days did this there | Can be no question, for sometimes there was no | Concealment of the procedure at ali, it being taken | 48 @ mere Matter ol course. More frequeatly the | detectives secured the coveted rewara In anotuer | | way ‘ully as reprenensibie, This can ve better ex- , | Plained by the narration of the iacts in @ single case thatcame to the knowledge of the writer in due course of time :— TWO SIDES OF A DETECTIVE STORY. | _ 4 Donded warehouse, near the Battery, was en- | tered ou @ Saturday night trom a neéighvoring | tenement house, and the gang of burglars spent | the entire twenty-four hours of the Sabbath in | coolly selecting and packing up the contents of | several baies of valuable -ilks, the property of a leading merchant in this city. The goods that were carried olf were valued at over $10,000, and arewurd 0! $1,000 was offered for their recovery. | One of the detectives, who 1s still on tne Jorce, | made {t bis business to work up the case; but, _ | @espite all tis cunning and experience, the burg: | | tars eluded bia search, @ud the ropoery was at | eystem length almost forgotten in tne presence | of more recent operations. At last the | Durglara believed tbat they could salely | attempt to dispose of their plunder, and , | SO approached a well known sneak thel, asking | Dim to either buy the silk or ald them in selling | | 1 Unknown to the tiieving traternity this man , had for some time driven a profitable trade oy acting a a stool pigeon for certain detectives, and ; he at once set @ trap ior the gang. He first piaced bimself in communication with the detective ai- ready mentioned, and, acting under his instruc wions, proceeded to urive # pretended bargain | Wita the thieves, All of the details were satis | factorily arranged, and a place and nour o! meet. | ing agreed upon, This settied satisfactorily, te detective took up his line of conduct, suddenly | | @ppearing before the Superintendent the oficer | | @pmounced, in @ mysterious manner, that | | his efforts had proved successful, and tnat , | he believed that at iast be was on tue | | track of the warenouae burglars. The assistance asked for was unmediately granted by the inno- | cemt Superintendent and the devective soon found | himself hear the house where he Knew the burg: | | lara to be concealed. A coruon of police was act | arrested | When the war began the expansion of the cur- | | Detmonico’s, Fourteenth street and Fifth avenue, | first street. hiction Of duty, but nothing came of the matter, it was proved from tne station Looks and tae evi- dence of Inspector McDermott, who had veen sent rency and the increased activity in ail branches of | by the Board to examine into the move- business gave the criminai classes more abundant | mente of the Captain, that ne bad deen opportunities for lawiess plunder, the resuit being | absent from his post during seventy hours out of oue hundred, AD excuse was made merchants kept immense stocks of valuable and by the Captain that ne was hunting a pair of river | Portable goods in tue pounded wurehouses in order | thieves who hud stuien some rope olf a vessel to avoid payment of duties until they could realize | called the Montana, Two young men were ar- rested about the time and their conviction lor ) whole invoices of costly velvets and silks would | twenty years procured, but evidence of their in. | | be successiuliy carried of, much to the chagrin of | nocence coming to lignt alierward, they were ardonued through the instrumentality of Inspector heperino t and the District Attorney. Charges fre being prepared against several captains for allowing gambling houses and otner places of evil resort to remain unmolested in their precincts when orders iiad been given to break them up. The Board of Police has expressed its determin tion to deal severely with all captains who have been remiss in their duly. NEW YORK CITY. The Benevolent and Literary Danish Association will organize ana elect officers to-morrow evening | at the Germania Assembly Rooms, Several ladies belonging to the Woman’s Social Education Society propose to form & class in elocu- tion this afternoon, at Plimpton Building, Mra, L. M. Bronson to take charge. The journeymen piano makers are determined in resistance to the ten per cent reduction of their wages. . Most of ihe large manuiacturers of pianos are concerned in the attempt at reduction, The second social Meeting of the Association of | the Alumni o! Columbia College will be held at on rriday evening, January 22, at eight o'clock. The Working Women’s Suifrage League held their twenty-eightnh regular public meeting last evening, at room 24 Cooper Institute. Mrs, Clem- ence S. Lozier, M. D., delivered an address, which Was fojlowed by @ discussion, The Woman's Social Education Soctery held a Meeting yesterday afternoon at the residence of Prolessor Laura M. Bronson, No. 149 East Filty The President, Mrs, Slocum, pre- sided. Aiter approving the minutes of the lass meeting a leugthy discussion of the rignts of — woman ensued. The boisterous weather that has prevailed on the Atlantic during the present month has greatly retarded the passages of she ocean steamsnips, The vessels thai are due bere pow, but are yet | not arrivea, are the England, the Parthia and the | Oceanic. The trst named left Liverpool! on De- | cember 30 and the others on January 2 The Agents of the companies which own them have no | doubt that the vessels will arrive bere within a | lew days, perhaps silghtiy the worse jor eontact with the buffetting Wind and water, The Board of Health held its regular weekly | meeting yesterday afternoon, but no business of | importance was transacted. The following is a comparative statement of the cases of contagious | ud the detective and nis partner—tue New York | diseases, reported as this Bareau for the two weeks detectives invariably bunt in couples—made a dash into the apartment occupied by the tieves. ‘The descent was made only 4 Jew minutes bdelore | | the hour set down Jor tbe pretendea purchaser to | | appear, cousequenily the officers found the entire | gang in the room, together with the stolen silk. What waa the result’ No douot the reader im- | agines that after a vesperate struggle ali of the | Cerebro-spin: thieves were arrested and their pluader secured. Not atall What wauspired ia that room only the | tnieves and aetectives knew, No arrests were | made, atalievents, Alter an absence oj two or tureé hours the detectives returned to the Cen- tral Office with ap air of triumph, ang exhibited as their trophy nearly ali of te stolen silk, ex- plaining that & uleves had made good tueir es- cape just in time. The story told oy the detective Wiio pianued the acfair was an tagenious one. He | grated that finding that tue men he suspected | Were sul hiding in the city he came to the concin- | sion that they Would io ali probaoulty endeavor to send thetr piunder away by express. He accord. ingiy visited al. of the express oMices, and re- quesied the clerks and managers to notity him U any suspicious packages came to ‘heir care ior transmission. His story went on to the eect that at last one of the express companies had iniormed bun that they had been requested tu send to a certain house for four or five trunks, giving also a des- eripwion of the person bringing the order. The de- vective Claimed that this iniormation gave him worth e silverware, has been rearrested. the necessary cl¢w and led to tne recovery of tue goods. This narrative was duly pubished by the innocent r tagch credit for bis sagacity, he meanwulle get- Ung the reward and sharmyg it with nis informer and Gecoy. The vurgiars, though we! known to the othcer, were not there belong no igcentive; besides, there was every chance that the Would soon give Lim anotuer op- poriunity for enriching himself. | tuat oficer thinks that his secret is safe. Yet he riers and the officer was given | arrested jor tueir crime, | To this day | | ig trusved by his superiors and tae punite ana car- | | Ties his oadge of otlice. Such mstances are com- | mon in te Listory of our cetectives, BLACKMAILING THE THIZVES. The greed of money on the part of detectives led to Worse abuses; for, Dot coateit with securing large rewards jor tye fecovery O! stoleu property, some of the officers even @éscended td levying biackmmal!. Io doing this the detectives were Com- | Patatively save; tor, in tug eye uf te law, the | ent. The purpose was to make this detective | testimony of a thie! who has been convicted aud | body an efficient aid tn the detection’ imprisqned is not taken tn contradiction ore “ ; ic Teputabie citizen or sworn oflicer of the law. of crime. Consequently all important cases | fidwever, iris ca nestly belicved by those having were given to these men for elucidation. | intimate knowiedge of detective life that there | as the powers of the police were | have been men on the force who compelled pro- extended the detective squad was placed under ‘the command of a sergeant, and when the late war Broke out the pame of Jonn Young grew into Prominence as the chief. In those ante-bellum Gays tue detectives did good service and the repu- tation of the squad was a most excellent one. Each man became expert tn certain lines of de- fective duty, and the eMciency of the force was @ source Of pride to ther superintendent, the late John A. Kennedy, and bis assistant, Daniel Car- penter. One or two of these men devoted their attention to that annoying class of thieves known as “sneaks” and so familiar were they witu the features of these thieves and their peculiar modes of operation that a victim had only to describe the manner in which he had been robbed to enable the uevectives te decide almost on the spot who had committed the erime. In the game way other detectives devoted them. selves to durglars, otuers to forgers, Others to pickpockets, each class of criminals being watched aad nunted down by men whose Whole energies were exercised in that one direc- tion, One man was specially clever in investigat- img* mysterious cases of muruer, and he geveral notabie arrests, Nis officer ts heauqguarters detect the oy the rings that now In those days a detective Was just what we word implies. He was cailed in oy superior and set to work on some new case. if it was 4 roobery the man most ‘amiliar with that ciaas of crime was summoned, aii the jacts at hand clearly narrated, and he Was directed to “work it up.’’ Frequeauy the clew Was 4 very aint One, yet ‘rom smail o¢- ginnings wnese aevectives pedrly aiways suc- ceeded in hullding up 4 fabric of evidence that ied to tne arrest und the criminal. oY SECRECY, innerent fault in this system Of specia. d aod that was the absence of mectecy as tothe personnel of wwe squad. # Gerective, being merey a detailed patrolman, Made his own arresis, +o that, when ao officer fon down three or :our dargiars, torgers #r pi jokete, as the vase wigh own to nearly @ he Was engaged Jed Insensidly so she oriein of tie trouble that cow | exists regarding our devecuves. By the time the | men had ade Taseives valuable as | thief takers their ncy Was impaired by {ne familiarity gained vy proveasioual lawbreakers as so their names and features. Even thea o Jai students of Our jocu police ay Teady aware thas t permit thieves to kn ‘were their greatest enemies was to roo tives of much of their ower. [he result waa tnat When a crime Of a certain class oad deen co. ted the detectives who usually looked atver eu offeuces were rowly waseved Ly ali classes 0 timely Warning of their ap)rowct guilty persons. Then detection and jw dimicull, and the vaiue of she aeteo wasegreatiy lessened. THE STOOL PIGRONS Cnder these circ ances sensibly fell imto tue method ygevns.” For ipatance, a pickp t be caught in the aot of ap: wallet, and being taken dead flash Verpacuiar pute it, th: wo catoh tigher and more inp ekpoeket would be quieny wwe @oien property banded over to tne 00m as the detecuves bad seoured they Would ‘Induce nim to aid i the ow Who nding happenea game. @ burglar or lorger who wa " “wanted.” Tne decoy wae ¥ ten and allowed ‘ornn, out kept well iu abie tectives, until he wa make ary ors regaraing ¢ Ingher SAAR Bet Lhe Gecoy Was usually vo easy @OUld WItLOGS Suspicion ask jor ug (ye aad vem were al- | p detec. | Aessional e3 tO pay them tribute lor the tm- ended in» It suspect arre’ also of ting them for crimes wue tma: the men these practices are ugh there are some ugly who were no longer tn office, stores afioat about some who are atill on duty. 1t is quite certain that there Lave been detectives on the force Who were conspicuous for the absence | Of arrests, One man for over five years uever | Went on the record as securing a conviction, and he seldom even made an arrest on his own respou BIDILtY, UsMwlly acting as the second of some mure | enterprising officer. Yet he retired with a com- petency aud owning considerable reai estate. EXPENSIVE TASTES. | The most surprising tuing about detectives— that ts, the class Who Make tue greatest show—is toat they manage to get rich on small falanes, A detective ts supposed, officially, to receive only $1,200 per annum, or less than $25 per week. Yet many of tne detecuves are ave to spend more taan that amount tneir personal adornment and incidental expenses, Handsome watches repose in their vest pockets and costiy diamonds flash in their snirt fronts, while they habitually dine in the most eXpensive manner and are iuvariabiy weil supplied with money. Occasionally it leaks out | that some of this eXpeustve jeweiry is received irom notorious thieves tn return for some {ancied Javor extended by the officer, Trials vy the Com- missioners have veen had on sucu charges, and there the matter haa @nded, though it seems Strange that men who are sworn inv the public service tO pravect the community against thieves should Se permiited to accept gilts trom men Who citer have been or ougat to be in prison for their crimes. If @ merchant who pays his cerk @ salary Of $1,200 per annum should nouce that his empioyé constanily dresses in aM ¢luborate and expensive manner, or ostentatiousiy carries @ god Watch and aia- mona s¢uGs, or irequents fashionable rest@urants and vlillard rooms, he would at once Jump to the conciusion that the cierk was dishouest, This | woulc be a very natural surmise, aud our columns | sometimes record such instances with this uifer- | ence, that tue employe is watened by a detective | who is himselt addicted to the same suspicious practices. In tne one case the detected einp.oyé | 38 prosecuted and seat to prison, wile the pubitc | servant goes scot iree and unquestioned. Can | there be any wooder, therefore, that our detective system becomes rovten and @ disgrucer Cont. dence must be shaken under euch circumstances and the vulue of the special oficer greatiy | lessened. HOW POLICE THIEVES ARE MADE. re ik another evil tp this sat is not usually ed. e huorbie pacroiman Who Waiks bia tue more favorea detective atrolie ete ara. ip bruadciot aad fue ined, He Knows tuat the other reveives no more pay than himse!f, and also kuows that there e some source Of sUPDlY UOT Visible on the | Froils so deiray all these eXtra and lascipaung expenses. Jumping av co 8 0b far from she actual wrath, vot ap st Man in the grain, is sempted . It is wos long since two or tis Kind came to hgnt, and ously bhe police authorivies a and them to the prison their meri jut the evil still existe, and bue seeus Of ruin ! The Whole syst wrong and needs | a thorougo and +e. amination, Some- thing must be wrong tp the pren Nott © | the Commissioners can do Will siake that convi | Gon iD she pubic mind. | ; POLICE NEGLIGENCE. Capsain Sievert, of tne Seventeenth precinct police, i8 $0 be pul On triai before the Police Com- missionersto-day, He ts charged with negligence Of dary and disubedience of orders given bun by the Superimtenwent. Ox the day of the Louisiana 4 Meeting at the Ovover Saativuy Oapiain sievery orm and is subjected wa strict course | | the Prigon a | | among th ending January 1s, 1875 :— Disewes Jan.% Jan 16. Typlias iever. fi ae 'ypioid tever Scariet fever 6 BB Measles... 7 7 Dipnitheri at 155 Smanpox ° = 109 ww . meningitis 4 BROOKLYN. | Jonn McCarthy, aboller maker, who claims to be | a@resideut of Portland, Me., was sentenced to the | Penitentiary by Judge Delmar yesterday Jor steal- | ing a rol of carpet irom tue ‘*Memorial Home for Consumpnuve lncarabies,” Fourth avenue, Thomas Leddy, who 1s in the employ of Wocdrutt & Rovinson, at their storehouse, foot of Joralemon street, was struck on the head by a faliing bale of hemp yesterday aud fatally injured, Mr, Leady, who is thirty years of age, resided at No, 54 Pa- cific street. He was taken to the College Hospital. John Devine, Who had just served aterm of six | months’ imprisonment at the Kings County Peni- venuary, for roobing tue house of John T. Barry, No. 402 Classon avenue, in July last, when he ae $50 e 18 now to be tried upon @ similar chargé committed | elsewhere, Mr. Henry J, Brower, while on his way home through Putnam avenge on Monday night was set | upon by two men, who attempted to deprive him Of his pocketbook. His cries for assistance brought an officer to the scene, and sudsequentiy two men were arrested on suspicion, bat Mr. Brower lJalling to wentify them, they were released. Entrance was effected by a sneak thief through | the second story window last evening to the rest dence of Mr. Story, No. 86 Lefferts street. The rogue secured $130 worth of jewelry and money, @ aid 4 package Of Valuanbie papers relating to the estates 01 persons deceased, Lie executor of the estate iniormed the police that the thief will re- Ceive his thanks if be will but return the papers. LONG ISLAND. | The Queens County Temperance Convention | will be held at the Methodist Episcopal lecture room in Hempstead to-day at eleven A. M. A new assessment map of the town of Flushing is in course of preparation, under direction of the Board of Town Auditors. The Board wili meet to- morrow evening to award she contract tor the work, Which is to be Completed and ready tor use by the lst of May The Board of Trustees of the town of Flusning bas, by @ unanimous vote, instructed the Commit tee on Laws and Ordinances to prepare a vill, to be acted upon by the Legisiature, authorizing an additional issue of $50,000 of Waier donds—tie bil to be submitted to te of the people, One of its provisions wil! prevent the expenditure of y part of \he appropriat On uniess an immedi- ate return, equal to the inte est on the amount of the bonds issued, can ve insured. It is proposed to use the proceeds of these donds in the exten- sion of the water pipes, and {t way not ve neces- sary tO use the iull amount for a numver of years, WESTCHESTER. ake The next meeting of the Uounty Historical So- ciety will be held at Yonkers during the enguing montu. Iv has been dectded by the Board of Supervisors that the Sheriff shall receive $3 15 per week tcr each prisoner be boards in the County Jail The resi@ents of Pelham Manor, @ new and at- tractive settlement, overlooking Long Island Sound, have, it 1s understood, secured a site and Casi SU scriptions suilcient to erect thereon a commodious place of worship, w ve Galled the “Huguenot Worest churcn.’? It is not perhaps generally understood that the opject of the Board of Supervisors in avjourning to February 26 was vo devise such means as may, if necessary, procure additional legisiation to fa- , cilitate the adjustment of the ansetried fnanctal Matters between tuis county and that of New York consequent upon the act of annexation. At Mouns Vernon it is charged that the old public | school building on Fourth avenue, owing to ive dilapidated condition and lack of proper ventila- | tion, !# Killing off the teachers, besides sowing the seeds of pulmonary and oteer Kindred diseases pups. The proposition vo erect a new ructare ip sviil stuobornly opposed by tue Rap an Winkle element in that village, Preparations are now being made tn Sing Sing Prison looking to the opening Of an evening achoo! for the edification of snch convicts as may desire to avail themseives of ita advantages. To | he upper floor Of the large aospital oeing Stted with the requisite means | e the State pupils in their efforts $) ac wiedge. AS ‘he Dulldigg indicated ad- 8 v quire the matin prison, it i# proposed to con. | te two by @ door, from whieh a | abs wii be extended w one of | galleries, has auvowing easy access | ve ceils to the school. The only oppor'aal- ties waich the convicts have heretoiore tad for | learning bave been turoug the iromeutaliy vers, employed ior tua pose vy the nd WHO spend about two hours each éven- | irds throagh she grated The more uberal pian eXecuuon has, 12 1a fais, humane efforts ol e jab jatter's ce! pus inte now about t been brought about through bh sociation, STAT! The funda of the 8. R. Smicn Infirmary at Tow» Kinsville bave become very low, and an appeal has been made 40 she public lor their replemieb. } Ment, af the inathneD is Whoily supvortey pw },demeoe! the daceasan, corner , 68th year of bis ave. | 1876, FRANC: | more for interment. private contributions and the offerings of the con- gregarious of various churcnes, A ball will ve given sy the St, Mary's Roman Catholic Society , next month, in aid of this imsutution, which re-— cesitiv received $290 as the proceeds of @ iecture delivered by Mr. George Wiillam Ourtis, The | trustees Nave determined to admit po more pa- tients With incurable diseases. | | NEW JERSEY. The standing committee of the Elizabeth City Courfei! have announced that the report of Gen- | eral Viele, of New York, a8 an expert aud releree, | pronounces the sewer system inadequate, i} Ab itinerant German, knowp as Paul, died in ‘St, Mary's Hospital yesterday trom the effects of | terrible injuries whicn he sustained a month ago ai the Weehawken abattoir, where he was gored by a Texan steer. Alarge number of property owners in Jersey City have gone to Trenton to petition the Legisla- ture tor relief in the case of the asse-sments ille- gally collected, which amount in the aggregate to $4,000,000, The Committee on Municipal Corpora. tions promise to report @ bill on the subject next | week, The January term of the Hudson County Courts ‘was opened yesterday by JuGge Depne. He said | there was nothing demanding the special atten- | tion of the Grand Jury, The most sertous crime: on the caiendareare the homicide of Witham Lr ingstone and the manslauguter of William Bagley, by two policemen, A fire broke out yesterday on the upper floor of | the house on the northeastern corner of Second and Clinton streets, Hobokea, and the flames soon enveloped the entire dwelling, The house was occupied by @ large number of tenants and the | exc.tement among them became intense. The Fire Department turned out to full /orce and pre- vented the fire {rom extending to the surrounding | buudings. The structure, however, Was damage to the extent of $5,000. It was owned by J. Ben- 800 and was fully insured, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. s ENGAGED. MEYFR—STRAUSS.—MORRIB MEYER, Esq. of | pied York, to Miss IDs STRACSS, of Brooklyn. No cards. MARRIED. CLovER—SpPraR.—On January 11, at Trinity ebu ch, West Troy, by_the Rev. H. H. Oberly, CBARLES B. CLovER to Kars M., daughter of the late Jacob H. Spear, of Albany. METCALPR—LE.—At Garden City, L. 1, on Janu. | ary 18, by Rev. B, M. Agams, A, W. METCALFE, of Natchez, Miss., to Miss KATTE M, LEE, of New York. No cards, MORSE—VAN KEUREN.—At Rhinebeck, N. Y., January 18, 1875, by Rev. A. F, Oimsted, rector of the Church of the Messiah, Mr. HOWARD H. MORSB to Miss IsaBRLLA C. VAN KEUR! WILLIAMs— CAREY.—On Saturday, January 16, at | St. Ann’s church, by Rev. Father Poole, Davip | WILLIAMS to Maky T., daughter of Thomas Carey, M.D. Limeriex and Clare papers please copy. As DIED. AGENS.—Alter a short illness, at Newark, N. J., on Monday, January 18, 1875, ELIzaG., wile of Thomas Agens, aged 67 years, Funeral ‘rom her late residence, 151 Washington street, Newark, N. J. on Thursday, 21st inst. at | two o’clock, Reiatives and friends are respect- | fully invited to attend. ASPINWALL.—On Monday, January 18, at his | reales 40 this city, WILLIAM H, ASPINWALL, aged 67. Funeral services at the Church of the Ascen- sion, corner Fiith avenne and Tenth street, on Thursday, January 21, at half-past ten A, M. The family and pallbearers will meet at the house at ten o’clock. Baistey.—Suddenly, at Jamatca, Long Island, on Tuesday, January 19, Davip BAISLEY, in the &3d year of his age. The relatives ana frienas of the family are in- vited to atrend the funeral on Friday, inst, from his late residence, Jamaica South, at one o'clock P. M., without further invitation. Car- riages will be in attendance at the Long Island | reel Jamaica, to convey friends to the resi- | ence, BENNETT. —Sudden' Tuesday morning, 19th, | ANTHONY TRUAX BENNETT, in the 28th year of his age. 1 Funeral Thorsday morning, at ten o'clock, from | the Methodist .piscopal church, Eatontown, N. J. Boat from pier 8, at four P, M., Wednesday. New Jersey Sonthern Katlroad, |? BERRY.—At Flatbush, Long leland, January 19, WALTER J. BERRY, 1M the 27th year of his age, The reiatives and friends are respectiully invited to attend the funeral, at the residence of his brother, Richard J. Berry, Flatbush, Long Isiand, January 21, at two o’ciock P. M. BLACK.—On Monday afternoon, January 18, Mra. NY BLACK, widow of the jate William Black, fhe relatives and frieuds ure invited to atrend the tuneral, this morning, at ten o'clock, from st. Lawrence’s church, Kast Kighty-fourth street. * Bowen.—In Brooklyn, on Tuesday, 19th, of con- i) ' sumption, WILLIAM O., eldest son of Euzabetn 8. Bowen, aged 41 years and 11 days. Funeral takes place on Thursday. 21st, from the residence of Otto Weible, 240 Fiushing avenue, Brooklyn, at half-past two o'clock, BrigHaM.—in Brooklyn, on January 18f DENNIS BRIGHAM, aged 80 years. Funeral services at 69 First place, Brooklyn, on Thursday, at two P.M. Fricnds and zclatives are respectfaliy invited. Brown.—January 18, CATHERINE A. BROWN, aged 72 years, The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectiuily invited to attend the funeral, from the | jaence & yor sou, John E. Brown, No. 84 reenerstreet, on Weuduesday, January 20, 1875, at ne o'cloc! BROWER.—At @ quarter to etght o'clock, on San- day, October 17, at the residence of her son-in-law, W. Partington Mrs. Saka ANN BROWER, Wloow | of the iave Ezekici Brower, in the 57th year of ler age. Richmond (Va.) and Newark papers please copy. COLEMAN.—Ol Monday, the lsth inst, ELLEN COLEMAN, Wile of Cornelius Coleman, a native of tne parison of Churchtown, county Cork, Lreland, | aged 26 vears. Her relatives and friends, and also those of her father, Jeremiah Horan, are respeciiully mvited $o attend the \unerai, {rom her lute resideace, 338 First avenue, this (Wednesday) afternoon, at one o'clock precisely. CoLox.—On Tuesday, January 19, JawEs Coton, of the town o! Southfield, staten Isiand, in the Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, Southfield, S'aten Island, on Friday, 22d inst., at one o’ciock P. M. voor —On Tuesday, January 19, after a short | tiness, EpwWakp, youngest chaid of George W. and Saran Cooper, aged 3 months, ] The (uneral will take piace on Wednesday after- | noon, at haii-past one o'clock, trom his late resi- dence, 384 Bast ienth street, CRreemMER.—In New Haven, Conn., on Sanday, January 1%, Mrs, ELIZABETH CREEMER, aged 75 | years, Funeral wil! take place on Wednesday, January 20, at two o’ciock P, M., from the residence o! her sister, Mrs, I. A. Wyant, No. 330 Degraw street, Brooklyn. Relatives and friends are res,ectiully invited to attend, without rurtuer notice, CRosBY,.—At Irvington, on the Hudson, Januar 18, ARAMINTA, wile Of Stepnen Crosby, Gaughter of the late Stephen Tomp' rytown. The relatives and friends are respectfully tn- vited to attend the funeral, on Thursday, January 21, ‘rom her iate residence, at one o'clock P, M. OvrLey.—On Tuesday, January 19, Ferrx Cun 46th year of ais age, atives and irlends of the family and those of his brothers, Michael, James and Patrick, are Tespect wily invited to attend the funerai, from his late residence, No. 447 West Sixteenth street, on Thursday, January 21, at half-past aine o'ciock, thence to St. Bernard’s church, West Thirteenth | etreet. where a solemn requrein mass will be held for the repose 0; his soul, suence to Calvary Ceme- tery for interment. DBACON.—On 9 Saturday evening, January 16, DEAOON, In the 63d year of his age. Relatives and iriends of we fainily are respect fully fnvited 'o attend the funera., from his late residence, 186 Waveriey place, on Wednesday, 20%h inst, at one o'clock, Without further notice. | | Donerty.—On Tuesday, 19th inst. Dr. ALEX- ANDEK S. DOHERTY, late of St. John, N. B., second gon Of William Donerty, in the 2740 vear o! bis age. Funeral will take place from St. Stephen’s | church, Hast Twenty-elghth street, between Lex- ington and fhird avenues; op Thursday mornin At ten o'clock, His remains will be taken to Baith | His friends and those of his | famuy are respectiully invited to be present. St. Jonn (N, bi.) papers please copy. DUFFY.—ELIZABETH DUFFY, @ native of Lurgan. boy, county Leitrim, Ireland, aged 85, Her friends aud those of her tons, James, Pat- | rick and Joan, are respectfully invited to att j the funeral, ‘rom her late residence, 168 Noriolk | @troet, on Thursday, at two P. My al EGan.—On Monday, the 18th inst., ELIZABETH, Wile of Stephen bgan, aged 23 years and § Puneral will take place trom her late residence, 1) Pearl street, op Wednesday, January 20, at haif- past one o’ciock P. M. Uincinnati and Washington papers please copy. | PARKELL.—In Brooklyn, on Monvay, January 18, | MARY ANGELSITA, dangnter of Patrick and Eliza- beth Farrell, awed 7 years, 7 Months and 14 days. The relatives apd irienas of the fainily are re- épectinily invited to atwend the funeral, {rom 196 | alworth actrees, on Weanesday, at two P. M, Fawcrrt.—in Rye, Westchester county, Tnes- day morutng, January 19, 1375, bMILy J., daughter of John and inaveila A. Fawcett, Relauves and iriends of the family are respect | fully invited to attend she funcral, from the resi | dence of her parents, on Thursday morping, at | hal-past ven o’elock, Train jeaves Grand Central | depot at 930 ofciock A.M. Carriages wii be in } Waiting at Rye depou The remains will arrive in New York at 0 o'clock P. M. interment im Greenwood Cemetery. | Fox.—On Sunday. January li, OfakLes KEMBLB | Fox, in the #180 year of his age, Faneral services will be held pt the tate rest- | J@ROZWR aver } —TRIPLE SHEET. i | January 17, 1875, ANN Gissox, widow of Thoma: 4 eppcttally invited to attend the funeral. | January 21, nue and Elghty-third street, on Saturday, January 22, at one o'clock ¥. M. Tug remains will be taken journ Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass, for interment, ! 2 Boston papers pleage copy. FiniGaN.—suddenly, on Tuesday, January 19, J. MaTHEWS, only gon of the late Arthur Finigan, aud grand 80n Of Peter Pirnie, deceased, aged 27 years and 6 month The relatives ana friends of the family are in- vited to attend the tuneral, irom St. Stepnen's church, East Twenty-eignth street, on ‘Thursday morning, 213¢ inst, at hali-past nine o'clock, with- out further notice. GARRETTS.—On Monday, the 18th, EurHRaTes L., aged 4 years, 11 mouths and 9 days (only son), and ALBERTA D., aged 3 years, 2 montus and 23 | dasa youngest daughter o: Frank aud Ida Gar- The faneral services wil! be held at the resi- dence of H.N, Holden, Esq., Anderson street, Hackensack, N. J., on Thursday, the 213¢ inst., at two o’clock P, M. Friends ere invited to attend, GIbsON.—At Port Ricumond, S. I., on Sunday, Gibson, and daughter of the late Captain Abra- ham P. Housman, in the 78th year ol her age. The relatives ana frends are invited to aitend her funeral, from the Reformed Chureb, Port Richmond, 8. L, on Wednead: January 20, at hal -past one o'clock. Boats leave pier 19, North River, at ten and half-paat twelve o'clock. California papers please ORT: 'a., Monday, January GILEERT.—At Ricomond, 18, 1875, PHILO B. GILBERT, of this city. fotice of funeral hereafter. GoRHaM.—On Tuesday, January 19, at the resi- dence ot her son-in-law, G. W. Wyile, 102 First Place, Brooklyn, Mrs, SusAN S. GORHAM. Notice of idnerai hereaiter. : ASSON.—On Tuesday, January 19, MARGARET Hasson, @ native of the county Derry, Ireland, d 10 years, ‘he relatives and friends‘of the famtly are re- spectfully invited to attend her funeral, from her late residence, No, 806 East Twenty-sixth street, on Thursday aiternoon, at one o'clock. Her re- mete will be taken to Calvaty Cemetery for inter- HEYMAN.—On Sunday, January 17, EVELYN, be- pee of Edward Heymaa, in the 38th year of The members of King Solomon Lodge, No. 279, F.and A. M., are hereby invited to attend the tuneral of the wife of our brother, Edward Heyman, rom his residence, No. 838 West Fiiteenth street, on Wednesday, January 20, 1875, at hal!-past nine o'clock A. M, ADOLPH ASCHER, Master, Hoav.—At Ossining, near Sing Sing, on Sunday, January 17, ISRAEL G. HOAG, aged 59 yeare. The relatives and iriends of the jamily are re- spectiully invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, on Thursday, at one o'clock. Car- Tiages will be in waiting on the arrival of the eleven o'clock train from Forty-second street. HOPK1NS.—On Saturday, January 16, 1875, ALFRED N. HOPKINS, aged 18 years and 10 months. ‘May he reat in peace. Relatives and iriends are respectfully invited to atvend the funeral, on Thursday, at 11 o'clock A. M., trom Trinity Episcopal cburch, Hoboken, N. J. Jones—On Tuesday, at haifpast one A. M., Roper L. JONES, aged 42 years, ‘The relatives and friends of the family and also the members of Protection Engine Comp: No. 5, Volunteer Fire Departinent and City ire e F. and A. M., and Warren Association are re- | spectiully invited to attend tne funeral, which | will take place from his late residence, 231 Spriug street, on Thursday, January 21, at one o’clo CITY Lopar, 408, F BUILDING, 83 UNION SQUARE—BRETHREN :—You are hereby summoned to attend a special communica- tion oo Thursday, January 21, at twelve m., sharp, for the purpose of paying the last tribute of respect to our deceased brother, Robert Jones, By order ALEXANDER MACK, Master, JAMES B. YOUBLL, Secretary. KEerk.—January 18, JULIA KEEFE, the beloved Wiie of James Keefe, alter a long and painful ilk ness, 1n the 44th year of her age. The friends of the family are invited to attend the luneral, on Wednesday, at two P. M., from her late residence, 632 Water street. KiveL,.—On Tuesday, January 19, Patnicx Ki- VEL, in the 50th year of his age, @ native of the parish of Kiltubride, county of Leitrim, Ireland. Funeral on Thursday, 218t inet., at one o’elock, from his late residenee, 228 West Eighteenta Street. Tne friends and acquaintances are respect- tully requested to atten MINGINS.—On Tuesday, the 19th fnst., Miss Mrx- | Nie G, Mrnains, eldest daughter of Rev. George T. Mingins, in the 23d year of her age. ‘The triends of the fainily are respectfully mvited to attend the funeral from the Presnyterian Me- morial church, Filty-third street and Madison av- | eae on Thursday, the 2ist inst., at four o’ciock MyeERs.—In Brooklyn, January 18, after a short illness, EL172A MYERS, Wife of John Myers, in the 42d yeur of her ag ‘The relatives and friends of the family, also of ber brothers, William and George Webb, are re- Spectfuliy invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 106 North Elliott place, Funeral to take Place this day (Wednesday), at two o'clock Philadelphia and Newburg papers please copy. McDONALD.—On Tuesday, poe. 19, at his late residence ta this city, J. ‘Quant CDONALD, aged 52 years and 11 months. Notice of funeral hereafter, McDoNALD.—On Monday, January 18, 1875, Pat- RICK MCDONALD, aged 36. The relatives and friends will please attend the funeral, from the residence o! his brother, John | McDouald, 141 Kast Broadway, on Wednesday, January 2, at two o’ctock. MCK¥EK.—On Tuesday, January 19, RoperT McKgs, $00 of James and Jane McKee, aged 19 years, ‘The reiatives and friends are respectfully tn- vited to attend the iuneral, on Lert January 21, at two P. M., from the residence of nis parents, No, 314 East Twellth street. NaUGHTON.—On Monday, January 18, PETER J. NAUGHTON, aged 48 years, The relatives and triends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the juneral, from his late residence, No. 214 North Eighth street, Brooklyn, E. D., on Wednesday, January 20, at two o’clock in the afternoon. O’BR1eN.—Monday, January 18, 1875, HENRY O'BRIEN, 10 the 48th year of bis age, Tue reiatives’and irends of the famil are re- roi bis ate resigence, 14 Barrow street, on Wednesday, the 20th Inéi., at two o'clock sharp, Interment in Calvary Cemetery. O'HANLON, —On Monday, January 18, O'HANLON, aged 9 years, daughter of Ti ary O'Hanton, Tie friends of the famtiy are respecttully invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday, the 20th, at hal'-past one o'clock, irom 168 East 116th street. O’RIELLY.—MICHAEL ¢O'REILLY, & native of Limeiick, Ireland, aged 59 years, The /unerai will take place irom the residence of his son Thomas. cKahoe, N. ¥., 0D Thursday, January 21, at one o'clock P. M. MARGARET ‘homas and RaFTERY.—On Monday, Januar¥ 18, 1875, after a | long and painiul filness, Wi.tiAM RAPTERY, a na- ive of county Galway, Ireland, in the 45th year of is age. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfuily invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 336 Kast Twenty-second street, this (Wednesday) alternoon, January 20, at one | o'clock. ReED.--On Monday, Jannary 18, WILLIAM RED, in the 74th year of Nis age, Relatives and trien ls of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the tunerai, at the Church of tne Intercession, list street and Eleventh ave- hue, on Thursday, January 21, at half-past eleven, train irom Thirtieth street, Sussex (England) papers please copy. RICHARDSON.—On Sunday, January 17, RICHARDSON, in the 50th year of his age. Joun Tne relatives and friends afe respectiuily t- — vited to attend the funeral, from his late resi- dence, 618 Pearl street, oa Wednesday, January 20, at ten a’ciock A. M. EICHNER.—A‘ Hoboken, N. J.. January 19, 1873, aiter a short sickness, TuxopoR BION, Ropert.—-On Sunday, the 17th, SEBASTIAN Ropert, aged 86 years, of Hamburg, Sussex county, N. J., ab the “esidence of his son-in-law, G. A. Couplin, Remains to be taterred in Greenwood Cemetery on Thursday, “he 2lat, $:00 A. M., arriving in Jersey City at 11:15 A. M., by Midland Raliroad, Friends are invited, Roomgé.—Oag Tuesday, January 19, after a short Nines, Jamys H. Rooms, in tue 65th year of his age. Notice of funeral hereafter, Smird.—In Jersey City, on Jannary 18, of pertto- nius, MARY ANNA, YOUngest daughter oO! Theo- dore B. aud Mary A, Smith, aged 2 years, 6 months | @nd 20 days. The relatives and frends of the famuy are re- Spectiully invited to attend the imneral, from the residence of her grandfather, David Taylor, No. 1 Sussex piace, Jersey City, on Wednesday, January 20, at hall-past two o'ciock, P, M. Philade!pnia papers pivake copy. SPELLMEYER.—At Hoboken, January 18, MATHIAS HENKY SPELLMEYER aged 79 years aud 6 months. Relatives and frienus of the ramuy are respect- fuily invitec to attend she ‘aneral on Thursday, January 21, atone P. M., [rom his son's residence, corner of Park avenue and Eleventh street, Ho- boken, TAYLOR.—At Jacksonville, Fla, HENRY B., son of Lewis faslor, aged 36 sears, The-relatives and triends of the family are tn- vired to attend the funeral, irom the residence of his brother-in-law, Thomas L, Thornelj, 169 Weat Twelfth street, on Thursday moruing, January 21, At hav-past ten o'clock. UNDERSILL.—OD Monday, 1875, WILLIAM UNDERHILL, aged ATS. The (uberas will take place on Toursday, January 21, at nine A. M., irom the residence 0} Charles Stepath, 162d street, Washington Heights. Vall.—Ou Tuesday, January 19, EMMA M. est daughter of Wiliam A. and Bnma aller a4 short liiness, The ‘unera will take place from her late resi- dence, i44 Hast Sixteenth street, on Thursday, January 18, poli of the Jamily are respectfully invited to wtcend, Van Dogren.—Wasttixaton LopaRe No. %, A, 0. or G. ¥.—brevaren, you are hereby noviiel to atvend @ special meeting, to be hela at our Lodge Room, No. 26 Deiance: street, at one o'ci0ck P, M., on Weanesday, January 20, sharp, Jor the parpose of attending the funeral of our late Drover, Lows Van Doeren, By order of E, BARTELL, W. G. T. SULLYVAN, W. Seo, WriLiams.—Monday, January 18, W. LIAMS, aged 42 years, 1 month and 12 days. Relatives and friends are seapectiuily invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, 27 agnes street, op Wednesday. January 24 at one o’clog FR, Wir AND A. M.—RooMs DECKER’S | lrains leave Hamburg at | ai one o'clock P. M. The reiatives and | FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Stocks Irregular and the Market Witha out Undertone. GOLD 112 1-2 A 112 1-4, Capital Abundantly Offered and Money on Calb 21-208 Per Cent. Watt STREET, TUBSDAY, Jan, 19-6 P, x} S:ocks to-day were active, but the results were ; Such ag to forbid safe prediction concerning the | Dearfuture, At first there was a decline, This was followed by reaction; yet in both phases there ‘was an exhibition of exceptional cunditions, That which was expected to advance receded; that which was expected to decline advanced, an consequently the close was attended by the same | Unsettied and uneasy feeling that haa waited | upon last prices jor several days. As yet there ta no undertone worth describing. The quoted figures are ephemeral, facta are disputed and the agencies at work to produce an advance or de- cline are 80 variable and so apparently an- tagonistic that it ts useless to measure the situation from ‘any generai point of view be- yond sthis—and it has been frequently stated— that distrust prevents the outside buyer from coming in at present low prices and by free pur- chases, adding strength to tlie market. THB RANGE OF PRICES. The most active stocks were Western Union, Lake Shore, Ohio and Mississippi, Northwestern, Wabash, Pacific Mail and Union Pacific, The dect- ston in the Lake Suore injunction case being post- | poned, large short sales were made on this point. ; Western Union opened at 12%, declined to 72%, but advanced and closed at 73%. Atlantic and | Pacific Telegraph receded from 24 to 22, ending at 22% Atlantic and Pacific preierred sold at 16, Erie opened at 28%, advanced to 257%. sold down E | to 283, and closed at 28%. Union Pacific sola Ql 36% 986% a 36%. New York Central, atl01ya ‘ 101% @1013y. Pacific mall, at 34% a 33% a 34. Lake Shore, at 734 & 73% 473 8 73%. Northwest com- | MOD, Ot 444 @ 45 4 43% @ 443g; do. preferred, at 61 | a 592g a 60. Rock Isiand, at 10234 a 103 a 102%, St. | Paul, at 37% a S74 a 87% Wabash receded irom | 173 to 15%, there being no subscriptions to the bonds recently offered, but closed at 15%. Ohio and Mississippi ‘eli off from 20% to 27%, reacting at the close to 28%. Hannibal and St. Joseph de- | clined from 24% to 24. Delaware and Lackawanna, opened at 107% and closed at 108. An analysis of the foregoing changes will show how irreguiar were prices and how impracticable it is to apply to them any observation that fitly describes the general market. i ADVANCE AND DECLINE. Compared with closing prices yesterday, those of to-day show the folowing changes :— ADVANCE—New York Central, 4; Delaware and Lackawanna, 4; Hannibal and St. Joseph, 4; St. Pau, +}; Union Pactfic, 4; Westtrn Union, 134. DECLINE—Erie, 4: Ohio and Mississippi, 1; Pa- | cific Mau, %; Wabash, 1; Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph, %; gold, 3s; Erie in London, 3. The stocks that remained steady were Atlantic | god Pacific preerred, O., 0. and 1. 0., Harlem, | Lake Shore, Northwestern common, Northwestern | preferred, Panama, Quicksilver and Rock Island. THB SALES ¢ of active stocks to-day amounted to 273,000 shares. Western Union, Lake Shore, Northwestern com- mon and Pacific Mail were dealt in to the largest extent, The trausactions were distributed as foi- lows jew York Central and Hudson, 1,00; Erie, 4,200; [aka Shore, 52,700; Cleveland and Puitts- burg, 300; Northwestern, 19,400; do. preferred, | 1,500; Rock Island, 3,300; Pacific Mall, 27,200; St. | Paul, 8,300; do. preferrea, 600; Ontos, 43,500; West- { ern Union, 69,500; Wabash, 16,100; Union Pacific, | 17,00; C., ©. and I, ©,, 100; Panama, 100, OPENING, HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES. | The following tavie shows the opening, highest and lowest prices of the day:— Cpenene. Highest, Lowest, | New York Central 101% 10136 Ei 28% 2836 13% 43% | lig 15% | es 45 43: Northwestern preterr 61 60 | Rock Island, aon 103 10234 ) Pitteburg...... 89 80% 8956 | Muwaukee and St. Paul. 87 387% 87% | Mil. and Bt. Pau! prel.... 5834 34 58% | Onto and Mississippl..... 203% 293¢ 27% New Jersey Central. 107 10734 107% Del., Lack. and Western.107% 108 aes | Union Pacific. 86 36% 36. | ¢,, G. and 1, 0 9 9 9 | Westera Union, aoe 12 13% ih | atlantic and Pacific Tel. 24 24 22 Pacific Mail. 84 84% 33% ; Panama * 1 Tle i | THE MONBY MARKET. Money on call loans continues at rates last | quoted, to wit, 234 a3 per cent, with an abundant | supply of capital offering. There is no immediate | reason to expect a elange in these figures, gen- eral ease in the market being predicted. The in- | quiry tor commercial paper is good and rather in excess of the supply. Best grades are qupted at | 4 a6percent Sterling exchange Is quiet, but steady. Prime nominal rates, 4.87 a 4.9034; eelling rates, 4.864 & 486%, and 489% @ 4.9034. Continental quiets and steady; reich- | marks, 953 @ 954, and 96% @ 96%; cable, 97 | @ 974; prime Paris, 5.13% & 5.10%. GoLD opened firmly at 112%, but subsequently receded | x per cent and ciosed at 112%. No engagements | of specie are reported for to-morrow, The rates | paid for carrying were 2, 8, 2}g and 1 per cent. Loans were also made flat. | OPERATIONS OF THK GOLD EXCHANGE BANE. Gola balances. ...... Currency baiances.. Gross clearances... | CLEAKING HOUSE STATEMENT. Currency exchanges. $92,719,707 | Currenoy balances 4,483, 153 | Goid exchanges 4,562,117 Gold balances. . 1,526,366 PRODUCE EXPORTS. ‘The exports of produce trom this port for the week ending to-day were $4,659,275, against $4,2.4,416 last week and $4,249,239 the previous | week, The total exports of produce since January Lare $13,132,930, against $15,374,522 for the com responding period jast year and $12,554,602 in, | 1873, ‘ UNITED STATES TREASURY. | The intern revenue receipts to-day were | $225,000. The receipts from customs, $205,000, Na- | tional bank notes received for redemption, $470,000, | The Assistant Treasurer paid out to-day $124,000 Ob account Of interest, and $41,000 in redempuon Of five-twenty bonds. THB FORBIGN MARKET. Late London advices report that vhe rate of dis- count in open market for three months’ bills ts 8% per cent, or % per cent below the Bank rate. | Consols, money, 92%; do., account, 9234 a 9244; 165 | ponds, old, 107% @ 10734; 67 bonds, 107%; a 107345 ten-iorty bonds, 104% a 104%; new fives, 102% o Market dull, Rentes at | 102.65 Erte, 26% & 26%. | Paris, 626 10c. : GOVERNMENT BONDS. These were generally frm, and the closing quotauons were as follows:—United States cur- rency sixes, 117% ®& 118%; do, du, 1881, registered, 118% @ 118%; do. do, do, cou | pon, 118% & 118%; do. five-twenties, 1862, registered, 114% a 115; do. do. do, coupon, 114% a 115; do, do., 1864, registered, 116% & | 116% 5 do, do., do, coupon, 116% & 11634; do. do., | 1866, registered, 118 & 118%; do. do. do, cou- pon, 1184 @ 118%; do. do, do, new, registered, | 117% @ 117%} do, do., do., coupon, 11754 & 117%; do, ! do,, 186%, registered, 118% @ 118%; do. do., do, | Coupon, 118% & 11494; do. do,, 1868, registered, 115% | 911845 do. do., do., coupon, 118% a 118% ; do., ten- forties, registered, 114 a115; do. do., coupon, 115 & 11633 Go, fives, 1881, registered, 112% * 112% 1 40, d0., 40., coupon, 114 & Li4%. ‘The following shows the London quotations for + bonds, 1D pterligg Guar apd agminag |BONDS GENERALLY FIRM. \