The New York Herald Newspaper, February 1, 1877, Page 8

8 “LIFE INSURANCE. What is Thought of the New Jersey Mutual’s Game. INDICTED, UKITY OFFICERS NOT —_—_+—__— Examination of Witnesses in the Continental Reference Case. ‘The main topic of interest tn life insurance matters now is, of course, the New Jersey Mutual and its tricky transfer to the natioual capital. Varions opinions are expressed as to the ability of Mr, Kelsey, the New Jer- sey Insurance Superintendent, te compel a receiver NEW YURK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1877.—TRIPLE SHEET. 7 ficient clerical force ta) work, and the assets hold for your deuetis will not be ry respe tal BENJAMIN DYES, Fresident National Capirol Life Insurance Company, PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY BEFORE THE REF- EREE IN THE CASE OF THE CONTINENTAL LIFE--MISSING BOOKS. The Continental reference case was continued yes- terday afternoon before the referee, William Allen Butler, ia the office of the Loaners’ Bunk, No. 22 Nas- sau streek A formidable array of counsel was presevt representing various interests, among whom were Messrs. Robert Sewell and John L. Hill, who appeared for Receiver and R. J, Moses on behalf of the principal petitioner. Mr. L, W. Van Pelt watched the case for Charics War- ing, Messrs, Bennett and Hammond were on band as atlorneys for Wilson 8, Taylor, G. W, Lockwood repre- sented F. G, Chambers, and 8, C. Andrews, of Port- land, Me., acted for Dresser and others; Mr. Jobn A, Finch, Insurauce Commissioner of Indiana, appeared on bebalf of 107 policy holders of that State, Mr. Moses examined Mr. Sewell, endeavoring to show that the witness had been concerned as counsel both for the company and the petitioner, James al the ainhard ae : aalitBoasion as gr McDonald, The witness had argued that case in court; contract with tho Washinglon concern. It 18 | aig notsmake an examination of the company’s ac- frecly stated that such contract was fraudulent tn intent and contempubie, but there 1s a difference of belief regarding the points of law. Mr. Kelsey cer- tainly bas the sympathy of all right thinking people, and their best wishes for a successtul termination of bis efforts, There can be no doubt of this gentleman's tem conviction of the wrong that has been consum- mated, The Continental policy holders who, despite the warnings of the Hreaco, transferred their policies to the Newark Company, are now ready to appreciate their mistake, Of the two investments perbaps the former 18 considered the better. Receiver Anderson says that a number of these unfortunates have applied to bim in the dim hope of getting back from the fire into the trying pan, they had so much dreaded. In reference to bis published report Mr, Anderson says that he had not suilicient time to say all he had intended. He appears to be much relieved now that his statement has been furnished, and ex- presses indifference as to whether be remains in the oflice further of not, Mr. D. P, Fackler said to the Heraip representative yesterday that for the present at least he had no fur- ther duty to perform in regard to the New Jersey Mutual, He had made the best statement he could under the circumstances. On another basis of valua- tion Mr, Fackler said the deficiency of the company would amount to about $600,000, or $200,000 more than he bad reported in his __ provisional statement, The writer made somo inquiries concerning the ‘“labulous mortgages”? which were related at length in tho fxnaLp some time since, These securities (?), to the amount of more than $50,000, were alleged to have been fraudulently pro- cured by Daniel J. Noyes, tho attorney of the New Jersey Mutual, Mr. Fackler said that the identical mortgages were upon the list of such assets held by the company, but the officers had declined to produce them. The amount of mortgages claimed to be held by the company on December 31, 1875, was $703,287 10, Ot this the officers submitted to the examiner mort- gages amounting to but $373,500. In refereuce to the Continental securities alleged in Receiver Auderson’s report to have been trausterred to the New Jersey Mutual as payment for certam in- surance, Mr. Fackler said he had been unable to place the entire amount of $300,000 from the accounts sub- mitted to him. He bad found a number of unex- plained matters, involving considerabio sums, which he had no doubt were part of this contract. One amount of $57,000 was found, beyond question, @ have been a portion of the transferred securities, Mr. Fackler was of the opinion that the main available agsets and important possessions of the New Jersey Mutual nad been quietiy conveyed to New York and were at the command of the National Capital. NOYES, THE WASH At the bra office of the No. 261 Broadway, everyth tarday and none of the o peared to understand the situation. No work was being done atthe vesks and the tain duty of tho oc- casion was apparently the reception of visitors, quires for Mr. Steuwell revealed the fact that the wily President was still in Washington, where Lo went ou Movday lust. The man Noyes was present part of the day and continually surrounded by inquir- ing people, who seemed to regard bim as their ouly hope of enlightenment. The writer was conducted to the presence of this enterprising individual, when the following brief but expressive interview took place:— “Mr. Noyes??? “Yes, sir.” “Lam trom the HERALD’ — “ont? “May L speak with you for a moment?” “No, sir.” Matnal, at g Was in confusion y THR SECURITY OFFICERS. A report was lated yesterday that Robert L. Case, President; Robert 1. Case, Jr, Actaary; Mr. Wetmore, Vice President, and Mr. Allen, Secrewary of the Security Lite Insurance | Company, had been indicted ~—by the | Grand Jury for perjury. b a report is untrue, and Do indictments of tle above persons nave yet been made, The AkRALD representative was posi- lively informed at the District Attorney's office that the Grand Jury had not taken ction on the matter, It is believed, however, that it has or will be brought to the attcntiun of the jury, and under the circumstances it 1s thought that indictments must surely follow, Th mentioned are within easy reach, with the possible ception of Robert L. Case, Jr, He has not been se in the Security office for some d positively known that he has left town ur the vicinity, EXCITEMENT IN NEWARK. A large number of policy bolders of the New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance Company, on Market. strect, Newark, yesterday, and gave vent to their outraged feelings, The place was in charge of Mr. C. M. Kase, who has been connected with the estab- lishment ‘for ‘seven or cight years, To bin wore referred the policy holders, Although there was a full fo clerks on band, no bther business was done than io hear the bitter com- plaints of mjured policy hoiders, Kase said he had Hever received such a censuring in all his Nite. At four o’clock he did not know what was to be done, He and the clerks were paid to the 3ist of January, but no longer, At halt-past four o’clock he recer a despatch from New York in- stracting bim to remain till five, Soon after that hour Mr, Whittemore, Secretary of the National Capitol Life Insurance Company, arrived and gave instructions for ail the employés tobe retained, wi Mr. Kase in charge, Mr. J. H. Cannif, cashier of the Mutual, handed over the keys aud money in his possession (a few dollars) to Mr. Kase, WHAT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Toa Henaup rr that they held a charter from Congress, and that the Secretary of the Interior, when instructed by Con- gress, could make ab examination of their affairs the game as 5 aries of S uld examine companies doing business on loc ters, He said also that while the National Company did not ree control they nevertheless proposed to curity in the hands of State authorities in States whero they did busiuess, thus guaranteeing the satety of policy holders. In a tew days, he said, the consolida- Lion papers would be sabmitted to th authorities, and a statement wh would be entirely satisfactory to them and the public, | 1 beyond cavil that Lue company was able to | do abona fide business. Mr. Whittemore claims that | the National bas been doing a sound business for over @ year, has paid many risks aud is ready to assume all Titks of the Mutual. If policy holders choose they ean have their policies changed to the National of continued as of old. It they do not py their premiums they will, ‘of course, | jose their policies. In order to show’ that this state: ment is correet be said that the company bad a capital stock of $150,000, and OPOSED. h he considered of Boston, and otber prominent business un of the country, The assets, be said, are nearly $1,250,000, | with a surplus of tuliy | $600,000, w was | more than enotzh to ‘cover ‘we ged ut of the New ey * Mutual, whi allegation, siete, 18 grossly wrong. He gave it the company’s opinion that the proceedings betore Chancellor kunyon would have no material effect on the National's affairs, although the State could un- doubtedly bold the $100,000 deposit now in ite posses- sion to secure policy holders. Another $100,000, held by the New York authoritics, at Albany, could hke- ‘wise be held. RUMORS OF CRIMINAL Pre It was noixed about iu Newark y officers of the Mutual would be © proceeded against, Prosecutor A for information on the point, sti summoned to Trenton by the Atiorney Geveral, and bad with him a long consultation, the nature of which he could not divulge, He could say, however, that no steps bad bven taken so far to warrant the pubic Tho Grand Jury wil! not be in session tll ad been PRESIDENT NOTES TO THR POLICY IOLnEns, ‘The following circular has been prepared apd will do ued jorvbwith — iF tue New Jrnsey Murcan Lire printing and mailing of acireu- the rreeut transac: Ixs We huve in progress Jar for your information rexa ory the company whos tion beiwoes ple f area? ar yee whore as fast 88 the Uy possible to i" Tu the meantime rour polietes would become forteited, aud fu the end be of trifling va Whatever may be said by others which ts calenlated to prejudice comes trom thone wh yer inter: w than ‘herefore we not = respo neglect y amo with your money. faithful to your invereats, and will give you a true and accurate terval we have ® auf, end tor the We shall be atal port at ms early e dayns ftavoment cau be made, In tho hu rsor clerks present ap- | In- | though itis not | alled at the office | esentative Mr. Whittemore stated | ‘ew Jersey State | ch Men as Government Printer Clapp, HD. Walker, | counts for any purposes connected with the conducting Of that case, Judge Fullerton was sworn and testified that he had aided ag counsel the New Jersey Mutual Insurance Company. He was not counsel for this company while acting for the receiver of the Continental Company. He translerred no assets to the New Jersey Mutual Company; Was not present at the settlement of the | two companies and does not kuow their arrangements; did not understand that the assets of the New Jersey Mutual comprehended anything claimed by the Conti- nental, Mr. Daniel J. Noyes, who acted as attorney for the New Jersey Mutual Insurance Company, upon being sworn said that he had not “certain asee to the Continental ompuny in bis office appeared in suis favoring, but i uits against the company, ‘To Mr, Sewell the witness stated that he knew A. R. Moses, who had been attorney for the Continental Company ; that. gentleman bad made ap- plication to have his professional fees paid over and ‘suits on the stay of proceedings ana order to vacate the same followed, HOW RECEIVER ANDERSON WAS APPOINTED. Mr. Frost, President of the Continental Company, went tothe office of Mr. Noyes to engage hin as counsel for that corporation, and gave wit. ness the papers in the case, Anderson’s name was first’ mentioned in connection with the receivership by witness to bis brother; wit- ness Unought he mentioned Anderson’s name to Mr. Frost; this gentleman did not say at the ime when witness saw bim in Brooklyn that he would sign An- son’s bond; there was some contest about the Re- ceivership as to who should get it; F. W, Clark's name was also mentioned; Frogt suid that he would preter him to Anderson. A LOSE TRANSPER BOOK. Receiver Anderson testified that be bad a list of books and. papers belonging to the Continental Com- pany; these he was ready to submit; he found five cash books, but never saw a stock tragsier book, although he looked for one; be had made search for a stock ledger, but was unable to find it; thero was no clerk in the office whose duty it was to make transfers; the witness could not tell who did this part of the business. There was no regular transfer clerk in the office when the wit- ness took possession of it. President Frost had, pot been in the office for some time before tnis event took ‘place; when the witness did seo. him he did not know anything | about transfers; two or three days afier receiving the oflice witness commenced asking questions about the stock tranfer ledger, but could not find any information about it; there were clerks who had been six years in the office and yet never saw such book; the wituess wrote to Mr. J C. Rogers, formerly secretary of the company, | tur information as to where the stock ledger could be | found, but without avail. To the releree the witness stuted that all the vooks and papers of the company now in his — possession were | ready for examination, A certificate book of stock was — examined, showing =a nomber of transfers. In one case, that of Norris, tho vook and the stub showed a discrepancy of twenty shares. ‘There should have been a stock ledger and stock transfer book, The witness asked several of the clerks and the former secree tury about these books, The latter said that bo never knew anything at all concerning them; wituess | examined a ledger there to try and find an account of stock, but did not succeed in doing so, Witness said | that he was prepared to submit to-day tement of ail his accounts, He took possession of the company’s office October 25, and made an imventory of the books; they are kept in a vault sate; | witness asked repeatedly of nearly all the clerks for | the stock ledger and transfor books, but no one knew | anything aboat them, never having seen such books; the witness could not tell who made the transfers, some one told bim that Secretary Rogers did it; wit- | ness asked him, but he knew nothing about tho matter; the sates were all thoroughly overhauled for | the books. Although the stock ledger and transfer | books were not forthcoming, the witness inferred trom | certain marks on other books in the office that the | books sought for had once been used, TESTIMONY OV FORMER EMPLOYERS, George W. Thomas, formerly a bookkeeper in the company’s office, testified that the list of stockholdors made from stock certificates showed that 980 shares are represented; tho witness testified as to the correct- ness of a list’ ot the directors’ names; he also tried to show that the only way to tell the amount of k transiers would ve by payments of interest on snus, which ought tv appear in the ledger. retary Rogers had to do with transte also” President Frost. The practice fo | officers of the company to receive semi-annual ments of dividends had been in uso since 1867; ends were paid in checks; don’t know a caso wherem money was paid to an individual when the stock Was in some other man’s name, Mr. Sules, former cashier of the company, testified to the eflect that be usually paid the dividends in cur- rency; Mr, M. B, Wyncoop drew dividends to the | amount of $385 80 quarterly; Secretary Rogers | kept minutes of the Board ot Diroctors’ meetings; there was no regular method of pay- ing dividends; it, might be by check; ‘five years | ago tho company bad a stock book in the office; orders were sometimes given to the stockholders on the cashier, when be would pay in currency; the Secre- tary gave a simple list of the naines, with the amounts due opposite each; tho witness thought that there was at one time a stock ledger, but he hod not seen it for a number of | years; it was a book the Secretary had charge of; the | Wituess judged that he had not seen it in live years; 8 Kept in the Secretary's private closet. ne proceedings were adjourned until two o'clock | P, M. next Monday, A FIR. Michael Keefe has brought suit for the second timo against the Williamsburg Fire Insurance Company in the Supreme Court, Circuit, to recover on an insurance policy issued by the defendants, The ports of the | case have been published in the Hmratp The defendants contend that the stock was only | slightly damaged, and that the fire did not happen by ar of the causes excepted in the poncy. The case is till on, THE LOST WILL A curious case bas developed itself in Bergen county, New Jersey. About forty yoars ago, when Bergen county was comparatively wild and thinly settled, | | Barbara and Clemens Laub were married, Both owned extensive tracts of land, but of no value until a party of German settlers bought a portion of it and started the now prosperous town of Garlstadt. The couple had bat one child by vheir marriage, and in 1860 wills were drawn up by which it was agreed that in the event of the other’s death the property would be | held im trust by the survivor for their | child, Barbara died in 1864, and one year iater Jaub again married, At this time the property left by Mrs. Laub was worth about $100,000, and Laub | gave it to bis second wife as a marriage settlement. ihis Iaay was a young, fascinating widow of New York, and the simple life Laub bad bitherto led did not sat: isty her, and she sold a portion of the property her clors | | busband had given ber iu order to live in her accus- the child by the frst wile, in tomed style, had Rosa, in" the meantime neighborhood, and one day ago, while hunting about her house, came across her mother’s will, and was sur. prised to learn its contents, She sought advice of Counsellor Daly, of Jersey City, and placed the case in bis hands. He immediately filed the will with the Surrogate of Bergen county, and has since been pre- | paring the necessary papers in order to commence suit | In ejectment against the parties now holding the props erty, and notices of trial were served yesterday, Inthe meanwhile the will will be admitted to probate and Mr, | Daly will try to oust Laub from the trusteeship. The | $ great excitement in Carlstadt, as a number | of property holders will be seriously affected if the | will is allowed. Manning M. Knapp, Governor | Bedle's, successor on the Supreme Court bench, drew | up the will and declares his willingness to verify it, THE WESTCHESTER POORHOUSE. ‘The Westchester County Poorhouse inquiry is draw. ing to a close, AS the investigating committee seemed to have exhausted its array of witnesses the session yesterday was wholly occnpied in hearing tostinony weused, The committee adjourned until to- married farmer about for the a morrow, when it is probable the investigation will be closed, MORE MONEY, | Christopher Feeley and George Smith were vfought | | before Justice Farrier in the First District Police | Court at Jersey City yesterday on the charge of pass, ing counterfeit half dollar coms, One of the men on | being arrested struck Officer Coward and attempted | to escape, but was brought to submission by the per- cou suasive influence of a revolver placed to bis lead, Be. fore they reached the station they throw away several of the coins which were, however, picked up and given to the police, The prisoners were committed tor triul, Anderson, | if THE BROOKLYN THEATRE FIRE. THE CORONER'S VERDICT--INEXCUSABLE NEGLECT OF THE MANAGEMENT— RECOMMENDATIONS. ‘The jury empanelled to inquire into the loss of life caused by the fire at the Brooklyn Theatre on the night of December 5, 1876, have at last rendered their ver- dict, After alluding to the fire avd the oumber of people to the the theatre at the time, the jury state:— ‘There would, in our judment, have been greater security for the safety of the audience If there bad been a brick wall extending from cellar to rool. separating the stare from ‘the waditorium; also bandraiis on each side of the the gallery; thet the Fir prompt an services in the extinguishment aud testrction of ‘all that the unprecedented them to do; that the pulic tthe theatre rap force of 1} and rendered effective serv from the parquet and dress circle, the gallory seems to have beem almost entirely neslectod. No “orders were given by the officer in command for the force to distribate itself so to reuder assistance at all the exits, und as x re: re wl:aost whoily directed rele stairs, Tho rapid progres uatities a doube whether the proper: di force in this case would have saved lite in the gallery ment no excuse for the oliver tn con: of neleetiit to give such orders to his subordinates as would have afforded effective help to those in the gallery. That the fre orizinntec trom one ofthe drop scenes coming in contact with the order light. That the | said adway and tailed to be extingnished be- cause of the inexen sleet of the mi meut of the which appears in these special detaiis:— MANAGEMENT ARRAIGNED, was no responsible head of the em: ‘was no discipline among the employes. ‘Third—That the appliances for the extinguishment of fre ry axe or in the fies were wholly inadequat hat the fire hose forweriy at band had not been kept in place or use. vth—Thas the stage was overcrowded with scenery used in former plays, thereby rendering its condition extra haz ardous, and ‘adding to the volumne of fre, if nos directly the cause ot it. ‘hat the indifference shown in m fire by providing 4 when warned by lage, the oth week defo destruction instituted a violation of | a most vital duty to the ES who were justified in confid- the management lor the utmost security in shat re- lect to rec- | yard. eitilat the business manazer’ of the said theatre was guilty of culpable neglect in that the means of exit trom the dre-s circle to Flood's ¥, near Jobnson street, was so effectually closed as r% st the efforts of several persous who wt- i the special duty of managers of places to which invited so put forth every effurt to secure and that the slightest ree of negligence lal when contributed by persons boiding such ‘the pul ising our grave responsibility as jurors onan in- st through whieh we have sought to discov: r the causes ie mont disastrous ealwinity which aver befell our city, and, having discovered them, to fix the blame where it properly belongs, wo feel that we would be wanting in the Conpiete periormance of our duty it we dic not warn the public to demand of per aushorit ch legistutive action ax would hereafter, under severe penalties, assure greater security to life in the construction of butidings tn- tended as places of public amusement, and so far asin their power prevent the occurrence of any similar disuster. THE JURY'S CONCLUSION. Not boing experts either in the building or management ot places of amusement we would be difident in giving ad- vice upon the subject did the evidence before us not unart- mousiy lead to the following conclusions :— First—In the erection apy of any building Intended i { for theatrical purposes there should be a brick wull extend- ing from cellar to root, dividing the stage trom tho audi- torium, Seren ere one on each side be one in the fy-gallery; there lobby, to each of which hydrants there should be attached a pone length of hose, frequent examination of which should he nade so as to insure Its being at all times ready for offective service. Third—There should be employes of thoatres whose sole duty should be to attend to these hose at all times when there was an audience in the building. Fourth—As a third gallery is attended with more that ordinary danger, not less 1) two wide and commodiou stairways shor be provide means of exit from it, Fith—As xe! ific discovery and experiment have dem- onstrated the ty of rendering incombustible the utorial used tor se ry. the use of uny inflammable arti- nse should be prohibite < | ould be handrails on each side of every stairway. _ ‘Serenth—There should be iron fenders at Intervals of not j fe than twelve feet upon all the border lixhts, so that no | n of the scenery, whether shrongh carelossness or Recident, conld come in contact with the wire which encloses the gaslights. THK CORONERS’ FERS There appears to bea likelihood of a dispute upon the question of the right of the Brooklyn coroners, Messrs. Simms and Nolan, to claim payment tor the 281 bodies tound in the ruins of the Brooklyn Theatre, upon which inquests were held, The fees allowed by be Board of Supervisors amount to $12 50 in cach in- quest, The coroners will charge at the rate of one fee for each body viewed by them. It is held by some of the Supervisors that but one inquest was held, BROOKLYN'S “GOOD SAMARITAN.” The Board of Directors of the ‘Good Samaritan” decided yesterday to tncrease the number of tickets to 10,000, and have them placed tor sale in some of the most prominent stores of Brooklyn at $5 per hundred, or live cents apiece, Is MRS. HOLMES INSANE? SHE 18 COMMITTED FOR A MEDICAL EXAMINA> ‘TION—HER HUSBAND'S PRECARIOUS CONDI- TION, In yosterday’s Hxrap appeared tho particulars of the alleged assault by bis wife on United States Mar. shal Holmes, of No. 431 West Fifty-sixth street, and his removal to St. Vincent’s Hospital, where he had become unconscious from the effects of erysipelas, Yesterday, however, ho was rational, and still persisted in the allegation made by him to Superintendent Wall- ing that the assault upon him by his wife, and her subse- quent ill treatment of him, in which she was aided by a man whom sho introduced asa physician, wero all a part of a plan to kil! him. Roundsman Crook, of the Twenty-second preciuct, accordingly arrested Mrs, | Holmes. yesterday afternoon and took her and her oldest chitd, a little girl about five years, to the Fifty-seventh Street Court, Wille ou her way Mrs, Holmes bad severai fits, and in one of them attempted to throw herselt off an embankment in East Fifty-pinth strect. In court she raved continually about her children and her husband, and repeatedly asked why be was notin court to save her. At another time she de- plored having ever met him, und then grew suddenly calm and looked as rational as any one in court. Judge Bixby took the affidavit of a young woman in the same house with Mrs, Holmes, who testitied that Mrs. Hoimes had acted in a demonted way for some time past; that ner husland was now in St. Vincent’s Hospital from the effects of two blows on tho bead given by Mra, Holmes with a smoothing iron, and that their four children were at present dependent on the care of the neigh- bor: ra, Holmes was cominitted tor medical exam|- nation and the officer instructed to remove the children to St. Joseph’s Home, at Eighty-fourth street and Madison avenue. The history of this family is ao un- bappy one. Both aro Canadians by birtli, and Mrs, Holmes is @ Roman Catholic while ber husband is a Protertaut, She was once an inmate of a lunatic asy- jym, it is said, but was deciared perfectly cured ; betore her marriage with Holmes, The wite’s failure | to convert the husband to ber views was the cause of trouble between them. He also drank quite treely, and when drupk would quarrel! with her on the slightest provocation, The assault alleged in the affidavit was committed a week ago last Saturday. The neighbo: say that the busband first attempted to strike his wite with the stove litter, and that it Was then only thet his wite used upon him the smoothing iron with which she was ironing clothes at the time Mr. Holmes attended to his duties during tho wholo of last week, but on Saturday he was unabie to leave the house and kept to his bed, It was then, a8 he al- leges, that hig wile summoned @ man whom she repre- sented to bea medical iriend of hers, but who was not known to her busband, He retained some of the | medicine this man prescribed for him, and on Monday, | when be got out, he took it to a doctor in Chatham street to be analyzed, Yesterday alternoon, when more definite informution on this point was sought for, Holmes was @ raving maniac, and will probably dio one, PROBABLE MURDER. A DEADLY MIDNIGHT QUARREL AT THE CAR- DIFF DOCK, IN JERSEY CITY, Coroner Gannon, of Jersey City, was éngaged last evening in the investigation of a mysterious caso which occurred at ap carly hour on Tue! meruing at the Cardifl dock, adjoining the Pennsylvania Rail- road depot, It appears that at one o'clock in the morning @ quarrel took place at the dock between two mon,,and one of them was pushed overbourd and drowned, The longsboremen at the dock testify to this fact, so does the freight agent, Mr. Smith, who was told by the captain of the barge Altoona, lying at the whart, mao Was struggling tn the water a tried vo get on board his barge, but he would not let him, Smith afterward denied that there was a quar- rol, but that a man fell from the string piece and was drowned, but he did not know who the tau was, Beyond this he’ would not give any particulars, James Howe, one of the watchmen employed at the whar!, admitted that there was a quarrel and that a man was | pushed overboard and drowned. Ho could not teil who the man_ was, but believed he was a man who passed Howe’s gato at midnight with a can of beer, It ig believed that the deceased belonged to the barge Altoona, ACCESSION TO OFFICE, Mr. Alonzo B. Cornell called at the Naval Office, ad- joining the Custom House, yesterday afternoon, av three o'clock, and took possession, He was accompa- nied by Collector Arthur, Postmaster Jamee, Colonel Frank £. Howe, Pension Agent, and others, The meeting between the incoming and outgoing Naval Officers (the lauer Mr A. D. Latlin) was ext ly iliam A. Jones, Andrew W, Green, Harrison . Couch, deputy ‘naval offi- r Canning, W pearance of Mr, Cornell the en BARA RE A aR rt SMA ERE SS La A A cS SR Bs ecmanaanem RD MERCANTILE MISFORTUNES. CITY DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY. ‘The following 1s a hist of the failures reported in the city during the month of January, together with a Statement of the assets and liabilities of the firms, as near as can be ascertained aud partially estimated where no schedules have been ‘led or where informa. tion was refused :— Name of Firm, Co, Thomas F., printe: Assets, Liabrirties. Beside the above thirty-two assignments were tiled, the habilities aygregating about $550,000. There were also nineteen adjudications in bankruptcy reported, in which the indebtedness 1s $850,000, and a number of receivers Were appointed tor rms where the assets were very sinall, {ne total liabilities for the month is, in round numbers, $3,000,000, LATEST BUSINKSS TROUBLES, A number of the creaitors of the irm of Spencer & Co., manufacturers of periumery, at No, 299 Broadway, have commenced proceedings so throw the firm into bankruptcy. They have been in business for over ten years, and their trade was very large. The manufac- tory tat No, 61 Hudson street, Tho liabilities aro estimated at over $50,000. ‘The creditors ot S. & H. Ury, wholesale dealers in fancy goods, at No. 80 Walker street, held a mecting before Register Fitch yesterday, and after proving their debts elected air, Oliver H. P. Brush as assignee in bankruptcy. tittorfl & Co,, lithographers, at No, 36 Church street, have failed, and the Sheriff has sold them out to sat- isfy a judgment obtained by Frederick Butter aud Allred E. Jobnson, The New York creditors of the Thames River Worsted Company, of Norwich, Conn., have received an offer 10 compromise at seventy-tive cents on the dol- ‘The Meriden Screw Company, of Meriden, Conn., are endeavoring to compromise with ‘their creditors av thirty cents on the dollar, Mr, Charles H. Scofield, of No, 378 Bleecker strect, , Says that there was an error in the statement mado in the HrRaLp ot Tuesday which placed him among the bankrupts, as he bas not been ajudicated a bank- rupt. REAL ESTATE, The following businoss was transacted at tho Real Estate Exchange yestorday :-— A. J, Bleecker & Son sold by order of the Court of Common Pleas, in foreclosure, F, W. Loew reterce, a house with lot 25x99.11, on Columbia street, east side, 175 feet south of Rivington street, to John Schucbmann, plaintiff, for $6,150. J, U, Fullerton sold by order of the Supreme Court, in foreclosure, John H. V. Arnold referee, a house with lot 100x83.10, on the west side,of Tenth ave- nue, 100 feet north of Twentieth street, to the General Theological Seminary of tho Protestant Episcopal Chureh, plainuiff in the legal action, for $900, Richard Walters’ Sons sold, by directivn of the Su- preme Court, in partition, William P. 5. Melvin rete- ree, the building, with lease of two lote, together, m size 50,2x75,8, on East Broadway, southwest corner ot Catharine street, tor $5,500, ADJOURNED. The foreclosure sale of property on 115th streot, by Scott & Myers, was adjourned to February 21, ‘The foreclosure sale of property on east sido of Broad- north ot Twenty-lirst street, by Louis Mesier, was urned to February 14. ‘The property on Thirtioth street, near First avenuo, which was to be sold by H. W, Coates in foreclosure, was withdrawn, Nom. Nom. Nom. -.¢, COMME 44LN St, CONE Iso Lith’ av., e ‘5 ft. 8. of 44th st., 20x05; Peter Moni er und wite to Jacob Schmuck. $20,000 ad'nv.. e. s,40 r Dryer and husband to lgna 20 Brouuway, 8. 6. corner of O8th st., i jam. Martin aud wite to Jamos B. Kissick.. Nom, orast, (NO. G1), %, 202 ft. eof Broadwa; Zex100; Josephine Keyes and husband to M. Brown 18d Ht, 8. 8. Henrietta Hotaling to Cyrus A. ¥ ¥. Dy 6. 5,48 1b, n. of Ath at., 489x100 508 Dishecker.. ron na Herrick Mary L, Juck: 3d ay, n. w. corner of 95th sb. Hedges and wife to Joseph Whitehead a 80 tt. w. of Oth av, 2Ox08,3; William a oxephing Farrington ) Neill woterce) to 2 Wil Rafiorty W. 8, Keiley MORTGAGES. Crowe, Catherine, to New York Life Insurance Com- ang, BID-GEANG BL 3L year, cess ses eseveeeee, 880 Dieter. Moses aud others, to Joseph Stern, & av. D, n, of 4th st. ; instalmen: ee 7,000 Same to Dry Dock Savings Instivution, &. 8 of wv. ni, of Ath st. ‘and’ wile, to Gibbs, Brya No. #0 Mulbe: n ‘0. 4,00) to Mich wife, between Sist and 6: THE COWENHOVE Messrs. John F. James, Drake and Brainard have ESTATE, the Cowenhoven estate on Atlantic ‘They have testified that the property was worth, in their estimation, out $75,000, while Mr. it. The Commissioners will bold & meeting loyés of the Naval Office, from the lowest to tho iwhest, Called unow Mr, Ladin and bid bim goodbx. sel Knaebol, been bofore the Commissioners lately appointed by the kings County Supreme Court to estimate the value of enue, Brooklyn. Wille yulued they are perfectly willing to accept $60,000 for ‘on next Friday afternoon, and testimony on behalf of the city will then be produced by Assistant Corporation Coun 4 GREAT DISASTER AVERTED. JURY RENDER A STINGING | THE BECORD OF THE FAILURES IN NEW YORK ATTEMPT TO WRECK 4 TRAIN AT WAVERLEY— A PLEA OF LUNACY THAT WILL HABDLY AVAIT, Despatches received at the Eric Railway offices in | this city give the dotails of a recent attempt to wreck | a train at Wave station on the line about 260 ; miles trom New York and close to the borders of ; Pennsyivania The train which narrowly escaped de- Struction was the Atlantic express, which Jeft Buflalo | last Saturday at ten minutes to three P. M., and was Brxyen and Cataxring Lyxcu, both of ibis city. Dix—BurtLk.—At the residence of the bride parents in Brooklyn, Wednesday, January 31, by the Rev. Charles W. Homer, of St. James’ church, Ronent Dix, of Noroton, Conn., to Mrs. Louisa Botti, daughter of Thomas Stullman, Ha.step--HiLLGRovs.—January 29, 1877, by the Rev. Dr. Deems, Stax-kY M. Hatstxp and Mrs, La- viniA M. HiniGrove, all of this ved N WiGhTMaN—Cunistorugr.—At Yonkers, N. Y.. on Tuesday, January 30, by Rev. Dr. A. B. Atkins, W. 8, Radar! toJcuia £., daughter of Mary E. Christo- pher, DIED. ALexanpER,—On Tuesday afternoon, January 30, Axpuew L. A ALEXANDER, in the 57th year of bis age. Relatives and friends of the family are respectiully invited to attend the tuneral, irom his late residence, 305 West 43d st, on Friday, February 2, at hall-past twelve o'clock. Avstix.—In Hartem, January 381, 1877, Winurax B. Austin, aged 67 yoars. Relatives and friends of tho family are invited to at- tend the funeral, at bis late residence, No. 222 Kast 123d st., Friday, February 2, seven P. M. Interment at Yonkers, Saturday, 3d. Butz. —Iu Philadelphia, on the 23th inst, Signor Anrosto Buitz, in his 67th year, Remains wit] arrive via Pennsylvania Railroad, en route to Cypress Hill Cemetery, this (Thursday) morn- ing, at 10:35, A Carriages will be in waiting at Desbrosses street ferry. . Braaa.—On Monday evening, 29th January, of diph- theria, Exizauetn, eldest daughter of Susan E. und Henry 1. Bragg, Jr. Funeral trom the residence of her parents, 464 Pu- Jaski si, Brooklyao, on Thursday, February 1, at two o'clock P. M. Bropuy.—On January 30, Catmarixe Brorny, widow of James, in the 80th year of hor ago. ‘The funeral will take place from the residence of her son Michael, 168 Canal st., at oue o'clock this alter- noon, ‘The relatives and friends of the family and of her sons Michacl and James and her son-in-law, Alfred Barnes, are invited to attend, Bryay.—January 25, at the residence of her niece, in St, Louis, Sopaia Bryax, daughter of the late John Bryan. Remains taken to Albany for interment. Buckiaxb,—On Tuesday, January 30, Rev. R, J. W. BvckLanD, D, D., of the Rochester Theological Sem- inary. Funeral sorvices will be held on Thursday, February 1, at two ., from the Second Baptist church of Rochester. Relatives and trionds are respectfully in- vited to attend. CampusiL.—At Flushing, 1. I., January 30, 1877, at the residence of Mra. C. 8. Brown, of pluro-pneumonia, Many A., widow of the late Matthew Campbell, of Cherry Valley, N. Y., and daughter of tho late Fred- erick Place, of New York, Notice of funeral hereafter, Carpenter.—In Brooklyn, on Wednesday, January 81, of scarlet fever, Frorexce L., youngest daughter of Edwin L, and Emma &. Carpenter, aged 10 years, 4 months and 20 days, ‘The relatives and friends eth family are respect. fally inv to attend her tnneral, trom the residence of her parents, No, 152 Lawrenco s¢., Brooklyn, on Friday, February 2, at ball-past two o’olock. CREVELING.—At Newark, N. January 30, 1877, Lewis Dusen, infant child of Wi 3, and Emma L. Creveling. Funeral February 1, at two P. M. ‘of his grandparents, 119 New st., s ., at the residence Newark. Relatives and frien 6 invited to attend without further no- ties. Inte: nt in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, DANIKLS.—Suddeoly, on Tucsday last, WriLiam Daxtens, tn the 624 year of bis age. Funeral to-morrow \ ate 4 two P. M., Prosbyterian chureb, Morrisania, N. Y, Relatives and Iriends are respect(ully invited to attend, Dv Fiox.—-On Wednesday, January 81, at forty-five minutes past two A. M., Jonn F, L. Du Fuos, formerly Chief Engineer of the Brooklyn Fire Department, in the 74th year of bis age. The funeral will take place from nis late residence, 241 Bast Broadway, on Friday, February 2, at nall- past one o'clock. Dexxisroun.—On_ Monday, ‘Tnowas Desxistoun, aged 70 years. ‘Tho triends ot the family aro invited to attend the funeral services, at bis late residence, No. 10 West 20th st., on Thursday morning, Feb. 1, at balf-past ton o'clock, without further invitation Donemvs.—leacetully fell * Monday, January 29, Saran Piatt, beloved wile of Thomas C. Doremus, aged 74, Relatives and trionds are respectfully Invited to at- tond the funeral services, at the South Reformed chareh (Rev. Dr. Rogers’), corner Sth ay. and 21st Bt, at three o’ciock, on Thursday afternoon, Feb- raory 1. Eurrsox.—In Brooklyn, on Wednesday, Janaary 81, Tomas Exxraon, J) 4 elatives and friends are respectfully invited to at- tend the funeral, trom his late residence, No. 767 Sackett st, near 6th av., at two o'clock P, M., on Fri- day, February 2. Feuwas.—-A month’s mind will be celebrated for the Jate Mra. Saran Funimay, Thursday, February 1, at halt-past nine o’clock, at the Church of the Holy Inpocents, 7th st. and Broadway. Friends of the family are invited to attend. Matuews.—On Tuesday, January 30, January 29, 8 a ‘s Marta Rowax, wife of William Mathews, in the 40tb year of her nge. services from her late residence, Dobbs LLER.—JonN Hexny, infant son of John and Jane Miller, aged 16 months. Funeral this (Thursuay) atternoon, at two o'clock, from 584 Water at. Mone.—On Monday, 20th Inst., AGXKS, tho beloved " < . 200 | wile of Robert More, in the 34th year of her age, M.'and “wite,’ to Cartel” Roethiis The relatives and (riends of the family are reapect- Ridge st., between Broome and i fully invited to attend the faneral, from her late rest- +s 9,000 | dence, 148 23d.8t, Brooklyn, this day (Thursday), at "snot Ridge abs between Broume and De- tree o'clock P.M. vil year my 10,000 Mornay. —On Jaguar! 1877, at the residence of ite, | bis parents, 519 1otb av., @@rner of 39th #t., New York, ngat st. (No. 14) 6 B years... vp 2,000 | Joun J. Menray, the beloved son of Jobn and Anne "David K,. and wife, to Rachel A, Boyd, n. % Murray. aged 22 years and § menths, fst. dot No, 44); ve 409 The remains will be removed for intermont to Cal- vary Cemetery on Friday, February 2, at one o'clock. The triends of the family are reapecttully invited. SekLEY.—On Tuesday, January 30, Rosa SEKLES, bo- loved wite of Simon Sekles, aged 33 years, Faneral from Gorman Hospi 77th st., corner of 4th av., on Thursday morning, athail-past nine o'clock. TAYLOR. —At Bergen Point, N. J., on Wednesday, January 81, Rosgxt Tarion, in the 74th year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are respect- tully invited to attend his funeral, trom his late resi+ cordial, bat no speeches were made on the occasion, | tam Cole, of the firm of Cole & Murphy, | dence, 5th st, Bergen Point, on Friday morning, at Collector Arthur administered the oath of office and | thought it was worth about £75,000. Mr. | eleven o'clock, Carriages will meet tho 10:30 train also the “iromelad oath of allegiance” first | Higginbotham, coansel for th Cowenhoven heirs, | from tootof Liberty #., New York, at Bergen Point © Colionel silas W. Burt, comptroller and | bas jaformed the Commissioners Vhat the heirs have | depot special deputy naval officer, then to Messrs, B. W. 3, | no desire’ to be exneting, and as the land bas been Trot At Harlem, Tuesday, 30th inst, Manta ‘TRorTER, ip the 74th year of her age. Relatives and triends of tho family are invited to at- tond the funeral, trom tho residence of her sister, Mrs. David Hanson, 2,203 3d av., corner of 128d st., this day, at cleven o'clock A, M. Y,, on Tharsday alternoon, at threo o'clock. | FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. An Active and Feverish Stock Market—Shnep Fluctuations in the Coal Shares. GOLD 105 1-2 A 105 1-4, ey street, . seese $8,769 $17,068 | Andrew, dry goo m due here at seven o'clock on Sunday morning. 1t was 2,285 thing BERGE ob cde rs 3,895. 8,479 | due in Waverley between ten and eleven o'clock on _-__o Baldwin & Kuubally Brokers; 14 a9. o99 | Saturday might, The way in which the would.be train Bendneim, David, tobacco, 151 ‘ees en | wrecker proposed to accomplish his purpose was | Money on Call 5 and 4 Per Cent—Government Wator streot....- es 3, hiely by bi t u , 2 * Broadwa} pease Y r rs Bonnett & Bryce, cotton brokers fs "| more suocesstul be also placed obstructions on the line way Mortgages Generally Firm, Blanding, Waiker + Co., prod- ‘ ; in the shape of a number of large spikes, which were a howe pein ps prong 000 10,458 | nade to stand firmly upright These preparations were | oe ae Lament 2 112,000 95,000 | Ade principally in the vicinity of # bridge which id. doueph, cowning, 208 +000 | crossed # creek, into which it was doubtless supposed WALL Staxer, } Davids. | amen m 6,500 42,000 | te train would be precipitated, but it seems tuat other Wapxespay, Jan. 31, 6—P. AL creel Hetinda,. taarors, obstructions had been placed ‘on the line turtheron. | {¢ is an accepted truism that no household with any Pers Doskuan asrect. 1 16,000 70,000 | The attempt wae suecesstul to the extens of pasung ions to respectability t8, Or should be, with mer danipee Kon, ee 000 | the engine, baggace aud smoking care and some of tho | Pretensions De y , Withous Piet nah Md ag gue 38,114 | Passenger cars off the track; but, fortunately, the train | its pet skeleton in a closet. The Stock Exchange, as Gciereen John G., Seewsrsis “A » | did not leave the embankment.’ Had it been thrown | a family of many members, has always something of Centre rice + 25,196 80,962 | probability is tb | the sort on hand, and to-day the raw head and bloody Grebner & Tie! ‘been very bones was reveaied in the shape of the coal etocks, Cortlandt street 500 3,000 | on suspicion” and. & ” ., youn, iT Hall & Kennel, hat | fey. Dot more than twenty yosraef age, confessed that i There was ie sin nl atthe opening to provide woud ie ag hiry ae 6,000 20,000 | ne was tho culprit, He now lies in jail at Waverley | % feast of good things for guests sanguine of higher bea A prevers clothing, Last in| suauing a investigation of the orimalnal tiempt. | prices and a satisfactory spread for hungry bulls, ‘rh atl ated leh Rada Ad ! i 10 culty is to find @ motive for so terri! crime, e on i Hausmann, Adolph, mirrors, 1 Teaaineas Om tes cone ieaeatasbalen niawne: | rece Nee at bray Areal gctaks 166 Bowery... : sees 4, 5,000 | having become demented through religious excite. anatomy which subdued Tusculian banquets, exerted Hermance, Jacon, glass, 69 Mur- | ment, and that tho accounts of the Ashtabula railrond | jts baleful influence upon the market and foreshadowed ray street. +. 65,000 200,000 | disaster had so worked upon his frenzied imagination | tho dies ira of lowor prices. Hinoril & Co., lithographers, 36 | that he could not resist the impulse to bring about a . - 5,000 i pila OnAGa 1 am said saat he. bear be ons Plaily, the movement of to-day’s quotations hung | freight car in a location from which he could view the | upon the coal stocks, most especially upon the New 16,000 40,000 | wreck which he expected would result trom his care- , Johnson, Requa | {ally injd pans. On oo other hand, the despatches | Jersey fency, which, declining oF rising, foams 61 Walker street. ...- ++ a 8,000 20,000 | received from the general superintendent of the rail. tho entre list acting in most amiable ac- Kingabary, panier? Hulet 48,008 102,000: a ig tne Tine: pass out bess ie cord, It was well known that a meeting hs WAY. oes veee ee i. nity, and the Ene offic re coniiden: a io road 8 5 5 x j 8 4 Cr McKean, Thomas, shoos, 470 ! 7 upon the probable action that would be taken. Bilious Third avenue .. ne eiion 4,000 | COUNTERFEITERS AT THE BAR. 43 Metropolitan Fire Insurance bears, who look upon the anthracite properties as be- _ Company (harmiaasyy . 18,000 | James L. Mauker, the young man who was indicted | youd saving, rogarded the conference in the light of an ay op See eee 25,000 | {0F raising two-doilar bille to the denomination of $10, | ante-mortem wake, where oe eke meats a the Schreier, Edward, pro 2 | Was arraigned before Judge Benediet, in the United j shape of pleasant reminders of former dividends "broker, 76 Broad ace - — ; States Circuit Court, yesterday, to plead to the in- | would be freely dispensed, out whero little could be Eee ccmdwivele ate. fi 40,000 | dictment found against him by the Grand Jury. Ha | suggested as 10 the {utare salvation of the company. Spor, Joseph, shoes, 445 Eighth pleaded “guilty,” and was remanded to jail toawait | 4ccordingly short sales were frecly indulged tn, with eaiouebg ee : oe 8,000 2,000 | parte site ty bad ia oop gabe fan } the effect of carrying the price down from 24% to 214, bh 0! , harness, ui y cs m,"* ect Strauss, prorat barns doe 0,000 | indicted for pussing a counverfols ten-dollar ill on Hh \ Subsequently, however, some facts, or at least rumors, Surdam, B, tereoscopes, 411, | Lafayette National Bank, of Indiana, in Brooklyn, was jeaked out that things were not so bad as had been an- Broadway . 2,000 10,000 | bine hy Gene mare Lop etl a and a jury | ticipated, and the boars, quick to turn tail at the first DW. | yesterday. @ defence was thal the prisoner was | be oo dhapd alia pie sane | fenorant’of the nature of the bill. He was Towui | scent of dangor, were as clamorous in their efforts to ‘Thorpe, N-¥., cutlery, 206 Peart : Guilty and remanded to await sentence, buy as they had been to sell, Through this means the 2 street, See rersrage) 7,000 15,000 price strengthened visibly, and was speedily run ap ta ‘rippe & Sons, drugs ani N r 27, though 1t lost quite one per cent in final dealings. Yous, Dinsmore & Ga, salway aie one MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. | ‘The action taken at to-day’s mecting may be briefly supplies, 13 Barclay’ street... 29,430 112,315 | Ee | described as follows:—Mr. Knight, the presidont, Vroman & Co., shoes, Sixth av. ’ a . { Stated that the object of the meoting was to urge upon Pinan 15,000 | Laxe,—Mrs, Fasxre J. Lana, of Glen Cove, LL, of | the stockholders the necessity of subsoribing to the str eee 60,000 75,000 hej $3,000,000 bonds, as they wore recently invited to do bine ils Co, Pepe San joo) MARRIED. by circular, and which thus far had elicited little or no Phe besa Brsxex—Lrxon.—On the 23d inst, by the Rev. response, The cquipment and general condition of Total..scccvssees seve 1 $1,650,729 | Father P, J. SeCloskey, at St. Agnes’ church, Epwaxp the property was stated to be beyond criticism, but to retain :} in tbat atate, or even to continue the road under the present organization, was impossible with. ‘out the assistance of the stockholders, which {+ was | necessary should be expressed by the amount above | stated, It was algo stated that the net earnings for the cur. rent yoar, as estimated, would amount to $800,000 to $1,000,000, The Lehigh and Wilkeabarre Coal and Iron Company were also reported to be in arrears to the Central Com- pany some $1,500,000, which amount steps would bo immediately taken to collect. This latter projoct appears very well upon the face of it, but the two companies being somewhat like the Siamese twins, with a mixed individuality, which ren- ders a strict distinction of business a difficult matter, it is not casy to seo how the plan is to be carried out, Late in the day it was currently reported that the $5,000,000 required had boon subscribed to, but there was nothing to verify the story. ‘The history of fluctuations in tho other coal stocks was tho history of the Central property, as they rose and fell in unison therewith, the only point of in- terest being that Mr. Sloan, the Prosident of the Dela- waro and Lackawanna corporation, denies all reports of his company being unable to respond to all debts and obligations when due and presented, ‘The rest of the market became good, bad and tne difterent under dictation of the coal stocks, and wore otherwise without special feature. THR SALE TO-DAY aggregated 231,633 shares, which were distributed as foliows:—New York Central and Hudson, 1,450; Erie, 200; Lake Shore, 34,100; Northwestern, 200; North. western preferred, 1,700; Rock Island, 700; Pacilo Mail, 700; St. Paul, 5,000; do. preferred, 25,600; Obios, 400; Western Union, 45,550; Wabash, 800; Union Pa- cific, 1,600; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, 55,690; Now Jorsey Central, 46,776; Michigan Central, 5,500; Lilinois Central, 1,600; Delaware and Hudsoa Canal, 3,500, OPENING, HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES, Tho following table shows the opeping, highest and lowest prices of the day :— Opening, Highest. Lowest, 102 10245 102 . OG 25% . 5a 54% i 6% 6% Northwestern - Bd Bb hy 35 Northwestern preferred... 56 565 55 Rook Island, + 10%, 101 5g 101% Miwaukee and St Paul... 1835 19 18% Mil. and St. Puul pref..... 4745 48% 47% Del., Lack. and Western., 6955 6936 re Now Jersey Central. 2434 27 214, Union Pacific... 13g 65 64 Ohio and Mississipp 76 1M 6% Atlantic and Pacific Tol..., 16 16 16 Western Union. 7 15% Pacific Mail... 25 2a CLOSING PRICKS—3 P, M, Offered, Aske, fie Mall MiL& St P pf. 48 any West Un Tel.” Zak 3,0 & 10, 2% 8. At & Pac Tel. 153 Wi... Gilg Gb Quicksilver "143, » 2% Quicksilver pl. 21 xy 13 Marl & Min” Sy Han &StJo pt 5% —- 20g Mar L & M ph. 9 LS&MSo. .. 64% ou Adams Exprossl0t Mich Genteal "47 47g ‘Amer Express. 97 NY &Harlom.140" 142 U's Express, | 4914 NYCAHR.AWIK Ly elly-Furgoix » 2% Hy M 6) om & Wabash, CH Union Pa 64 wash Ilinols Cen. lig Del & Hua. 6L ADVANCE AND DECLINE, The following are the changes in closing prices com. pared with those of yesterday :— Apvaxc#.—Chicago and Alton common, %; New Jersey Central, %; Northwestern common, 3; Ohio Ba Mississippi, 55; St. Paul preforred, %; American EXpress, } Decuinek.—Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph, 3¢; Now York Central, 4; .,0., Cand L, 34; Delaware and Lackawanna, 5; Delaware and Hudson, 3¢; Hannibal and St Josoph preferred, %; Illinois Central, 1; Lake Shore, 4%: Michigan Central, %; dorris and Essex, Rock Isiand, Wabash, %; Union Pacific, ; West- arn Union, %; Adams Expross, $4; Wells Fargo, 1%, ana gold, THE MONEY MARKET. Money closed at 4 per cent on call. Tho following wero the rates of exchange on New York at tho uan- dermentioned cities to-day ;—Savannah, buying 34 off, soliing 4 a 44 premium ; Cincmnati, steady, buying par, selling 1-10 premium; St Louis, 6 premium ; Charles- ton, easier, 4s par; New Orleans, sight unsettled and nominal, and Chicago, 60 premium, Foreign exchange is quiet but steady, with actual business at 4.83% a 4.84 for bankers’ 60 days’ sterling and 4.85 a 4.85)¢ for demand, The nominal asking rates remain at 4.546 and 4 86, THE GOLD MARKET, Gold opened at 105g, fell off to 106%, and closed at the latter figure, The carrying rates were 434 to 3 per cent, closing at 4 per cent. Gold clearances at the National Bank of tho State of New York:— Gold balances, . Currency balances. Gross clearances. + $2,007,861 2,217,240 647,000 Currency exchange Curreney balan Gold excbanges. Gold balances THR FORKIGN MARKET, The London advices report consols and United States bonds steady, excopt our 1867's, which ree corded a decline of 35 a J¢ per cent, This Is forte nightly settling day at the London Stock Exchange, The Bank of England is still losing bulion frecly, the withdrawals on valance to-day amounting to £2! Rentes at Paris had another sliyht advance. The following are the prives at 4:30 2, M.—Consols for money, 95% @ 98: do. for account, G6% # O%%