The New York Herald Newspaper, April 15, 1877, Page 8

‘8B ~CHIOS COMPRACHICE, ——e—__—. Edward Booker, the Colored Fugitive, Ar- rested and Held for Child-Stealing. TWO STORIES OF THE ABDUCTION. Martin Havens, the Stolen Boy, Says the Ne- gro Coated Him Away and Deceived Him. Booker Alleges Martin Begged to Go With Him, Wishing to Run Away from His Adopted Parents. BOOKER’S BAD CHARACTER. fiesta 5S Testimony Before the Committing Magistrate. (wy TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. Couvanes, Oblo, April 13, 1877, Great excitement was caused bere to-day by the re- ceipt of a telegram, from the City Marshal of London, Onto, stating that he had arrested Eaward Booker, the colored man who stole Martin Havens trom his father’s house, in Delaware county, Inst Sunday’, and that the child was “all right.’? Special officers at once left tor London and returned to this city on alate train to- mght, with the objects of their search. Your cor- respondent met the party, and interviewed both Booker and the boy at the police statiou, The boy isa five specimen of a farmer’s boy and quite large for bis age. He 18 plain spoken, avd tells his story with childlike simplicity, He is dressed ina thin suit of blue clothes, which be bad when be lett hom THE HOY'S STORY His story is as follows:—'On last Sunday morning Booker came up to our house, as ho often did, about nine o'clock, and asked me to take a walk with him, I asked him where he was going, and he said ‘just gown to the orchard.’ I went with him, and we kept on walking for some time, and I then asked him where he was going. He told me to come on and he would take care of me, but that he didn't want to be seen, I said 1 wus tired and wanted to go go buck home, but Booker wouldn't let me. Iwas cold, too, for I only had on this suit, but Booker made me walk awful fast, and I got warm. We walked down the river bank, and crossed over five bridges until we got to North Columbus, and then we got on a street car and cane to Columbus, We went right off to Mrs son’s, Booker’s sister, where we slept that night, Booker told me notto tulk to anybody, but if they asked me whol was to tell thom I was his boy, He also told me tosay I had run away because Mr, Ha- vens whipped me so much. Well, during Monday and Tuesday we stayed in Columbus, aud Bouker took me to several saloons, where we played cards and drank beer, Tuesday nigut we siept at a colored man’s, named Butler, a few miles west of Columbus, and on Wednesday we walked to West Jefferson, about four- ale teen miles, where we rested some time, I don’t know the little towns we passed, tut we walked all the way on the — turnpike, and I gotawful tired, Booker didn’t treat mo bad, and we had lots to cat, We got it trom people along the road. At one place where we stopped to eat I started to run away “hile Booker was in tne house, | but be saw me and so I went back to bim. lked - Booker, and he didn’t treat me mean at ail, | Weill, we got to London to-day, and there a policeman | came up, uud, alter taking off my bat and looking ut | thig big sear on my (oretead, ne took us both to jail, | I was real scared, for L diau’t know what was going to be done with me and Booker, [used to get whipped | sometimes, bat [ didn’t want to run awa aud Bo from hoine, | ay because | somuch, [tell you it I get ired, and while talking kept | glawemg imialy t the bexi room, where Booker Was coulined. He is o fending hts | abducior, Ho was tak and will be returned to bis parents to-morrow, Where a wariu | welcome awaits hin. | THE KIDNAPPER'S STORY. | Booker was next iuserviewea, He was found lying | on a bench in his cell, sleeping so soundly that ttre | quired several cails of his name to arouse him. He | fiuuily got up, and, coming to the frontot the cell, placed his idee ugamst the grated door and stared stulidly at his disturbers, He is nota vicious looking tan, ind Was plainly but decently dressed. His eyes are a little sinull and sinister looking, and his lower | Ip droops beavily, rwise there 13 nothing une | usual abou He tatks quite deliv. | eracely aud uses gov and appeared surprised | that any one should su that be baa siolen the | child or expecied to hirm him. When asked to tell | his sige of the story und why: he took the child ue | said:—“Why did I stcai the boy? You see, me and my | wife had been working for Havens tor some time and | 1 got well acquainted with and ikea Witte first rate. He was a good boy, but Mrs, Havens didn’t treat him right. 1 beard him tel! Havens thatit Mra. Havens didn’t stop whipping him he would run away, and be | said he would lenve anyhow when he got a | pie of years older. a see, 1 was goiws to leave Havens to look tor another job for myselt wife and I went up to Havens” house on | Willie saw me there and insisted on | with me, and go I let him com bless you, | 1 didu’t expect to hurt him, and { woulun’t have | thought of hurting him.” When asked it be did not | | | bome [| wou’t run ‘The boy seems luke the boy to obtain a reward, Booker replicd:— “Why, certainly not, I shouldn't have thoayht of takiug him, and didu’t want to tke him, but he arged me so bard to jet him go with me that T didn’t tke to | ave bim there to be abused, Why, one morning L | bs bang bin about for vot getting on | truth was he couidn’t get tem on, | When he was golay w Booker su going to keep on untill found wor: 1 to take care of the buy as best 1 could, But 1 want you to un. | derstood that that boy was not forced away from nis home.” HOW THY ARREST WAS MADE, ‘The special constable irom Delaware county who went to Loudon to return Booker and bis churge to This point was also interview He said the Marshal of Loudon had just read the story of the abduction, | and was on the way to bis vilice when Bouker | and the boy came aloug. Seeing the white boy | with the colored tan attracted hig attention. —¢ up to the boy he saw the scar on his forenead. usked Boo! that was, Booker at first « corrected himsall, and suid it with bim,’? orrow to Delaware county was ‘a boy who wa Booker Will be taken to for prenminary trial Tue | zy here is against him, aud, although 4 the wm educated community, he may, unless caretuily be roughly treated. His wile was token to Orang Station, Delaware county, to-day, where she bad prelininory examination, Over one 1 persons Were present, and various threats 1 lite were made. ‘The previous er and ife are inuch again graphed to-night that bis boy v jo-morrow. He 's au old mao tracted by bis loss for several spent ta riding all over the country in search missing boy. | b 8 was t EXAMINATION AND COMM T OF BOOK? Cotvunes, Obio, April 14, 15° ‘The negro Edwara »ker, the abductor of Martin Havens, aud the boy were taken to Flint Station this morning for trial, They were followed to the raiiroud depot by a smail crowd of people, who from time to time breathed anything but kind wishes tur Booker. As the curious crowd peered at him Booker sat like a Stolid looker on, and occasionally toyed with Lis heavy handcuts. He ntly does not appreciate the extent of bis wrong doing or else 18 naturally Sluggish in temperament. Just before the train lett Columbus a rquad of Irish railroad bands © into the caf, abd aiier gazing on Booker as it he were a wild beast gave Win the benelit of their opinion of Bim, which was in effect that if they had their money would be Warted on bis trial, At Fint station os: evid y no arty of friends were wait- ere ae ele kan. # Havens stepped upoa the platform he was seize: u adophed “taiibwe Versi wila sere OF delight aoa tears of emo the God, my God, my buvy ack sae ao eluimed, and he was buy and was only yielded op \ to be gune througa with by present, The boy is evidently vot o: disposition, for while appearlee fii io ve friends again be allowed rather nil the general rejoreing that the jost Havens, « robust, pare fouling fariwer or sixiy-nye sowed Bis manner he Was MVEH Liles, but h Fy idee poo onite aod frMly b0 bie won waike ‘up and cowo the platiorm. He bas been guuce Monday, and is provty well brokew down; vur | WOU pated tn Old Mr. haing ever T always | said he was raised | | don’t you tre | Ings, ond enipbasigiag tna rem quotations from the impeachment of the late President Andrew Jonnsou, aud toat of Judge George G. Barnard. ‘The | formed. | probavly fi his manner of meeting the child and his appearance showed plainly his affection for his adupted son, ‘The erics of rejoicing of the mother attracted cou- siderable attention, and as the tram pulled out from the depot, leaving tho boy clasped in his mother’s arms, every window of the carg was occupied by heads of sympathetic passengers who were familiar with tho story of the child’s abduction. ‘THK BXAMINATION, The officers and the boy’s friends proceeded with the pgisoner to the nearest magistrate’s house, Squire Carpenter, where a large number of stalwart ferme were already ip waiting, Lt was a crowd whose appear- ance was not favorable to the men who bad been guilty of the crime of kidnapping, but if they felt any special bitterness it was kept hidden, A cosey trout sitting room, Where lay a little cuila siek with paeu- mouia, Was nade to do duty as a court room, and into this a' motley crowa assembled. Booker’a wife, who was under arrest for complicity in the abduction, was there in charge of a constable, She isa tall, Dand- some, yellow woman, and was neatly dressed. Hor face lighted up when ber husband was brought In, aud glances were exchanged between them, but seeing handeufls on Booker sue assumed a spite(ul expression, avd glared fiercely at wll who looked at ber, When the trial was about to commence she was told to go into the next room. She jumped up quickly and said, *Ye let me go anywhere to get away froin these peopl stares,” ‘The sick child of the Justice from ber couch expressed a desire to see what handcuffs were like, una Booker was told to hold up bis arms 80 she could seo them, which he did, TESTIMONY IN THR CASE Silas Havens, adopted father of the stolen boy, was called as We lirst witness, In a quaint, farmerlike way he told Low Booker had come to his house some | mein February, and was given work on the tarm. Alter working tour or five days Booker’s wile also came to the fart and was given work us a house ser- vant for her board. About the 1st of April Hooker left and went to work tor neighbors, While working ‘at Havens? great friendship sprang up between Booker and ihe boy, and they were together frequently, The boy was in his ninth year and was an orphan, They had adopted him, Mrs. Havens was next called, and gave her testi- mony im a much less forgiving spirit than her husband but with iniivitely more glibness, She testitled that on lasi Sunday morning the boy came into the houso and said Booker und b1s wife were at the door, Mrs, Booker, or, as she 18 known in Delaware county, Mrs. Stewart. came in, and in a moment the boy went out and sat on the horse block with Booker, Some time alter When she looked out at the door both boy und | taan were gone. In answer to a question, us to | whether she had ever seen any special intimacy between tue boy aud Booker, she réplied that the boy seemed very fond of Booker, and that after ne left their house the boy was always running over to where Booker was working. Sie threatened to whip bim if he didn’t stuy away from Booker. Booker was now given a | chance to ask Mrs, Havens questions, but she him such spiteful answers that he soon de: Booker insisted that the boy had only come over to | sce bim once alter he left Havens’ house, Mrs, Ha- vens tuen gaye Booker a blast in shrewiah style, and wound up by saying “I don’t want bo mean nigger to steal my child, and I ought to have whipped the boy long ayo before letting him go with you atall, Don't talk Lo me, sir, Booker’s wife was then called, and asked what her name was, She said Mrs. Ann Stewart, It thon turned out that since working iu Orange township Booker has | veen called Stewart, The woman persisted that her buaband’s name was Stewart, and that she knew no | other name for him, This was in direct opposition to the story she had previousiy told. She showed much impatience at being questioned. When pressed witn the question as to Whether sbe did not know her bus- banu’a real nume was Booker, sbe gave adisdaintal toss of her head, und auswercd “Oh, don’t talk such stull; of course his name is not Booker.” | Constable Bright, who brougut Booker from London, was uext culled, aud repeated the story of the arrest | substantially as above, | Young Haven s was next celled and told the story of MMs trip substantially as he told your correspondent | iast night. He stood with downcust eyes in the mid- dié of the ryom, and told his story in a straight- forward way. Although repeatedly questioned be to say Booker bau treated him badly or that he tl, or that he asked Booker to take him home, He said he’ wasn’t afraid, and believed Booker would take nim back home allright. He evidently has not | sullered particularly during bis trip, and docs not cuerish any resentment toward Booker, ‘A CLAIM OP INNOCENCE. | Booker was next examined, He said on Saturday | night he told bis wile he was going to bunt another | piace to work; on Sunday be came to Ravens’ house, | where the child met him, and when he found he | (Booker) was going away declared ho was going with him, but that be advised the boy not to leave Lome; the voy persisted, and so he tet him walk some dis- tance with Lim; he again told bitn to go back, but the boy reused, and said he was determined to ran away from the H anyhow. He persisted ul he bad | no idea of doing the boy any damage, or of taking him | away; he ikea the cbild very much and. thought as long as be insisted upon going with him he would sup- port him as best he could and send him to school. He Virgiuia, but nad lived at Zanes- ville, Wheeling and Columbus, No other testimony of importance was adduced. HOUKER HELD POR TRIAL The Justice bound Booker over to court to answer to the charge of child stealing in the sum of $1,500, in do- fault of which he was committed to jail BOUKER'S WIPE DISCHARGED, Mrs, Booker was next put on trial, but no testimony tending to prove she was a party to her busband’s con- duci,she was discharged. After dividing a plug of tobacco with ber husband she remarked, “Well, goodby, Ed; I’m going down to Columbus to earn sume money and 1'il see you in a tew weeks.” She taen took the road for Columbas—twelve miles away—de- cluriug she would walk tuere by night, Excellent or- der Was maintaimed belore and after the trial, but one rash tnun might have changed the quict party into a mob Without great labor bad he so desired. A HAD CHARACTER, Booker bas not a bad face. He ts simply a stolid looking begro; but the police here say tis innocent jook isallassumed, His sister bere says he isa very | dangerous mau, and he stole bis brother's child 1D Virginia sonie yeurs ago, aud heid it until 1t was taken away by the police. Sue also says seme years ago his mother came from Virgina and lived with ber tor a time, but in some way Booker found sbe had rome money. He persuaded her to go but with him, and she never returned, Some weeks later her dead body was found uader a pile of brushes cust of this city. She does not say directly she thinks Booker murdered her for her money, but such inter- ence can readily be drawn from her talk. THE BOY'S GoOD NOmK. we with young Havens’ only 1 neigubors ail tend to prove he bas an ex- ent home wito his purents by adoption aud was weil | treaied, and that Le would not have lett home unless cvaxed away by Booker, or was of an ungrateful dispo- sion, A JUSTIC IMPU NED. THE FFYORT TO KEMOVE A LOCAL MAGISTRATE AT MOUNT VERNON—TESTIMONY REGARDING JUDICIAL IMPLOPKIETIES, | The case of Robert W. Edmonds, a justice of the peace at Mount Vernon, Westenester county, against whom charges of malfeasance in office, together with a petition praying for his removal, have been pre- sented in the Supreme Court, 1s now occupying a large ehare of public on im the village named, Another hearing betore County Judge Gifford, the Teleree appointed to take testimony in the matter, took place yesterday before a large ana highly inter- | ested assemblage. Preparatory to the taking of testimony, William Bourke Cockran, counsel for the respondent, moved, im view of a previous decision ot the referee, that no | evidence relating to $ other than those speci. | fied in the petition be received without the coun- Sel lor the petitioners first giving the respond- ent two Weeks? notice of their intention to offer such testimony, In support of his motion counsel made ah extwustive argument, citing preecdents from the records of cages tried in England thirteenth ce ury down to the tr motion Was denied however by the reter NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 18 * CREEDMOOR. | OPENING OF THE RIFLE SEASON—THE REMING- TON GOLD PRIZE CONTEST. ‘The rifle season commenced yesterday at Creedmoor, and the first match came off under favorable circum- stances, ail things considered. Although the day was rather raw and windy the weather could not be culled bad for sporting purposes, and it was expected that much better scoring would have marked the opening match than that which is credited to yesterday's Practice. The conditions of tho atmosphere and of the hght were pretty good. The temperature was of moderate coolness and the air dry. ‘The result of these combinations was that marksmen found themselv obliged to allow groater elevations on the tangent scales of their weapons than bad been found necessary for a nearly corresponding period last year, The match shot was a new one, and its conditions were, thereiore, untamiliar to the distinguished riflemen who Participated im it, hence it is not surprising to tind the scores much lower than is usually tho case at Creedmoor when the same ranges aro shot over. One ‘Feagon given for the pooruess of the record was that the ammunition was unreliable; but it ia difficult to per- ceive how this could be tho case, seeing that all the cartridges contained the same weight of powder of a given quality, It wus suggested that the powder, being of an indiflerent grade, did not, upon inflammation, develop a suflicient quantity of elastic fuid io carry the bullet up to 8 mark, Bub this could only happen im cuse of the powder being restoved or mude up oi badly amalgamated ingredients; as, fur example, if the mitre Contained impurities or happened to be defectively crys- talhzed, the sulphur to contain foreign earths, or iho cbarcoal to ve pit-burned instead of bemg cylinuer made, ‘The projectiles used, too, were swedged cy lin- dro-conoidal balls, wuose centre of gravity coincided Wb tLe centre of figure, and, therefore, leaving the bore of awell-rifled gun, they should travel in their trajectory line without apy appreciable deviation from the right path. For these reasons 1t would seem fairer to attribute the poor shooting of yesterday to \he rusti- ness of the marksmen than to defective gartridges, CONDITIONS OF THE MATCH, The conditions of the match were:—Open to all comers; weapon, ~ Remington brecch-loading rillo within the rules of tho National Rifle Association ; to be Joaded at the ureech with cartridges furnished trot the factory, which will be issued uy the range superin- teuvent to cach competitor at the fring points in sealed packages; distances 900 und 1,000 yurds; twenty rounds ut each range, position, ony without artificial Test; the highest aggregate score in each competi- tion’ to win; ties to be decided aceording to tho rules, no coach’ng or spotting allowed, nor in- torchange of information between tho competitors; ho previous practice permitted on the day of the match; vo sighting shots; entrance fee, $2. The prize ($300 in gold) must be wou three times—not neces- sarily consecutively—betore becoming the property of the winner. One-balt of the eutravce money tv be divided, two-thirds of this being for the highest score and one-third for the Second best man. No mateu to come off with a jess number thau ten entries, Yoxtor- day there were twelve entries, and Mr. Isaac L. Al'en, of Brooklyn, carried olf the first honors on a score of 159 ports out of a possible 200; Mr. Thomas. Lamb, who came in second best, made an equal number of points with the winner, beating him oue at the first range and falling oue behind at the second, which lat ter circumstunce determined the contest in favor of Mr. Allea. The firing commenced before the 900 yards butts at eleven o'clock, and the match was ciosed on ,000 range by two, THE scones, ISAAC In ALLEN, Totals, 25405362555455544544—-81 64505544045235554535—78—159 THOMAS LAMB, 555425455335345334 5 482 34355650650535435534—7i—159 L. WRBER, 85335353 30455655581 B4453554 5662454275156 GENERAL 900 0. 5434544355 803554279 1,000.00... 4406543353 3438 5 2 0—59—188 ©. K. BLYDENRURGH, 900, 48235555R55556503355—78 1,000..225. 00355044565335034203 357-135 MAJOR IL & JEWELL. 4R00 444454524545 502 5364 4344346305 54267129 1, MORSE. 6442 33R4553543443—05 8454 356200024583 0—v0 -125 H. RAYMOND. 4522 4552540503220 54 5235 353846323323 570-124 1. SHARPS. 0200 3044345555300—52 F 634455405535 0-09-11 LONRL Hl. BA: . 34433 2543-5 55243 55 . FISHE! 00 550300 02353 250 WASHBURN. 044235553444 4—62 $000300043503523522 Retired, THE AMATEUR OLUB CONTESTS. Next Tuesday the long range marksmen of tho Amateur Club will commence their series of contests for the purpose of choosing a senior and a junigr rile team whose duty it will be to shoot in all matches where the club may be concerned, und to contest tor the supremacy between the two ttums themselves, Jt 1s thought that the result of these competitions will be to pat the club in acondition to meet any adversary, however formidable, who may throw down the gauntiet, 900 1,000 BASEBALL. THE CHELSEAS’ OPENING GAME—A PICKED NINE THAT WERE PLUCKED. The champion Chelseas, of Brooklyn, played their opening game yesterday at the Capitoline Ground with a picked nine. The Chelseas were short the services of Rule and Hayes, two of their best men, The va- cancies were well filled, however, by Deguan, of the Amitys, and Whearty, an excellent local player. Dog- nan pitched in the first five innings, Dunne playing at left and Whearty at first. Dunne came in to pitch in the sixta inning, and his many delhveries puzzied the ficld nine considerably, The Cheiseas played strong fielding game as well as batting, The toliowing is the score in 1uil: 2% curusta R1B gE E Clare, 3b.... é 0 0 oll Loughlin, 202 2 0 137.28 Curren, 6.2 2 7 22 o1do0 Degnan, p..0 10 2 1 oo132 Cassidy,c 1.3 8 0 0 0 Marvin, dv..0 0 4 0 21 Roseman, 0 1 2 1 Bevsonjat.0 0 10 4 | Hourigan,rt2 0 1 0 0 Gan,r'f...0 25 021 Whearty, 1b3 210 8 0 Frauk,1.t..0 0 4 0 0 Dooue, Lk i..2 1 0 1 0 Ravkinyp...1 11 4 2 Totals... 2 8 27 10 13 INNINGS, Ist, 2d, 8d. Ali, Sth. 6th, TH. 8th. Oth, e483) € 2. 2 3.0 4—2 1 nines. 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 O28 nod—Chelsea, 6; field, 0. @ by errors Of opponents—Chelsea, 5; ‘Time of game—Two bours and fifteen minutes. Umpire—Mr. Ackerman, of the Middletown club, NEWARK AQUATIC: The Passaic River Rowing Association have decided to hold their annual regatta on June 19, the number of races to be four—a single scull, pair-our gig, four- oared shell anda six-vared gig race. The four-oared race 18 to be one and @ hall miles aud return, the others one and a half miles straightaway, Ali the Passaic ciubs gi ‘omise of making a tver display cn the river this coming season than on any preceding one, A BOY'S ADVENTURE. The pernicious effect of dime novel literature was A huniber of Wituesses Were calied ou the part of the petitioners for the purpose of proving that they bad | been complainants belore Justice Edwouds | where vo trials took piv if testimony being ine | tended to support oue ot t gations against tue respondent that he bad charges in hia bills against the town ty or services never per. | Aga rule pearly ail of these witnesses failed ably on their cross-examination, of tor one of the local news- Ovhers Was pending; that he saw the respon from a truiu in w Blute Of Intoxication; t busted into the court room Wet tho wide Of the Deneu ws he attempted to tuke cut; that the respondent culled the court to order wunoUnCEd bis readiness Lo give his decision in referred to, This decision, the witovss thauclin, thick © vol vost Tnuistipet, and a miitiounss amination, t reporter new ey. Un cross-ex- | vithess acknowledged that he was the | hd principal manager of one of the village | vers, Of which the senior counsel for tha petl- seditor, He admitted having reported the | weutioued tor tik paper, bus did Dot know suid report cont y allusion to the ondent As a large sum- to Le examined (he case WJourhed ata late hour lust evening | DABSTAKDLY OUTRAG As cur No. 141 of the Seventh avenue line wan pase. | b ibirty-firat and vhurty~ xevond strects last night, a pistol ball whizeed through round bole in the glans. Portunat + but Mr George Guilin, Foreman ot Evgine Company No. fat at the wujuining Window, liad 4 harrow exeupe, The shoe was t wort \y some one of the Why are Wont itequent Ihe | # near by, The policeman on We post shoud be Held to a Ktrlet necountabiity in une of the reeyrrence of the outrage, oud Huould ve directed to find the Loy who Gred the shat lust wight = | own that nue, betwer one of the windows, cutting y, DO One Was bur many young scouuure brick aod iumber p | tropolis. } | whieh they. were congtant renders, | York, they’ took to illustrated im this city yesterday by the discovery of a lad of respectable parentago, who left a good home in Albany four years ago to seck his fortune in the me- ‘The youth’s name 1s William Lampson, and his age lourtecn yeura, His tater, a lawyer of sumo prowinence 1 Albany, died recently, leaving consider- able property, to which the missing boy was an heir. | This caused tive Fetutives to apply to, Superintendent Waling to exert his eGorts to find him, Devecuve Adatas, who was jtrosted with the case, began bis wong the siums of New York, and alter con- bie trouble fonud bim in the Newsboys? Lodging 4c, in New Chambers street, The boy was only lad Lo exchange bis le of way Wardness for a com: fortable home. He stated that tour years ago he wad jour other ys of Albany started lor this city, their Winds being strongly Impressed with the happiness of metropolitan life as depicted in the dime novels, of Arrived in New biacking boots und xeling newspapers. His companions soon repeuted and re- turned home; but he, wiraid to meet bis father, re- maimed in New York. Sometimes be earned thirty cepts 4 day, on which occasions Le was enabled to In- ouige in the luxury ofa ; but the greater part of the time friendly coal boxes and alleyways furnished him ton! ish lodgings, Thu culture of tis former associa- ou wore off and he Lecaine a thorough sircet | Arab. Superintendent Walling yesterday communicated with Loe boy's relatives, and he will be sent home on Mouday. In the meantime he 1s cared jor ut the Cen- | tral Ofice, “HE NEW BERGEN TUNNEL. The opening of the new Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad tunnel uuder Bergen Hill 18 set down for the 26th inst, the birthday of Moses Taylor, who hay been most energotic in aiding the great entur- prise. The occasion will bea remarkable one in tho Distory of railroad iinprovements. Two thouaund tp- Vitatious have been weued, My. Samuel Sloan, pre dent of (he road, will pase throagh the tunnel ou tt firat locomotive, wud a xUMpiOUs banquet Will be pro- vided lor the Iriends and guests of the company. Mr. Joun MeAndrew, tho coutractor, has arranged for a raflicieat number of locomot nd carson the oo cain, 77.—QUINTUPLE SHEET. *CHANGE. COAL STOCKS AND THE RUMORS CONCERNING THEM—ROCK ISLAND BONDS—THE KENNEDY SUSPENSION—PRODUCE EXCHANGE AND THE WAR RUMORS, ‘The rumor mania seems to be rampant about this time, A few days ago the story went that one or two of the coal roads were flying ata tangent from the circle of solvency in the direction of bankruptcy, and in consequence the speculators got a profitavle turn out of the downward movement of the stock. Then the flyiwg rumors were checked, rowards were offered for the conviction of those who started them, and the statement went abroad that the roads assailed were in as bealthy a condition a8 may be desired, The rumors, it was authoritatively asserted, were Wholly without foundation, Then the price of stocks improved and it was hoped the last bad been heard of the rumors about these corporations, Ifthe circulators of false news were cager for another sensation it wax thought they would turn thetr attention jp some other direction. But no; the fever rap in the other extreme, and for a while yesterday report had it that the price of coal was to be sent up, and that the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company Intended not to sell any coal this month and thus help the upward movement, Thea it was also said that “if? the Delaware and Lackae wanna Company so concluded ‘1t was not at all im- provable that the Peunsylvania and Delaware and Hudson companies would foliow suit,” Now it so happens that the +41” iu this instance was of very grave importance indeed. Tere was no ground lor the cirewlation of a rumor that the Delaware and Lackawanna Compavy intended not to sell, and it re- ceived 4 formal deaial shortly alter the close of busi- ness in the Stock Exchange, when the loilowing went over the wires of the stock indicators :— ‘The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Com. pany will advertise, on Monday, the sale of 100,000 tons ot coul on Wednesday, 25th inst. It is not likely to be so readily forgotton, as the Tumor committee must think (lat the recent *combi- nation”? 18 like a pool in Which individual interests aro superior to the common interest. ‘There is no bond of union bat sellishness, and the time may come any moment When One of the part.es to the compact will tnd 1 convenient to act for itsell, 1t 1s stuted on very goud authority that at least two of the purties to the lute agreement Were uot at all sausfed: with the pro- posils to which the companies Were reported to havo ugreed, It 18 not considered likely that they have chunged their minus since then, H THE KENNEDY SUSPENSION, The report went abroad yesterday tnat the Mossrs, Kennedy, who suspended in the panic a few days ago, ere going to resuiwe at once and had commenced payments. Inquiry at their office discovered thay such Was not the case, however, Tue time of their resump- tiou Was not yet at haud, No complaint has been pre- pared yet in the suit aga:mst them customers, who were long of Northwest, The names ol tho defendants in the summons in this action are as tole lows:—David Dows, William L, Scott, I. H.' Tows, Roswell P, Flower, A, B, Baylis, 4, G. Curtin, Martin L. Sykes, Jr.; Albert Keep, Hervey H, Porter, J. H. How, John KR. Garlaug, Ten Hare, W. H. Ferry, Joho F. Tracy and A. G. Dutman, Some ol these gentlemen yesterday denied that any pool was formed, though mitting that they bad bought some of the ock through Messrs, Kennedy, Whatever Mnterest they had was one in which they were only concerned as _— individuals, Mr. W. L. Kennedy declined 1o say anything about tho suil, resting with the statement that the matter was aitogetber in the bands of his lawyers, Messrs, Robin- son & Scribner, At the olfice of these gentiemen a HERALD reporter was iniormed that before the extent of individual obl.gations could be determined a close examination of the correspondence und accounts of the parties delendaut would be necessary, and such hay not yet been made. The complaint in the case must be filed within twenty days, unless an extension of time be obtained, THE WAR RUMORS, War rumors wero made the basis of considerable speculation In the Produce Exchange yesterduy. The latest European news was accepted there us ua infalli- bie indication of coming trouble, which must neces- sarily send up the prices of breagstufls, The anticipa- tons of the holders of grain, flour, &c., are such, how- ever, a8 to make transactions lew at the advances sought ‘Their vaulting ambition o’erleaps itee! that extent, and if war should not come as soon as it is expected their desire for large realizations may land tuem high and dry. Ocean freights, too, aro reported unsettled in expectation of the coming fray, the seem- ing desire being to avoid engagements tor the future Jest they should prove then a burden. ROCK ISLAND'S BONDS. Bids for tho new six per cent bonds of the Rock Island road were opened yesterday, the amount to be subscribed for being soine $8,000,000, It was an- nounced at the office m the alternoon that of this amount $1,500,000 nad been subscribed for at 100 and upward, ON FORES! FIRES. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD, ] Kinestox, April 14, 1877 The recont dry weather haz mado the bottoms of the woods 1n this vicinity like tinder, Several large fires have been raging in the woods lying north of this city, the most destructive being one that burned over ubout ten miles square of the woods west of the Ulster and Deiaware Rutiroad track, below Stony Hollow, about six miles northwest of this city. This fire was started, 1118 supposed, by sparks from # locomotive on the railrvad, aud the wind blowing a gale, as it bas for several days past, the fire rapidly spread through the woods toward the village of Hurley, So fierco was tho Wind that ab times it actually liited large pieces of the burning boitom high in the alr, carrying them a con- sideravie distance and dropping them like shells, to scatter desiruction around. in the night the fires could be seen tor miles, the red ylare sliving on Wwe clouds, whence it was reflected so strangely on the window panes in Ihe upper part of the city that many sleepers awoke with the impression that & coutlagra- ton was close at hand, DESTRUCTION OF A DWELLING, Daring tho progress of the fire it ran over a settle- ment callea Gatlows Hill, ang one dwelling, owned by the Ulster County Savings Insttation and occupied by George Purdy and us family, was consumed, So rapidly did it burn that mot a thing could be saved, the family baving escaped with the garments they wore, aud they had to rau at tho top of their speed to get beyond reach of the flames, Several oiher buildings were on fire, but the men of the place, to the number of ubout Mlty, labored heroically, ‘and succeeded in saving them with comparatively lit- tle damage. FIGHTING THE FIRE, A large area of valuabie wood.and 300 or more acres in exient was taved vy judicious backfiring. ‘The ige done, uowever, was 4, and cannot yet be cstumated, A vast amount of young aud grow. ing Umber has been destroyed, besides the house men- tioned and personal property. ‘ihe tire is stil raging in the woods, and is working toward Hurley. There are miles of Valuable woodland between the present lceation of the fire and opea territory at Huriey, and uniess there comes rain tu extinguish the firo the dam uge will be enormous. LONG ISLAND FOKEST FIRES, With every recurring spring come foreat and plain fires on Long Island more or less destructive in their results, The accumulation of dried ieaves and under- brush along the fences and in the thickets give readily food fcr the flames, Which are sometimes tanned by the fresh winds into a fury, which can only be con- trolled, with great difficulty, by the united efforts of the residents of endangered neighborhoods, ‘The fires most difficult to. control are those occurring in the pine- woud resious. ‘The pine leaves und cones frequently accumulate \o the depth of several incbes, and being | strongly tmpreguated with turpentine und piteh, not only add fierceness to the flames, but retain the tire tor a long time, and throw out an tniense heat, making near approach impossible, Sometimes these tires ov- cur from sparksol locomotives, but more trequentiy from the careless burning of brush on cleared lauds. ‘A number bave already occurred this season, and some are SUL burLing, though the desirvction of prop- erty thus far bus been much less than 1 some previ+ ous years. The most serious ove bus been raging for tho past day or two in the pineries, in the vicmuy of Door Park, between the Long Island and Southern Railroad tracks, north and gouch, ana the villages of Babylon and Isup, east aud wost, The norwueriy wind urives clouds of dense, black smoke southward, and the roaring of the flames can ve beurd tor a jong distance. The timber herexbouts is generaily avout hall grown, and the region 18 mostly inbabited by charcoa! buruers. Un Friday there was quite an extensive fire between South Oyster Bay und Ridgewood, along’ the line ot the Southern Ratlrowd, eudangerig tnuch more valu- able Umber, as Well as farm dweilings, outhouses and fences, The farmers of the neighborhood turned out in force, however, aud succeeded in checking the progress of the flaines belore much damage was done. | Only « few nights ago a tire wus aiscovered in the brush near Woodbury, on the line of the Long Isiand Railroad, consuming tences and domg other damage; and but for the prompt and strenuous ellorts of tuo | neighbors a uumber of farm houses would bave been Jad ip ruins, About the same tine the house of sir. Ruprvack narrowly escaped destruction, Sparks from the smokestack Of a locomotive ignited some tall g on his farm, and a considerable portion of his fenc was destroyed, During the latter part of the week a largo fire Was raging ib the Woods hurtheast of Patch oytio, burning over a large tract of valuable woodlund, ‘On the norin side, a lire, suid to have been caused the week in the woous of Mr, Duncan MeKean, o Hoptington, and titty acres were burned over betore the flames were extinguished, and for several days posta lire Hus been in progress among the wooued tillg in the northerly part of Jumaica township, be- twoen Jamaica village and Richmond Hull, Iv would be dillicuit to estimate the aggregate of damage, but it must be considerable, FIRE IN TWENT A tire occurred yesterday in the four story brown stone buliding No. 461 West Twenty-recond street, oc- COND STRE by sparks trom @ locomotive, was started early in | THE PROPOSED SOLDIERS’ HOME. New Yorx, April 14, 1877. To Tue Epiton ov tax Hewauy:-- If groat names mean anything there ought to bea great confidence in the object of the meeting in the Academy of Masic on the 19th, to solicit subscriptions fora New York Stote Soldiers’ Home But when a project appeals to patriotic feeling, and bas a fine sound ip it, great aames are easily secured, and for ono we have learned by experience to pay very litle respect to their snap judgment. ‘The proposed ‘Soldiers’ Home’ is required to save 480 ‘‘vattle worn volunteers” from the county poor- houses, where they ure “herded with tramps and thieves.”” _Howabout herding the victims of the gen- eral misfortunes of society with these tramps and thieves? Is it only soldiers—who certainly bad a good deal of such society, and have since formed a considerable clement in it—-whose sensibilities are to be thus delicately cousidered? Certainly the first duty of the public is to look into these couuty poorhouses ang see whether thoy deserve the generul aspersion which is thus thrown upon them; for they concero a much larger class of victims of national misfortune than our soldier The social war in which they have been in- valided 18 a larger and more perilous one than any bat- tle of muskets and capnon; aod why its victims are to be herded with tramps and thieves any moro ruth- lessly than the soldiers wo do not yet fully under- stand, We do not suppose the county poorhouses are. residences people with a choice would prefer, nor would they be on any sound principles of moral or political economy; but we do Suppose them to be about as free from’ tramps aud tuieves a8, Bay, the streets of New York and the usual society of common soldiers who go where they please, Moreover. we think the poorhouse society prelerable on account of tts contalaing women and children, und a variety to any society we have ever soon, or which ig likely’ to-be found, in « soldier's home. Alter tweive years, to go to work und pick out sol- diers who did nov cafn a position, a8 a class, and make them the objects of a special institutional charity, is to perform not only a gratuitous mischief to the morals of society, but smacks very much ot a job, or of the self-gloritying of” the soldier clugs, which we do not need to add to in America, The predilection for mixing soldiering and politics has done us mischief Sac State soldiers’ homes to perpetuate the joc selves secessional. Tho. national homes are proper places tor soldiers trom all the Stutes, who are unwigo enough. to leave own kindred aod neighvorhood, or whose necessities force them to it, ‘The proper way to take care of invalid soldiers surviving a war 1s by pensions only, leaving them ‘‘unterded,’? but in private homes, Nine-tenths of the sufferers now to be cared for would pagel be in the poorhouse anyway, as the war alone ept thousands irom veing in jail, or in the poorhouse, while it lasted, being an easier caterer and better jalier for the idie and thriftiess, who will not work unless compelled to, Fi Here is a scheme for begging $100,000—which will have to be $200,000—to erecta building to uccommodate ‘the 1,500 of New York’s brave sons now iu rational homes, who have a right to come home and claim our care, besides the 480—who may be easily twice as many—1n the county poorhouses, Everybody knows that half a milhou of dollars won’t erect and pay tor the buildings required by this scheme 1f logically cur- ried out. But that 18 adropin the bucket. ‘tu sup- port only 450 of them, at New Jersey Home rates, $50,000 annually must be supplied by the State, and everybody that knows anything uboat such institurions knows that it would probably be twice that sum at first, and in the cnd ten times. But the patriotic tide will probably launch us ipto this schemo in spite of common sense, political economy and all experience. Disbelieving in it wholly we simply enter What we presume willbe an unavatiing protest. We think it a poor plan for the soldiers themselves, as they are never content in soldiers’ homes; a poor plan for the community, ag it threatens to’ increase tixes already intolerobie; a poor pian for the country, us it takes the national obligation out of the hands of the federal government and vo weakens the historic memo- ries of the war, It isa poor plan for its devisers who ten yoars hence will eat the fruit of misyken doings, or for tho venerable figure tronts in the business. They have seemingly never given the matter any serious consideration, lost in their sympathy with its excel- Jently sounding title, But why struggle with the sen- timentality thatspoils all American benifcence and will ultimately impoverish us. ag much in morals as in pride of States in a federal war are them. the pocket if wo do not correct or resist 1? H.W. B, BEST TIME ON RECORD, EXTRAORDINARY RUN OF THE WHITE STAR STEAMSHIP GERMANIC—SHE CROSSES THE OCEAN IN SEVEN DAYS, ELEVEN HOURS AND THIRTY-SEVEN MINUTES. The steamship Germanic, of the White Star line, Charles W. Kennedy, commander, arrived at this port on Friday evening, after the unprecedented run of seven days, eleven hours and thirty-seven minutes across the Atlantic from Queenstown. This ts the quickest ocean run on record, beating the time of the City of Berlin, of the Inmun line, Captain James Ken- nedy, in September, 1875 (seven days, eighteen hours, ‘wo Ininutes), by about s1x and ahalf hours, Before the City of Berlin mado this, at the time, quickest ron on record, the Germanic, in July, 1875, had curried the champion pennant, having made the and five minutes longer than the City of Berlin, It will be seen by 4 glance at the log of the Germanic that she made an average run of some 878 knots per day, or 15% knots per hour, almost the average specd ot steamers on our placid interior rivers, On three several days she made over 400 miles per day, while tne best time of the City of Berlin was vSl miles ip a single day, Notwithstand- wg this unparalleled run, Captain Kennedy says he could have made it tnree hours quicker. He tad to come along Way round to the southward in order to avoil the ico, Which occasioned considerable delay. It shouid also be remembered that the com- munders Of this line are limited to the bursing of a certain quanuty of coal per diem, By the addition of ten tons aday to the usual amount Captain Kennedy could have made more speed. It ts predicted that the day 18 not far distant when the Atlantic will be crossed from Queenstown to New York after arun of seven round days’ daration, The Germanic was suppiica with anew screw ou the other side before she com- menced the quickest rapid transit trip across the At- lantic on record, OUR RUSSIAN VISITORS. At ten o’clock yesterday morning Mr, Lloyd Aspinwall went on board the Russian flagship Svet- Jana to callon Captain the Grand Duke Alexis, and was received by tho latter in his cabin on the quarter deck, Alter hort stay he returned tothe shore in the Svetlana’s steam launch. After breakfast, at half. past twelve P. M., the Grand Duke Alexis came on shore with bis dog. At about two o’clock Commodore Rhind, United States Navy, Mr. F. E£. Gibert, President of the New ork Club, and = Mr, Will am Holly Hudson, of the same club, went on board the flagship to cail on’ the Grand Duke Alexis, The Grand Duke being on shore they were shown over the flagsnip by Captain Novossitsky, executive ollicer, af- terward calling on Admiral Boutakoll in bis cabin on the gun deck, aud on the officers in tue ward room below. On leaving the fagship they paid visits to the cow mandant, and oficers of the corvettes Bogatyr aud Ascoid, During the afternoon several parties of ladies, ac- companied by gentlemen, arrived of the Russian fla; ship, but Were not received on board, as the dec were being holystoned dud washed, as 1s usoal on Sate urdays. Lhe Grand Duke Constantine remained on board all the morning, baving been on wateu the night beiore, Ata quarter past tour P. M. ho came on shore, accompanied by Licutenants Mensehtkoif, Ergomy: seber and Kruger and Doctor Semirukine, In the evening Admiral Boutakoff and Flag Lieutenant Princo Stcherbatof dined with Mrs. Farragut, widow of the lute. Adiniral, ber son, Captain Farragut, of the navy, and his wife, being also present. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE, HE FIRST TRIES TO KILL HIS WIFE AND SISTER-IN-LAW. Jonathan Primatt, a cigar maker, about sixty years ot age, residing at No. 252 State street, Brooklyn, endea his life yesterday in a horribie mauner, He had beea out of work tor about threo weeks, and, becoming despondent, took to drinking. Yesterday morning, avout eleven o'clock, he was sitting near the stove reading, and apparently sober, when sud denly he sprang from the chair, seized a large, euvy poker, and comnenced beating bis sister-in-law, Mrs. Margaretta Clark, who has been boarding with bim for some time past. His wife caught hold of him to prevent him and be turned upoo ber and beat her about the arms and body. The two women fled in terror from the room and rushed into the upartinents of Mrs. Lye, on the floor below, with the blood sireaming (rom their wounds, The three women then locked and barricaded the door Aster remaining there about filteen minutes apa Hot bearing apy powe ou tue upper floor tuey ventured out, Mrs Primatt, tinding the door of her room lusieved, knocked lor admittance, Gaining vo answer, however, and iearing something terrivie had happened, she managed, with the’ assistance of ber sister aud Mrs. Lye, to force an entrance. A large poul of blood yn the floor, which wus making littie red Tivulets in different directions, met their view, stream of gore led the Women behind a partition of blankets, Which divided off the bed [rom the main apartment. Partially lying upon the bed was Mr. Primatt, with bis throatcut, the blood tickling from the bedding. Mrs. Primutt clasped the bleeding turm of her husband in ber urms, aud when Officer Frank Sioddard, of the Third precimet, entered the room ulew minutes alter he found the busband, svill in her embrace, not quite dead, Au ambulance Wab at once sent for and the Wounds of Mrs, Primutt and ber sister dressed by Surgoou OWersou, An inquest was held by Coroner Simms yi nool, When a verdict Jed by Mra. J. B. Doscano, The furmiture was dam- sare to the extent of $1,000, the building to about the | sume amount FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The Stock Market Active and Irregular. GOLD 106 1-2 A 106 3-4. Money on Call 3 a 2 1-2 Per Cent. THE BANK STATEMENT. Government Bonds Steady and Railroads Irregular, Wat STREET, } Sarurpay, April 14—b P, M The vigorous bounce to prices which yesterday market closed with lost most of iis force during the first hour of business to-day, and, with the exception of aricochet or two, finishad up at three o’clock very much alter the condition of a spent ball. Twice within the last ten days the bears have come to the rescue of a market which threatened a panic. Experience has deawnstrated that a condition of “amash’* benefits nobody, and that bears are likely to be quite as great sufferers as bulls, A house taken down brick by brick oflers a certain value in the shape of material—it is nearly worthless if blown up by gunpowder. Regard. ing the fabric of speculation in this light the boar party eschews explosions as at once proiitiess and dangerous, and wisely prefers to let things down easily. To do this the sherts have not only been compelled to cover their contracts, but to g on the long side bofore confidence was restored and tbe course of prices turued in an upward direction, Appearances to-aay are that the bears have only been masquerading under the guise of horns aud hide; that they are still destructively inclined, and that their chief desire is to resume their normal shape, With this purpose in view there was a strong inclina- tion manifested to place so much long stock as the market would take without breaking, and the effort would probably have met with fair success had It not been for the continued weakness in Rock Island, Une fortunately the spirit which shapes the ends of specu- lation isa demon of doubt, and is not to be exorcised by the reports of investigating committees nor the of- fering of rewards, and, consequently, neither the rail. road nor the coal stocks recovered sufficient strength to withstand any considerable offerings uf shares, Be yond its own innate feebleness Rock Island received 4 set-back in the comparative failure of the attempt te place the now iesve of six per cent bonds, Of tho $8,000,000 offered only $1,600,00¢ was subscribed for, at from 100 to 105, Scarcely anything better could be expected under cir- cumstances which have tainted the property with the plague spot of Gouldism, and thereby discredited its value in tho ayes of capitalists. The coal stocks failed to retain the firm prices of the morning, and fell back to yesterday’s figures, under a light business, We understand that tho matter of the bogus news con- cerning the Delaware and Hudson Company will re- ceive examination by the Grand Jury on Monday, and that a number of Stock Exchange brokers nave been summoned to give evidence, Pootically, truth is pic tured as abiding at the bottom of a well, but wo doubt, if the Grand Jury will draw anything but empty buckets from sources within the precincts of the Stock Exchange. Tho greatest business of the day was dono in Western Union, at figures which gradually drooped trom 58% to 5634, and closed but at 3¢ better. The Ate lantic and Pacific Company 18 still the raw head and bloody bones which frightens buyers away, al. though Gould is thought by many to have quietly transterred bis Interest to the long side of the account, ‘The railways drooped with the rest of the market, ale though the foreign war news is threatening euough to give them tho upward start which 1t was expected tg do. Sotarit has affected gold (to the extent of 1 per cent to-day) and the prices of produce, tho lattar being dealt tn to a greatly increased degreo at advancing figures. Possibly after @ reduction to order of tho chaotic state which bas existed ia the Stock Exchango during the week the expected influence may havo a chance to work its legitimate effect. THE SALES TO-DAY, Tho sales of active stocks to-day uggregated 175,708 shares, which were distributed as follows:—New York Central, 5,100; Erie, 800; Lake Shore, westorn, 2,760; do. preferred, 1,200; Rock Island, 27,750; Milwaukee and St. Paul, 2,000; do., preferred, 8,400; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, 16,470; Now Jersey Central, 1,275; Delaware and Hudson Canal, 6,706; Morris and Essex, 490; Michigan Central, 6,750; Iitnois Central, 1,650; Union Pacific, 126; Hanatbal and St. Joseph preferred, 200; Ohio and Misstasippt, 400; Panama, 160; Western Union, 65,582; Pacific Mail, 3,400, OPENING, HIGHEST AND LOWEST. ‘The following table shows the opeuing, highest an? 1 prices of the day :— abe Opening. Highest, Lowest, " BO 80% Pittsburgh... New York Central. 92 9234 9134 Eno. 6% Og 6 48% 48% 47% «3 16% 1734 WK 4336 43.4 4236 OL 9155 8844 Muwaukee aud St. Paul 1b 16% 14% Mil. wud St Paul preterred 4439 44 4236 Del, Lack. aud Western,, 65 5545 62% New Jersey Central. 1% 1% Thg Obio and Mississippt. 3% 875 3% Western Union 6834 68% 66% Pacitic Mi Ww WK 16% ADVANCE AND DECLINE. The following shows the advance and decline In the closing prices of the principal active stocks to-day a compared with those ol yesterday :— Avvaxck.—Union Pacific, 34; Ilinois Central, 3; Northwesiern, $4; St. Paul, 4; Obio and Mississippi, : +, C. und L U., 46; Allunuc and Pacific, 34. Dechine.—Westero Union, 235; Pacitic Mail, 34; New York Central, ; Erte, 35; Luke Shore, % ; Pittsburg, ey Central, Rock Island, 134; St Paul preferrea, 14; Dela vre, Lackawanna and Western, 244; Hannibal and St, Joseph, 34; Delaware and Hudson, 244; Sichigam Cen- 1, 3s ee CLOSING PRICES—3 P, M. The closing pricqs were:-- 44; Northwestern preterred, 4; New Pacific Mail. West Union. AGL & Paciti Quicksilver pt wr L& Min, 4 Mar Le M pf. 44 Advins Ex... 081g American Ex, 51% Wells-¥ Ex... 83 Chi & Altow.. 8 Clov & Pitts id. NJ Central... Olito & Miss. 7° Vanwma....... 90 42% Told Wabush. 5 6 80" Union Pacite. 644 65, Illinois Gent. 44 4 Del & thuuson. 417% ‘THE MONKY MARKET, Money early in tho day was easy at 3 per cent on call and dropped iater to 244, at which figure it closed, The following were the rates of exchange on New York, at the undermontioned cities to-day:—Savan- nan, buying 4, selling 4; St. Louis, 1-10 premium; New Orleans, commercial 51-16, bank 3; Cincinnati, stoady, baying par, seliing 1-10; Chicago, 75 premium, and Charleston, scarce, y @ 44 premium. Foreign ex- change 18 strong, With actual business at 486}g @ 4 863 tor baukers’ 60 days’ sterling, and 4 88% 6 48834 for demand, THY GOLD MARKET. Gold opened at 10654, advanced to 106%, declined to 10634, rose to 106% and closed at 106%. The carry+ ing rate was 1 per cent and the borrowing rates flat to 2 percent, Gold clearings at the National Bank of the State of New York:— ve Gold exchanges... Currency baiuces,,.... Grors clearances, . CLEARING HOUSE STATEMENT, Carrency exchanges. Currency bulane Gold excha $1,743,289 =,972,601 60, 109,000 5,461,001 3,741,814 044 Currency exchanges Currency balauces, Gold exchii.nes, Gold balances, GOVERNMENT BONDS, ‘The rise in gold did not affect government bonds aa much as might have been expecied. This is asgrived was rendered ip The de- ceased we in Enghebmun vy birth aud bad been mar- 1 ried to his present wile about thirty years, to the weakness of our bonds inthe Kuropean markets \when they sympathize with ali other foreign secur