The New York Herald Newspaper, November 11, 1878, Page 11

FINANCLAL AND COMMERCIAL. Review of the Week---An Active Stock Speculation. THE GOLD AND MONEY MARKETS. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. Wau STREET, } 10, 1878. Sunpay, Nov. The ancient sage, philosopher and friend who “took on” 80 dismally because he had “lost a day,” could have found many a counterpart among Stock Ex- change meinbers who last week grudgingly acceded to ‘holiday which they could not prevent. It is far trom certain, however, that Tuesday last was a “lost jay,” except in the narrow views of stock gamblers, tor in the choking of the greenback monster, if in * no other way, ten hours of daylight were put to most profitable account, ‘That it is so taken and accepted, both abroad and at home, is testified to by the in- sreased demand for, and enhanced value of, American itock in foreign markets and the reduction of the gold premium to a mere fractional excrescence in our own, The election, however, imparted the usual holiday fulness to the first part of the weeck—a dulness which might have been worse had it not been for the excite- ment attending upon a sudden and unex- pected collapse in the Western Union speculation, As is generally the case in stock combinations, there was # slippery element present which threatened a wissade to the whole concern. ‘Stole away” is a cry quite as familiar to stock jobbers as to fox hunters, td quite as appropriate whenever Mr. Gould enacts the part of Reynard. Mr, Gould, however, did not make his escape from the Western Union pool with- put considerable clatter, as the breakdown in price from 102 to 964 clearly shows; nor was he alone in the escapade, for Mr. Keene followed with a similar movement a day or two later, which brought the quotation down to 931g. It was a practical paraphrase of the old story of Jack and Jill with a sequel, it is to be hoped, more fortunate than that which fell these luckless individuals, How many grains of truth were in the bushels of chaff that have been tirculated in regard to the Western Union dividend is doubtful; it is not doubtful, however, that the scheme has miscarried for the present, and that the work will all have to be done over again at some future time—which it undoubtedly will be. Next to the telegraph stock in popular interest, but exceeding it in amonnt of transactions, came Lake Shore, Al- though a good deal of confidence is expressed in the ability of the company to make the coming dividend equal to at least 3 per cent—and there is every reason to believe that the earnings will be materially in- creased by the close of navigation and the higher charges permitted by the new pooling arrangements— the stock not only fails to advance, but has even re- ceded a point or more during the past week. This is partially due to extensive sales attributed to Mr. Keene and partially to the fact that the public is in- credulous, being left in the dark as to any official in- formation of the condition of the company, present or prospective. There occurred during the week sudden shaking of dry bones in the Union Pacific property. As speculation in this itock is about as safe a game as chicken hazard, the timile is an appropriate one. From 66% the price ad- ranced under unusally large dealings to 69%, although it ultimately relapsed to 68%. The revamping of the old story concerning a transcontinental line (under the management of Mr. Vanderbilt), of which Union Pacific would be an important link, seems to be the | only reason for the activity. The grangers remained fairly steady und moderately active. hore is a foro- shadowing of better prices from an expected improve- ment in earnings in the near future. The coal car riers were neglected and prices inclined to droop; trade is bad, and acontinuance of the combination problematical. Tho ebullition in Western Union and |, Lake Shore set the market in a ferment and left it on Saturday night in a feverish and unsatisfactory condi- tion. The following table represents the opening, highest and lowest sales, regular way, of the principal stocks during the past week -— Opening. Highest. Lowest, Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph 2934 My 293g Chicago and Northwestern... 411% 43 40% Chicago and Northwestern pf. 72% 15% 72% Chic., Rhode Island and Pac.. 116% TMG Chic., Burlington and Quincy 112 124g 112 Col., Chic. and Ind. Central. 4 oh 4% Clev., Col., Cin. and I... a2 31 Cleveland and 83% 82% BI, 801g 51% 49% Delaware and Hudson. 46 45 ‘American Express... 49 49 Wells, Fargo & Co. 99 98 Erie... 20 18% Harlem 140 140 Hannibal and St. Joseph 16 15 Hannibal and St. Joseph pf... 39% 39 Minois Central, b TB ny Gi. 6945 B1G Milwaukee and Si 30% Milwaukee and BY 10% » 159 Ohio and Mississippi Ps io and Mississippi p Ontario Silver. , 6 Pacific Mail. . o 15% Pittsburg and Fort Wayne... 9% Quicksilver......... 12 Quicksilver preferred......... 31% 31K St. Louis and Iron Mountain. 124% 16 St. L., K. 0. and N............ 5 4% St. L., K. ©. and N. preferred. 21% St. Louis and San Francisco. 9% 3% Wabash... a1s4 215 Union Pacific 66% 66% ‘Western Union Telegraph. 7 98 98g M., K. and Texas......... 4K 4% 4 BUN. dssicseee 6 1% 10055 =: 100% The total sales of stocks at the Board during the week aggregated 769,200 shares, which were dis- tributed as follows:—Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph, 160; C., C., C. and L,, 640; Chicago and Northwestern, 108,964; do. preferred, 92,780; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, 6,780; Chicago and Alton, 625; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, 720; C., 0. and I. C., 2,500; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 4,493; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, 41,462; Delaware and Hudson Canal, 1,635; Erie, 62,130; Harlem, 133; Hannibal and Bt. Joseph, 8,020; do. preferred, 7,560; Ilinois Central, 1,791; Kansas Pacific, 620; Lake Shore, 185,71 Michigan Central, 1,434; Milwaukee and St. Paul, 27,383; do. preferred, 28,880; Morris and Essex, 1,686; New York Central, 2,044; New Jorsey Central, 1,828; New York, New Haven and Hartford, 230; Ohio and Mississippi, 700; do. preferred, 200; Ontario Sil- vor, 998; Pucific Mail, 3,225; Pittsburg, 238; Quicksil- ‘vor, 262; do. preferred, 100; St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern, 4,214; St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern, 1,700; do. preferred, 300; Union Pacitic, 31,655; Wabash, 34,040; Western Union Telegraph, 102,735; American Express, 356; Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, 320, ‘The closing quotations at the Board yesterday were aa follows :— Bit Kanene Pacific. 114 ansas & Texws, 4)y v OR Jake Shore. RUG a LS CaN pt a 0° Wal Wo at Shey Union Pacific OT ous ] wo a Wes olf Hitnote Centeni, it hy Western U Tel.. ‘The money market was quiet and easy during the week and call loans were made at 4a 5 por cent, with a few exceptional loans at lower fates, Poreigu ex- change was quict and lower during the early part of the week, but later on sterling advanced fractionally to 4.81 and 4.86 for bankers’ long and short bille, The weekly statement of the New York banks Shows an iterease of $1,165,500 in total reserve, and, by reason of the decrease of $4,705,800 in deposit lin- ities, an increase in the surplus reserve of 2,341,950. The surplus reserve ie now #19/844,200, nat $8,878,075 during the corresponding week | ” NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER ll, 1878—TRIPLE SHEET. last year. The following {s a comparison of the aver- ages for the last two weeks :— Ine. 00 89,155,400 Dee., 1,063,600 Legal tenders 40,219,000 Deposits..... 215,443,400 210,737,600 Dee., 4,705,800 Cireulation., 19,904,300 19,905,400 Ine., 1,100 ‘The following shows the relations between the total reserve and the total liabilities :— Specie..... 24,144,100 $26,373,200 Inc, . $2,229,100 Legal tenders. 40,219,000 39,155,400 Dec., 1,063,600 ‘Total reserve.. $64,363,100 $65,628,400 Inc. . $1,165,600 Reserve —_re- Fara 53,860,850 52,684,400 leposits ..., 52, Excess of ro serve above legal re- quirements, 10,502,250 12,844,200 Inc. . $2,341,950 Gold was very quiet and declined to 10034, there being in fact no speculative dealings in it at present. Government bonds were strong on the result of the election, and State bonds were dull with the exception of Louisiana sevens, consols, which advanced to 78, ‘The gross earnings of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway for the fourth week, October 22 to 31 inclu- sive, are $41,271 89, and the gross earnings for the month ending October 31, 1878, are $122,862 79. DOMESTIC MARKETS. Gatvgston, Nov, 9, 1878, .; low middling, 8ige.; good Cotton ensiar; middling. 9 ordinary, 8c. Net receipts, 4.793 bales. Exports, coust- Wise, 2383, Bales, 1,470, Stock, 95,086, New Orvxans, Nov. 9, 1873, Cotton easier, but not quotably lower; middling, 934c. low middling, dpe. 01 ordinary, 8%c. Not rece 5,040 bales; gross, ‘é fom eanotie Th de Goatined Sales, 2,000, “Stock, 75,985, Monit, Nov. 9, 1878. Cotton weak, irrogul paling: Ve. low middling, Bige.; good ordinary, Bye, Net receipts, 1,053 bales, Ex: Ports, coastwise, 2,518. Sales, 500, Stock 14,492. Savanna, Nov. Cotton steady; middling, 874¢. ‘low middling, & ordinary, ‘et receipts, 5,034 bales; gross,’ 5, Ex- ports—To Great Britain, 3,905; to tho Continent, 6,965; coustwise, 1,013 Sules, 3,300. Stock, 94,508, Cuanteston, Nov. 9, 1878, 8, O'60,; low middling. e.'s Ores ‘Not receipts, 3,687 bales. Sales, 2,000," Stock, 105,587, Witumiscton, N. C., Nov. 9, 1878. Spirits of turpentine steady at 26%c. Rosin—Strained steady at $1 The Crude turpentine steady at $1 25 for hard; $1.80 for yellow dip an Tar firm at $1 50, Corn unchanged. 3) 'kGO, Nov. 9, 1878. Oswi Flour unchanged; sales 1,300 bbls. Wheat steady; extra white Michigan, $1 09; No. 3 Milwaukee spring, 9c. ; white a $1. Corn unchanged, Barley guiot dy held at $1255 No 1 spring, $1 20 10; No, 1 at $1 05; No. Fut gi. at 560, bond. Gorn "meu, and, $20 "for unbolted | per ton: tuffs, $13, Middlings, $17 per ton, Canal 60. corn and rye, 53c.; barley, Bige., Barley, ike, to Albany, ose. to PI liadoi? phiu; lumber, $2 30’ to Albany, > New York. Re- ceipts—Wheat, 8,000 bushels; barley, 43,000. d 0, 25,000 do.; lumber, 559,000 fect. Shipments—Flour, 1,100 bbls.; barley, 50,000 bushels; rye, 15,000 do.; lumber, 203,000 feet. Burrato, Nov. 9, 1878. Flour in fair demand; sales of 400 bbis, at unchanged prices, Wheat—Light milling demand ; sales of 5.000 bush- els No.1 hurd Milwaukee at $1 13; 14,400 do. Sheboygan spring on private term ood demand and steady ; Cotton firm; middlin; ood ordinary, Sc. virgin, Corn in sales of 10,500 bushels No. 2 Western at 40%¢c. a 4c. ; 8,300 do. K, age. ; 13,340 mixed Western at 40!gc. a 41c, Outs steudy; sales of 1.500 bushels No. 2 “Chicago tute quoted at 2c. 8 29c. Barley unsettled. Ryo neglected. _—_Millfeod in modvrate and unchanged. High wines ci 1 08 $1 09. Other articles unchanged, iT (corn, Bc. ; Tye, c., to New York? lumber, to rk, $3 25 a $3 50; staves, $1 po ‘reights—W heat, Bh gc. > outs to New York. Railroad receipts—Hour, 24,000 bushels; corn, 46,800 do; outs, 22.400 do. 2,000 do.; rye, 3,400 do. ‘Lake receipts—Flour, Wheat, 302.137 bushels; c 13,000 do. + barley, 10,000 do. wheut, 44,000 bi burley, 120 do.; ry 178,45 bushels; corn, 186,608 do. ; bur! mediate points—W heat, 11,060 bushel Tougno, Nov. 9, 1878. Wheat firm; amber Michigan, spot and future, v3 c. No, 2 red wintor, spot, November, 4c. ; December, 93%. rhorng 94e.; No. 2'Dayton red, 9244¢.; Weutern' ambei 4 Corn quiet; high mixed, gc.) new. c.; No. 2, 36e, saquecy, ‘B4c, Bilge, ‘Oats pag AF = Fang Wheat, 45,000 bushels; corn, 24,000 do; oats, 1,000 do. Shipménts—Whoat, 157,000 bushels: corn, 31,000 do, Detnorr, Nov. 9, 1878, Flour firm, with a good and; sales 500 bbls, white at 475, Wheat easier; extra white Michigan held at 9734 No. 1 do., 94%4¢.; November, O43g¢.; Decomber, 9434c. 945¢c,; January, 93g. Corn dull and lower; No. 41ige.; high mixed, 400. ; No. 1 mixed, 303ge. id . Oats firm, with an ‘active dematid; No, No. 2do,, 24. ; No. 1 mixed, 234¢e,; seed firmer at $3 90. Recei| t, 39,000 bushels; corn, 1, do. 5 oats, 2,200 do. Ship- ments—Flour, 2,000 bbls. ; wheat, 52,000 bushels; corn, 900 do. ; outs, 1,400 do. 4NNATI, Nov. 9, 1878, Cry Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat inactive; ted and white, ®5c. a Be. Receipts, 13,000 bushels. Shipments, 1 steady, with'a fair demand, at 36e. # 37c. $8e. Onts quiet, but steady, at 20c. a 24c. Barley in gcod demand for No.2 fall at old higher. ‘Pork quict at $7 32%. Lard uc- 80; kettle nominal. a 60 and 4c. for shoulders, c! and clear sides, Boxed moats in good demand and ade higher; sales of shoulders at Se., seller first half of Decem- ber and last week of December; long and short clear, 444c, bid; held higher.- Bacon in fair domand and stronger wt Bie, dhe. w dige. und dige. a 4%. for shoulders, rib und clear sidox, Whiskey quiet and woak at $1 05. ter dull and drooping. Sugar stoud and unchanged. Hogs steady and firm; common, $2 25 a $4.60; light, $2 70 #828; hers’, $2 55 a $2 king, $2 6 w $240; bute! receipts, 3085; shipments, 900. Ccaao, Nov. 9, 1878. Flour steady and unchanged. Wheat dull, woak and lower; No. 2 red wintor, Sige. n BBS;c., cash ; 87)c., Decom- der: No. 2 Chicago spring, SUM. cash} Sie. Sige. bid, January; No. 8 do., 71 fected, 594¢e. Corn dull, k and lower: ‘cash and January; 313;¢., December. Oats changed. Rye firm and une Séige., cash; B7gc., Doc Pork steady, witl $6 7734, ber col 143,000 do. ; oats, 35,000 do.; rye, 4,000 do. ; barley, 36,080 do, Shipmonts—Plour, 15,000 bbls. ; wheat, 165,000 bushels; corn, "307,000 do. ; ots, 51,000 do, ; rye, 40,000 do. ; barley, 38,000 do. PRINT CLOTHS MARKET. Faut River, Mass, Nov. 9, 1878, The printing cloths market is somewhat stronger 3.5-16e., cash, for 64x64 cloths, and Je., cash, for 60x56 cloths ‘as the asking price, but no transactions of impo& tance have been made above previous quotations. HAVANA MARKETS. Hayasa, Nov. 9, 1878, Bugar—Owing to unfavora ‘le news from abroad coutinw ing buyors have lowered their offers to such an extent as to ren unacceptuble ; business, therefore, is restricted, the market closing weak and norainil; Nos. 10 to 12, Dutett standard, 5% » 6%, real Id, per arrobe; Nos. 15 te 20, Dutch standard, 7 reals; molasses sugar, Nos. 7 to 10, at 5 a’ Oy muscovado sugars ‘nomi centrifugal sugars, li to 13, in hogeheads, 73 a' 8 reals. Stock 71,000 boxes, 3,200 bags and 24, for the week :—422 boxes and 210 hhds, the week—3,590 boxes, 1,600 bags and 1,300 ig 125 boxes and all the bags and hogsheads, two the Uni tates. Molasses nomiual. Bacor tJ currency, per ewt. Butter—Superior Ami curreney, per quintal, Jerked beef, Toney, per arrobe. Heims—Ameriean suger cured, $0 9 ), currency, per quintal for Northern an a Bee! Southers: Lard, tn , 827 8750 8 per quintal; do, i ting, 2 a. 843, Fotas curreney, per bbl Tallow, $27 quintal.' Wax—Yellow, $12 # arrobe. Onions, $§ a $8 5), currency, per bbl. for American. Coal oil, in tins, M4; #10 reals curreney, per gallon, 8! firm. White navy beans, 20% a 21 reals, curroney, per robe. Hoops nominal, Freights—Demand for ship roo Gull: Steamers ure taking sugars at low rates; sailing von. sols will accept any offer Loading Havana for the United Staton, por box of sugar, H2}gc., currency ; per hhd. of suger, $2 75 a $1. Tobacco in better demand: Partido fillers, $24, gold, per cwt.; Vuelto Abajo fillers, $50 and §0. Spanish gold, 183, Exchange steady, ——— ++ FINANCIAL. GOOD PL TUE MOST PROFITABLE WAT < fue eperesiny in stocks is by the combination method of Messrs. LAWRENCE & CO., Bankers. By this co-operative system exch investor is placed on an equal footing with the Targoat operator, and pro rata among sharo- vested makes $50, or five the month; $100 pa; ng, to the “Two Une 8! during ‘or ten per cent, and so market, Our new efreul: erring Rules for Success’ thing, so that any one can operate successfully. All kinds of Stocks ted. New Government Bonds aupplied. LAW- 4 CO., Bankers, 67 Exchange place, Now York T REASONABLE RATES—MO; ON LIFE AND dLendowment Insurance golicioe and mortgages 8 bought; insurwnce of all kinds effectod with best companies at lowest premiums J. J. HABRICIL & CO., 165 Brondwi “) GENTLEMAN FROM NEVADA, HAV 4\ mine and mill, desires the seguain' Stock deal ditrons MINER JEW YORK crry N A D co of w responsible Uptown office, PAYABLE IN 1800, NEW YORK CITY 6's, GOLD, PAYABLE IN 1901, BUFFALO, CITY 7s, PAYABLE IN 1800. BUFFALO CITY 6's, PAYABLE IN 1882 AND 1883, BUFFALO CITY 7's, PAYABLE IN 1910, ROCHESTER CITY 7's, PAYABLE IN 1803. JERSEY CITY 7's, PAYABLE IN 1892. CLEVELAND CITY 6's, DANIEL A. MORAN, 40 Wall #t., Now York, FIRS MORTGAGE BONDIHOLDERS pl Hallway Company, Hy dievetion ltod States for the District of Indiana, | will, om the 4th day of November, 1874, pay, on presentation at the office of the Gompany, ba Willian st, in the city of New York, the Interest Coupons of the Fitst Mortgage Bonds of the Gbio and Mississipp! Ratlway Company, whieh fell due July 1, 1878, except such coupons ns may be held by, the Union Trust Company of Now York for the bonetit of the sinking fund for said fret mort- PAYAB’ IN 1807, For sale by E t will be the Court reserved for paying euch interest ‘Tho coupons are to be surrendorod taken = on the coupons, as the order of uture determination the question of cancelled, bat the reported’ to the jnterest if the Court it, JOHN KING, ‘Beveiver Ubic and Misussivy! Railway. FINANCIAL, 53( (0) WANTED— POR BO ~ DAYS? Wt (G8 $2 ) Iziven on $2,000 worth of pers: Domus, ADVERTISER. 102 West Ssth at. iiaalale 5. O00. a YTED—FIRST MORTGAGE DROWN e stone house; city. Principals only address . THAYER STEWART, 120 lway. 10.000 wok, THe PeRCHASE OF DUPLICATE 6 Wedding Presents, Wat fewelry, Bronzes. Wanted, a Jurge Wateh: 'J. H. JOHNSTON,'150 Bowery, Silverware sell- ing below manufacturer's cost. 5 IN SUMS TO SUIT, TO NON $200.00 Omntrcazerave years, New Vork citys aloo monyy at percent, Ht. Ie GI _BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. ( SINGLE MAN, $2” YEARS” OF AGE, AND OF GON- siderable busing experience, wants work in a com- sion or brokerage of coffees, sugars, &c., house where in* time he can invest capital. Address box 339 Herrid office, N OPPORTUNITY FOR A MAN OF ENERGY, WITH some small capital, to purchase wn interest in a profita. bie business, LLOYD'S, 4 Warren. GENTLEMAN OF LONG BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, desires to invest, as general partner, $10,000 to $20, in an established profitable manufacturing business of ® staple article, Address ARK, Herald office, PARTNER WANTED—IN AN ESTABLISHED OAR Business; progts $7,000 # yeur, not; can be increased; cash required $1. ‘Address AVERY, Herald office. A® ACTIVE MAN WITH $600 AS EQUAL PARTN a wholesale manufacturing business fits 150 gent; goods of dully, consuinption family. Monigomory at,, room 8, Jersey City. (OR SALE—AN OLD ESTABLISHED WOOD MOLD- fg Mill, in complete ranning order, on easy terms, M, PARPART, 159 4th nv., Now York. WANT—MAN, WITH $2,500 CASH, TO JOIN WITH me in purchasing # woll stocked Store and prosperous 1m 19 Cosmopolitan Hotel. ro . in every a) ARE ‘OR PARTNER IN GOOD PAYING wstaurant and drinking saloon ; location one of the finest in Philadelphia, “Address J.D. JEMISON, 116 South oth ¥ lelphia. ED—A PARTY WITH $15,000 TO A $25,000, TO make 950,000 by Jenasy 1; no fail; strictly legitimate; invostment seew Address, for three days, Horald office. ‘ANTED—A YOUNG MAN OF GOOD CONNEGTIO ‘and business habits to take charge of a broker's oflice and occupying ® seat on. the Mining Stock Bourd as the Managing partner. The advertiser hus x large mining con: hection {niall leading mines of the West, as well we urge business connectio: in the East; best references required, Address J. 8. H., Herald Uptown office. THE GREAT STAKES FOR 1819 AND 1880, [From the Kentucky Live Stock Record, Nov. 9.] Now that the legitimate racing season is closed, ex- cept the winter meeting which is usually given at New Orleans in December, it is well to look at the prospects for the coming two years. Since the commencement of the present year, 1878, the Southwest has had two new and im- portant clubs added to their circuit of racing—the St. Louis Jockey Club, which held o brilliant meeting in June, and Chicago, which prom- ises one equally as successful next July. The mistake made by cach of these new associations was in not advertising their stakes and closing them in August when the other clubs did, Many youngsters have en- gagements which will prevent their being entered at either of these places. ‘The prospects in the Southwest for 1879 never looked brighter, and there will be no collision of meetings next spring, as was the case this, between Cincinnati and St. Louis, as we are fully as- sured, Louisville is out with a brilliant programme for 1879, in which she gives the handsome sum of $11,400 for the meeting, with free entrance to all urses. ‘The spring mecting will be opened with fashville, followed by Lexington, Louisville, Cincin- nati, St. Louis and Chicago. The six clubs will offer over $60,000 in added money, be- sides the value of the entries to the dif- ferent stakes, which will run the sum up to or over $100,000, The added money by the South- western circuit of racing is fully equal and in some cases greater than that given in the Kast, when you take into consideration the expense of travel there to race, The Louisville Jockey Club gives more moncy to her stakes, as an association, than any club in the country. As an interesting feature of the turf, we have compiled the amounts given by some of tho leading clubs and the number of entries in their prin- cipal stakes which have closed for 1879 and 1880, LOUISVILLE JOCKEY CLUB, 1—Kentuck 2—The St 3—Kentuck; $3. 000. WANTED—WILL GIVE POSITION AND e. ‘salary; new mining company; will be @ suc- Coss; the monoy will be socarad b stock; references given and required. “Add: 0x 3,875 Now York Post offiee. Fa () —A MANUFACTURING BUSINESS OF $15.000. 505, ckx" htunding {oF anle: prosent owner wishing to retire from aetive business. Address J. E., box 116 Herald ofiice. GOLDEN GUATEMALA. MINISTER DARDON DISCOURSES OF HIS COUNTRY’S ‘WEALTH-——RICH ORES AND ABUNDANT CROPS— EFFORTS TO ENCOUBAGE AGRICULTURE AND IMMIGRATION, Sefior Don Vicente Dardon, Minister of the Republic of Guatemala, who is at present in this city, received a HeRacp reporter yesterday at his residence, No. 49 East Twenty-third street. Sefior Dardon, who repre- sents not only Guatemala, but also the Republics of San Salvador, Costa Rica and Honduras, spoke freely of the condition of the first named country. He re- ports the work on the San José and Esquintla Rail- road as progressing satisfactorily. As there is little grading to be done from the port of San José to within 8 comparatively short distance of Esquintla that portion of the road will soon be ready for the rolling stock. The grading through the mountain passes between Esquintla and Guatemala city will be s formidable undertaking, but the sound financial condition of the country, brought about by the policy of the President, General Don José Rufino Barrios, will enable the government to secure an admirable roadbed on the most economical terms and with the least possible delay. The road when completed will be, it is claimed, of great advan- tage to American shippers, particularly those who may send their goods from San Francisco. Indeed, it is said that more than one Californian firm has ad- vanced material for the construction of the road, re- ceiving very liberal terms from the government. THE GOLD REGIONS. ‘The gold discoveries on the Motagua River continue to attract attention throughout the Republic. Several firms have made contracts with the government whereby they are enabled to work their claims advan- tageously. A well known American geolo- gist and mining engineer undertook somo time ago, at the desire of President Barrios, tomake a complete survey of the entire gold dis- trict which was discovered three years ago. His re- port has been submitted to the government, and shows that the gold saturates the und, 80 to speak, in uniform quantities up and down the banks of the Motagua, and also to a considerable distance toward tne interior. It does not appear that quartz has been tound, though it is believed that it must exist in the ridges of the mountains and crests of the hills near by. A considerable number of persons aro engaged in washing the pay dirt, which is taken out of the poorly constructed shafts in a very primitive manner. The want of water is » great drawback, yet the Motegua River and adjacent streams are large enough +o furnish an ample mie gece there were among the miners enough capi and ent rise to construct a ditch upon the joint stock plan, which in_ former Goes was = found to work #o well in California, The rocker is the only method of Washing thus far employed; and as this way of working pay dirt is both laborious and slow it is not to be wondered at that few fortunes have thus far been made. It is expected that some of the California miners, who understand the hydraulic method of sluice washing, will soon visit the gold fields and revolutionize the ineflicient system now in practice there. OPENING UP THE INTERIOR, Sefior Dardon called attention to the facilities of- fored by the fine port of Santo Tomas and the Guif ot Honduras for the introduction of all sorts of sup- plies for the mines, which are only a couple of days stant from the harbor. Around Santo Tomas are fertile lands which may be had trom the government, he says, on liberal terms. A wagon road, which has been for several years in course of construction between the cities of Guatemala, and Santo Tomas, will soon open up the in- terior to commercial enterpriso and place the prt of Santo Tomas within seven days of New York, ‘hat American effects are valued higher than similar goods from Europe is sufticicutly proved by the in- creasing demand for them there. Another proof that Guatemala is becoming # desirable customer is the fact that she has bought from American firms over twenty thousand breech-l: rifles, with which her troops are at present armed. vernment of Gen- eral Barrios not forgetful of benefits to be de- rived from immigration and has stops to at- tract American settlers. ENCOURAGING AGRICULTURE. Sefior Dardon fm the rter a copy of a decree promulgated on the 22d of t August for the pur- pose of encouraging and rewarding the cultivation of certain products of the country. The decree says:— All persons who do not possess land and wish to en; in the cultivation of sarsaparilla, cocoa or the rabber tree, may obtain a parcel of ground by applying to the liticul authority of the district. The cireumatances of the applicant will be considered, and he will be pl in pow sossion of a quantity of land, which shall be in proportion to his means of cultivating it. Two yours after having taken possession of the land the lanter will be required to show that he bas in the mean- ime planted the products spoken of in the decree in a rea- sonable proportion to the extent of his holdin, hall ; It he shal fon in this prerequisite to title he shall lose hfs right to the and. ‘When the planter shall have proved that he planted the round oceapied by him he may ly to the govern it for his title in perpetuity, which shall be conferred ry him when the local authority shall have reported favor- ably to his claim, Je planters will receive from the public treasury « pro. thousand cocoa and rubber mium of for each trees, and for the same number of sarsap- arilin plants that they may have th nted and that are found Ina bearing coudition. Tf t Ianted should exceed the number of 12,000 no premium wiil be given for any. above thas quantity: his docroe Is to remain in force for ton years, Sefior Dardon believes thet many immigrants from the United States, Italy, Germany and England will avail themselves of this offer and take up lands in Guatemala, The settlers there can enjoy the advan- es of & liberal, republican form of government, a splendid climate, and have @ chance to make a com- fortable competency, if not a certain fortune, more rapidly than anywhere else on the globe, _ ‘The coun- try is well settled, the people well di to foreigners, and there is nothing to apprehend from revolutions, a4, under the government of General Banios, there is no fear of an inclination on the part of any portion of the people to rebel. peaking of the products of the country d In & Ing of the products of coun’ i the lant five years Behor Dardon gave figures which amply prove the pros] us condition of Guatemala under the present liberal régime, taking, as an in- stance, the important article of coffee. In 1878 the ero} exported was — 16,050,668 pounds, worth $2,408,106 88, while in 1877 20,993,476 pounds, worth $3,958,906 16, were exported, It must be remembered that the entire population of Guatemala does not exceed = 2,000,000, of whom but an insig- nificant fraction have directed their efforts to the cultivation of coffee. Other agricul tural products are — abundant and profitable, Sefior Dardon said that in 1873 the imports from England to Guatemala amounted to $906,411 25 and the exports to Great Britain were $669,2u8 13, while in 1877 the imports had increased to $1,208,994 87 and the exports to $1,073,977, In the same years the trade of Guatemala with the United States was:—Im- ports, $125,260 59, and exports, $1,234,996, and in Tat the imports came up to $495,566 57, and the ex- ports to $1,019,428 44, thus showing a large balance against the United States and a fine field in which to compete with European manufactures, Jacob Ammon, of No. 165 Allen street, was arrested on Saturday night upon @ warrant issned on the com- plaint of Augusta Marks, of No. 17% Mulberry street, who alleges that Jacob struck her on the head with « brick, and caused a severe wound. Jacob had fol- lowed and annoyed her for five years past and called het & witch, Once le assaulted her in the street and | served a term of three montie’ imprisonment for the | offence. He wie required to give $900 bail for trial | tor the secoud asseult, i KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION, LEXINGTON, 1—Pheenix Hotel. 2—Blue Ribbon, 3—Fillies.. 4—Viley. 5—Elkho: Total.. 1—Cumberland. 2—Sewanee.... Total....se.seee0ee JEROME PARK, 1—Withers.. cteseescseseeeecsse cesses $1,000 The Kenner. By P. Lorillard. Total.. 1—Jersey Derby. 2—Monmouth 3—Jersey St. Leger. 4—West End Hotel. a Total......s.seeserecsecerseeseseers MARYLAND JOCKEY CLUB, Total...... Seeeeeessscsecsoee + $4, It will be seen that outside of the amounts given by Mr. P. Lorillard—$2,500 at Jerome and $2,000 at Saratoga—the Louisville Jockey Club adds more money to her stakes than any other association, ‘When you come to compare the number of entries in the different stakes, Louisville still holds 9 com- manding | esr and no better evidence is needed to show the immense strides the Southwest has made in reviving turf sports than # list of the large number of entries in the different stakes of the principle meet- ings of the country :— Pheenix Hotel. Blue Ribbon. SARATOGA LOUISVILLE JOCKEY CLUB. seeeee 61 The Mow clo ee for 1879 and 1880 the Ist of September, and the Mary- land Jockey Club has not yet published the Breckin- ae for 1879, or the Chesapeake, Preakness and Dixie for 188, The Chesapeake for 1879 has twenty- two, the Preakness thirty-tour and the Dixie seventy- six nominations, It will be seen by the above table that Louisville is the only meeting which shows an increase. Mon- mouth Park 4 new affair it cannot claim tho increase shown by the table, as the colts for 1879 had already run in public, and the entries were con- fined to the best two-year-olds of this year. For the three meotings at Nashville, Lexington and Louisville there are twelve stakes for each year, two at Nashville, five at Lexington and five at Louisville, which have a total of 517 nominations for 1879 and = 1880, among them ia not an entry from the Kast, In the East there are thirteen stakes for each year—six at Jerome Park, four at Monmouth Park and three at Saratoga— which have a total of 1,207 nominations for the two years, in which the West and South have made 316 nominations, or # fraction more than a third. Thus it will be seen that the Southwest contributes a frac tion more than # third of the Eastern entries, while ond pada not make 4 single nomination in the When Cincinnati, 8t. Louis and Chicago are fairly in the field with their stakes—and it is the intention of these clabs to give stakos and close them at yearlings like their sister aasociations—the Southwest promises to be the great racing centre of the country, and our friends ‘will have to look in this direction if they would gain ® proper insight as to the winners of the coming events of each year, No better evidence of this fact is wanted than to glance at the winners of the Kentucky Derby since ite inauguration four years ago. No second class colt can win this event and the winner of the Derby isa mint mark that will make the colt pass current in any section of the country as a first class racehorse, We have now called attention to and given the num- bor of entries of the principal moetings of the cov try, and feel quite certain that few can say that the turf prospects of 1879 are not very flattering, that ia if any criterion can be formed b; creation of new clubs, the large list of sul to the different stakes, and the great number of horses of. all deserip- tions that will be trained the coming season, THE ORILLIA BOAT RACE, THE GAUDAUR BROTHERS BEAT ELLIOTT AND M'KEN BY SIX LENGTHS, {From the Toronto Globe, Nov. 9.] Onutia, Nov, 8, 1878, Tt was a surprise to most Toronto men who arrived here to-day to see the large crowd assembled to witness what will, in all probability, be | the last boat race of the season—the much talked.) of race between the Gandaur brothers, of this town, and Elliott and MeKen, of Toronto, This match.grew out of the recent race between Jack Hanlan and John Adair, of Toronto, and the Gaudaurs, In that match the Toronto men thought that luck was against them, and in order to get even they made this race in the afternoon of the day when the Orillia men won that victory. This race was made for $200 a side, two miles straight away, in inrigged lapstreak skiffs not more than twenty-three feet long. The betting was up to yesterday 100 to 80 in favor of the Orillia men, but at length the Toronto scullers rose sufficiently in the estimation of sporting men to | make the betting even. To-day, after the arrival of the Toronto delegation, Elliott and McKen stock rose | still higher, and 100 to 75 was freely given on them; and as the time drew near for starting the race 100 to 50 on the Toronto boys was given and taken several times, ‘The weather was anything but favorable for the en- joyment of aquatic sport. All the morning @ strong and bitterly cold wind had been blowing from the north, and as the day wore on it freshened into a gale, throwing up many white caps even in that sheltered portion of Lake Cou- chiching along which the course lay. The large crowd, buttoned up in ulsters and imuitled up to the eyes in the warmest of winter wraps, stamped impa- tiently up and down the snow covered wharf and cm- bankments in the vicinity of the winning Ley 4 exe- crating the weather, the snow, the country and, most of all, the delay in starting; but nobody wanted to leave the spot for fear of missing the race. ‘The bow of the old steamer Ida Burton, now con- verted into a boathouse, was kindly appropriated by her properietor, Mr. Black, for a press stand, where an excellent view of the course could be obtained, At last ‘“Lhey’re off!" ran along the shore, and im- mediately every eye was turned in the direc- tion of two tiny’ yellow specks bobbing about like @ couple of corks upon the turbulent waves. The Gaudaurs were on the outside, the Toronto crew pull+ ing next the shore. For «time it was impossible for spectators to make out who were leading, but at length # sudden sheer of the Toronto boat to the cust- ward showed her to behind. At this the spirits of the boating men who had pinned their faith to Elliott and McKen suddenly fell, as it was conceded on all sides that with their superior condition the Gaudaurs could outstay their rivals unless the latter could pull sufficiently fast at the outset to demoralize their less experienced oppo- nents, ‘Che flash of the oar blades soon revealed the fact that both crews were pulling just thirty- six to the minute, and a strong clean stroke at that, despite the great ugly chopping swells that were tossing the boats about like a pair of egg shells. At this point it became apparent that Elliott and Me- Ken were terribly handicapped in their boat, For some reason or another she kept diving into the swells badly down by the head, and — sheered wildly, now heading almost | for the shore and now darting across into her rival’s water in a most unaccountable manner. Still her crew pulled steadily and determinedly, making the most gallant efforts to retrieve the fortunes of the day, though they must have been convinced long ere this that the strugg! one; while the Gaudaurs their work, their long, second carrying them further and further to the front. Their Warren boat rode the swells like a duck, never seemed to lose headway and steered as straight as an arrow. The race was now virtually over, and all that remained of it was a painful but most plucky up hill struggle for the Toronto men, and a comparatively easy victory for the Gaudaurs. The stroke of both crews dropped off one or two to the minute, and though McKen and Elliott again and again spurted most determinedly, it was all of no use, Steadily the swarthy athletes continued to draw away from them, andeven # life sud death struggle on the part of the vanquished failed in the smallest degree to diminish the distance between them. Now. they near the crowd, and cheer after cheer rend the air as the victors come to the front, winning as they pee by avout half a dozen lengths. Elliott and McKen pulled on to the finish, but it was evident that they were terribly pumped out. After the race Elliott and McKen were conveyed to their room in the hotel, where it quickly became manifest that they had made one of the most deter- mined struggles known in the annals of boating. Poor Elliott was seized with a violent fit of vomiting, which lasted till his friends were seriously alarmed for his safety. Edward Hanlan immediately summoned a physician, and the pair were put to bed in a most exhausted condition. Later in the evening, however, they were able to be up and about, and it is hoped that in a few days neither will be any the worse. ‘hat the Toronto men were considerably out of condition—Elliott, who pulled stroke, _ bei actually sick before he stepped into’ his t—and that they were badly handicapped in their boat, there can be no doubt; but this must not be considered as a claim that they can beat the Gaudaurs under any circumstances. The Gaudaurs have proved them- selves much better men than they were generally supposed to be, and they, with their plucky and en- terprising backer, Mr. Russell, are to be congratu- lated upon the brilliant successes that have attended their efforts. Mr. J. F. Scholes acted as referee, ADRIFT IN A STORM. CAST DEAD UPON THE BEACH AFTER A VOYAGE OF FORTY MILES AND A NIGHT OF DESPAIR, [From the Oswego (N, Y.) Palladium, Nov. 9.) Captain John Walters, of the schooner Seabird, ar- rived here Sunday last, from Trenton, with lumber for J.K. Post & Co. The Seabird, with twenty-two other vessels, had been lying in McDonald's Cove, riding out the storm. Upon reaching this point Captain Walters learned of the finding of the yawl of the schooner Julia, containing the body of Moses Dul- mage. sailor, on the beach at Stony Point, on Sunday morning. From the master of the schooner Olivia he learned that Dulmage was driven out of South Bay before a heavy gale the previous Thursday night, and being acquainted with Dulmage’s father he tele- graphed the facts to him and got answer requesting him to get the body and bring it home. Monday af- ternoon Captain Walters took a team and drove to Stony Point, where he found that the body had been removed to Henderson Harbor and buried. He pushed on and reached Henderson at noon on Tuesday, took the body up and brought it here, arriving Wednesday noon. The corps now lies aboard his vessel, which is awaiting a ‘air pind to sail for South Bay. ‘The statement of this cruel fatality as gathered by Captain Walters is as follows:—Thursday night, Oc- tober 31, ten vessels, among which were the Julia, Olivia and Ariadne, lay at South Bay Point, the Julia and Olivia lying near to each other. About seven P. M. Dulmage asked permission of the Captain of the Julia to take the yawl and go over to Olivia to visit some friends. The Captain gave his consent, and Dulmage went. He stayed on Olivia till be- tween ten and eleven P. M., when he proposed to go back. The wind, which was out of the northwest, had stiffened, and was blowing a gale, with a big sea running. The Captain of the Olivia says he told Dul- mage he had better stay all night, but the latter said he was afraid the Caj might want to go out be- fore morning, or would want the 1 for something, and he started back. Thecrew of the Olivia watched him, and, seeing that he was going to leeward, shouted to him to head her up to windward. ‘They heard Dulmage call to the Julia to throw him a line, which was done, but he failed to get it and drifted past the Julia and came alongside and pretty close to the Ariadne, which lay astern of the other two, As he came alongside he called to the Ariadne’s crew to lower the boat and come after him, for he was going out into the lake. The captain of the Ariadne heard him and thought somebody was shouting about his vessel and that she might be drag- ging her anchors, He ran forward, saw the boat with man in it and called up his crew. They low- ered their yaw] at once; the sea partly filled her and the captain told them it was no use, they would all be lost, and the attempt was abandoned. Dulmage was rapidly driven on before the maddened and hungry sea, and cried out to another vessel which he passed to save him, but no further effort was made and he drifted out of sight crying for help. Long after he was lost to view in the darkness his distressing cries pierced the gale with piteous aj for help. Sunday morning Mr. Smith, lightkeeper at Stony Point, found the boat ashore just south of the lighthouse, with a dead and bruised body in it. Of the awful circumstances under which the poor fel- low died, who he was or how lost, he had no knowl- edge, The body lay on its face, with the head toward the bow. The legs were lashed to the seat and thwarts with the painter. The oar was found on the beach, about five rods further south, from all of which Mr, Smith concluded that the man must have been alive and was steering the yawl*when he went ashore, and that he died almost immediately from exhaustion and reaction. He also thinks that he came ashore ood morning, judging from the ce of the fle wood and débris along the shore at that place. Tho storm did not abate until Sunday, and it is not strange that the boat and its awful freight should not have been discovered sooner. From South Bay Point to Stony Point is forty miles, and thia terrible voyage young Dulmage in that teny uous night in ‘the face of almost certain death. The horrors of that night cannot be painted. The annals of lake naviga- tion show nothing more thrilling or pathetic, “A LOST MIND. PITIFUL STORY OF A VENERABLE LADY WHOSE MEMORY FLED, {From the Rochester Democrat, Nov. 9.) ‘Thursday afternoon, about five o'clock, a white haired, pleasant faced old lady of apparently about sixty years of age wandered into the pantry of the Brackett House, and as she seemed at a loss what to do some one inquired what she wished. Her inco- horent and disconnected answers soon showed that her mind was impaired, and she was conducted to the sitting room of the Brackett House, where Mr, Hildreth made every effort to ascertain something in regard to her history and destination, But the past seomed to her almost a blank, and names of people and places, dates and incidents, were so confused in her mind ‘that it was impossib that could prove of much use in discovering her friends. She was neatly dressed in black, but had no baggage or money, and when inter ated on tis point she said that she gave her travelling buat le to clicit anything | 1 and pocketbook to two qome iris at the | who said that they would pony on the perty, bub that in coming away she had lost sight of them and had not seen since, She has spoken repeatedly of attending # meeting, but where it was held or what was its character is more than she cam remem- ber. She says her name is Sophia Burlingame, and ag her underclothing is marked “8. B.,” this is probably true, One story that she repeats more than others is that she has just returned from # visit to her brother, Deland A. » in Freeport, but when asked the name of the State she passes her hand over her brow as if trying to assist the shattered memory, and then looks at the questioner wistfully and says, “I cannot guite remember; it seems to have gone from me. You see, sir, my memory is not quite s0 good as it used to be.” She thinks that she has a sou married, Andrew B. Burlingame, living in New York, and @ sister in Trenton, but in tw all this she ia very vague and is positive of nothing. Where sh¢ came from or where she is going no one knows, but there must be friends somewhere, who are anxiously awaiting her arrival and wondering over the delay. THE FRENCH LOTTERY. WHAT THE PEOPLE HAVE GONE WILD ABOUT— MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF TICKETS—CALIa ING ¥OR MORE, (From the London Daily News.) All sorts and estates of French people, with not # few foreigners into the bargain, are in a pardonable State of excitement about the drawing of the Grand Lottery, which is to begiit one day next month, In @ former article on this subject I stated some facts which were correct then, but have ceased to be 80 now, as, for instance, that a million tickets had been issued and that there would be 5,000 prizes. Vive extra issuca shaye now bronght the number of tickets to 6,000,000, and there are to be no less than 145,000 prizes, A part of these will be furnished by purchases made out of the sale of the tickets, and will include a great variety of valuables, from jewelry to works of art, pictures, statues, pianos, machinery, &c., but the great bulk of tho “lots” will have been collected from voluntary offerings, and these comprise the greatest medley of things ever scheduled within a catalogue, Some of the donors have brought gifts not entirely disin- terested. One cannot acquit tho gentleman who tenders five and twenty boxes of corn plaster of wishing rather to advertise his wares than to re Neve suffering humanity; and surely the professor who pledges himself to give twelve gratis les sons with the savate (which is the French mode of boxing with the feet instead of the hands) has for- gotten that his present may devolve upon a pious | young student in theology of Aberdeen. As the | Bates always manage things queerly for us, one may be sure that there will be many an incongruous “draw” ‘The twenty dinner tickets, empowering the holder to dine fora score of days one of the crack restaurants of the Boulevards, will inevitably be won by some Russian, who has returned to 'Tagan- rog, and will sigh plaintively over his inability to make use of his prize as he eats his rancid tehi, ot cabbage soup; and one might boldly wager that the “month's free entry to Frascati’s Casino” will be re mitted to a scandalized bishop. MUCH RUBBISH, What is a person to do who draws a prize for which he can find no use? In respect of the prizes purchased by the commission the course will be simple, for the. Commissioners have sensibly stipulated that the win- ners shall be able to commute for money if they please, and a notification to this effect will be made to the ticket holders when they apply for their prizes. But it has obviously been impossible to make an; such arrangement as this with regard to prizes es reg are voluntary offerings, and so there will, no doubt, be & good many bones | Sisspocia nants The num- ber of foreigners who have bought tickets is said to -be enormous; but, in fact, everybody having a franc to spare—men, women, school boys, girls, priests, nuns, moralists and monks—have bought one or more of these little shares in the Bank of Ho: If I may obtrude a personal matter, I have bo lottery ticket. It is quite wrong I know, but then I should be very glad to draw the Gros Lot of 125,000 francs, commutable for £5,000 of British money, ‘There are several gros lots—viz., one of £5,000, two of £4,000 and two of £2,000; the actual prizes being jewelry, which the vendors have to take back at the above rates, Why the prizes are not simply given in cash I fail under. stand; and, indeed, I think it would have been more honest if the Commissioners had discarded the pre- tence of being a mere Fine Art Lottery, for ais nothing of the sort. Speaking for my humble part, I can say that I have not met with man, woman or child who has subscribed in the hope of winning jewelry, pianos, corn plaster or lessons in boxing; but all with one accord want money. The first day of the drawing will be one of oneral emotion, and op the days following Paris will be filled with dishevelled persons hurrying about to inquire how they can com vert their lots into cash. Ih I have the: ob ne Of ade th hope I may have the chance of ing the man who will have won the Magasin du y Bada of a cradle and baby linen, under these lively cireum- stances, for one may be sure this winner will bes bachelor, without so much as a married sister, aunt, cousin or niece to take the gift off his hands, The drawing, so far as at eheteee eos ee in the Palace of the , and eonmincted Gene for a space of four hours, from twelve till four, dur ing as many days as may be necessary to exhaust the list of prizes. A committee of journalists, elected the syndicate of the will like capsules; but these will only fill wp three-fourths of the receptacle, so that every turn of the windlass allow of the numbers being com- pletely shuffled. A company of soldiers will be on uty to turn the windlass, the men this task in series of four, who will be relieved every five minutes; and the tickets will be drawn by little boys from the Enfants Trouvés ty One of these youngsters will open the of the receptacle: an- other, blindfolded, will dip his hand and extract one ticket at a time, and a third will take this ticket and pass it to an official with leather lungs, who will act as crier and baw] the number rer pete three times. This having been done the ticket will be passed to aclerk, who will stamp it with a numeral indicating the order in which it was drawn; then to two others who will register it, each in his own ledger; then to a fourth who will score up its be in chalk upon a ifth who blackboard, and finally to a will flatten it out and slip it into an iron frame covered with glass, and set in a tableau where all the tickets will be ex: posed to public view. During all these the wheel will be kept in motion by \diera, so that between cach number there will be a pause of nearly one minute. This will make the whole ceremony a pretty long one, but no shorter formalities would do to entiaty the public that there was fair play. As it is, many honest people, who have built Spanish castles on the faith of tenpence invested, are disposed to grumble at the indistinctuess of their prospects, They are puzzled as to whether ee Lod gnd hol : ve the 145,000 p: |, or merely for the prizes in his the tickets having been issued by series of 1,000,000. peda 2 every ticket holder will have @ chance all the prizes, else there would be half a dozen lotteries instead of one, The Com. missioners have not been quite explicit enough on this subject, but I find ou inquiry that they are divid- ing all their lots into series eo to the dif- ferent days of the drawing, so that on each day there will be a grand prize a number of smaller ones varying in value between £3,000 and twenty franca. ‘The Commissioners profess to accept no less than twenty france, and at last they decide upon refusing presenta of live stock, were begiuning to send mon jogs, deat broken winded cobs, all with a view to names advertised for nothing in the Journal Opicie. THE PRIZES, One need hardly say that the prizes Commissioners are of first rate quality eac! kind. No less than £105,000 have already been in purchases, and all the sections of the at least all the French ones—have been tribution. So a lady or Pvc mt be made fectly happy without drawing one of the big ots, Among the smaller ones will be found pianos Lyons ek, Valouclennoo nce eryotale of Beeoscet pis Lyons silk, Valenciennes lace, crystals of tures and statuettes by artists, = and barouches from the crack Parisian makers, carpets of Beauvais, hampers of wine from Bordeaux and Champagne, and, last but not least, ome Stessbon meee or elements of entice ment on! er this lottery 9 greater nuis- ance, and I say it with ‘virtuons ire, yy hoping, fax above said, that one of the prizes will fall to me. -£ think it is @ scandal that I and other folks should have been cozened out of our tenpences aa we have been, For the last three months every corner of France has been made Boley with the voices of officials hawking these lottery tickets with an cagerness which reminds one of bookmakers ent on @ racecourse. It would have needed virtue of the late Cato to resist their interested solicitations, When the tax collectors had done molesting you tho postmen took it wp, and when you had done ‘with them the tobacconiste had their try upon you. At certain railway stations lottery tickets were offered to you as change for your money; wherever you went to buy a stamp or a cigar the tobaconist suggested tickets, and tickets also was the = of many @ waiter in cafés and restaurants, ‘To eay that all this is vexations employ a weak term, for I believe it to have downright demoralizi to thousands of servants, working folks and sehool boys. LIKE TRE MISSESSIPPT BUBBLE, It haa spread all through the country a for gambling, so that brats of six who have invest: pocket money in the precious venture are to be fow | Apes the coattails of their elders and whisperi say, if L win the Gros Lot will papa have the rig to take itfrom me?’ The French goverament have : Hil i | no reason to be proud the countenance they have | lent to this Lae *h, it will be rem _ originally started to bring, gmMen | Rxhibition. In future 1 a en men will ‘be provided with treats Jess costly and | pernicious to the com: , for if these lotteries were to recur frequently France woukd have no right at all to thi at the France of iB. caer er ak hn at wi f winning nafhbere Lhopel may prove to have gained i at least a iceubouts pier x: