The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-10 00:00:00

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, ant
the short exchange on London is 25f. 150. per £1 sterling.
On comparing these rates with the English Mint prize of
tis.lo4d. per ounce tor standard gold, it appears that
gold at the above price is about 1-10th per cent. dearer lit
Paris than in London.

The course of exchange at New York on London for bill*
at 60 days' sight was en the last date about 1091 per cemt.
At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold
from the UM! cd L-..tates.

VIRGINIA ENTERPRISE, December 3d.—A cor-
respondent writing from Belmont thus de-
scribed the base metal range at 'White Pine :
Opposite, to the west, is the higher summit
of White Pine, called the " base metal range," and
here the metallic substance is more massive, but
contains lead in abundance as well as other metals,
with considerable silver. I have no d,ubt that,
some day not far distant, the base metal range will
be the prominent feature of White Pine, but at pre..
sent it is only prospected slightly; and yet I have
seen assays from its rock which, three years ago,
would have created a stir in mining circles. Ink
short, ;there is at White Pine abundance of ore
from the " pure stuff" which only needs smelting
down, through all the grades of silver ore, to
that which is so near pure lead that it will not
pay in any way that silver ores are worked in.
America. Another correspondent writes : About 60
miles south of White Pine, on the White Pine
range, nearly due east from Belmont and Hot Creek,
new districts have been discovered in slate forma-
tions. The matrix is a fine quality of white quartz;
the ore is greenish and yellowish in the pay streaks,
and the white portion of the quartz is injected, or
shot, with spots of metal resembling molybdinite.
Several assays show silver from $lO to $1,300 per
ton. These new districts will be fine ones, if they
prove to be rich and durable, as they are in close
proximity to the finest range of building timber
now known east of the Sierras, with abundance of
water-courses.

INSTRUCTION IN THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS. —A prac-
tical philanthropist in Massachusetts has founded a free
industrial institution, to provide instruction for young
men in branches not taught in public schools; and for
this purpose there are departments of farming, mechanics,
engineering, architecture, metallurgy, chemistry, mining,
teaching, &c., &c. Several hundred thousand dollars are
already provided, and one generous donor has given a
spacious machine shop, completely fitted and furnished.
—San Francisco Scientific Press.
sz Thaddeus Stevens left all his papers to Mr.
M'Pherson, Clerk of the Congressional House of Repro-
sentatives, and he is now diligently at work, giving all his
spare time to the old statesman's biography. Mr. M‘Pher-
son is thought to be well qualified for the task, being
trained as an editor to write, possessing a fund of informa-
tion, with a sparkling style and solid foundation. It is
considered strange that he should have been so intimate
with Mr. Stevens, considering that their views on religion
differed so widely.
A newspaper is published on board the steamer
Richmond, which plies between Louisville and New Or-
leans, called The Richmond Head-Light. It has two com-
positors and one editor, and is published six times during
each trip, or about three times a week. It is intended to
be a faithful expositor of river life, affording entertainment
for the passengers, as well as an advertising medium for
hotel proprietors and merchants:
The new screw steamer City of Brooklyn, built
by Messrs. Tod and M'Gregor, of Glasgow, for the Inman
Steamship Company, arrived in the Mersey on Thursday
from the Clyde. She is 2,911 tons, customs new measure-.
horsemen t ,
power,with
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fromwork
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ctioocukpitwoitahrdescuo 2,300
mf
brae;
with the wind on the port bow, was made in 59 minutes
ran the measurec.She
her
and a half, being
iattutillieelo-afftecorfols3hyl knots
with theper htioduerin
favour in three minutes and 38 seconds.
A very novel iron brig, to carry molasses, in
bulk, has been launched in Boston. She is 130 feet long,
140 feet on deck, with 27 feet breadth of beam, 11 feet
depth of hold, and will register about 356 tons. The hold
is left entirely free for cargo, all her crew and officers'
accommodation being on, deck. She has seven circular
tanks secured on an iron platform, and braced from
the sides-these are all connected wiettauhpraroecntittctoaniasolltonhirmfo
such a manner that they can either be united or discos_erin
isvea, hatchway,
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examineder eacharou
around, above,
all times. She has a powerful steam pump, by which to
discharge, and it is estimated that in six iy hours her cargo
can be pumped out. At the place where she will dis-
charge in Boston there is a tank to receive her. cargo. Be-
side the tanks she has considerable space in the wings
inre the Duds
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Herany onuatzairsdNoavrer that may be
arenqdui
The Central Pacific Railroad is completed to a
point 21 miles beyond Elko, and 481 miles east of Sacra-
mento.
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for
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The pay-roll of the Paymaster of the Central
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nuoarpel flur companyelaesmt ioopnfloyinedaniny
product.
tive tive industry, it follows that six thousand of the popula+
tion of that city is sustained by these workshops.
DUNVILLE and Co., Belfast, Ore the largest
holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky ig re.

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commended by the medical profession in preference to French
Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exports..
tion. Quotations on application to Messrs. Danville and Oe.,
Belfast; or 4, Beattforkbvilaings, Strand, Idondcon Yir.Q..—(Ad
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