Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-10
JOUR- NEW YORK CORRESPONDENTS,
NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 1888,

there appears to be little prospect OF
nur bcing Mule to make our New Yeas
calls in sIcighs. A slight frost keeps
the pidcwsIltsin Broadway crisp and dry.
aud they are crowded about this time
e ?. NJ with that portion Of our tc'
male population, who. not compelled ny
their necessities to labor. devote large
portion Of the dOy to shopping, aud q
much larger portion o! it to displaying
their charming features and faces in the
fashionable promenade Of tho "estern
Hemisphere.
Tho Mitchell Banquet took place at
the Broadway Theatre, last evening
Over 600 gentlemen sat down to dinner,
aud the boxes wore filled with nearly as
many ladies'. Charles O'Conor, Esq.,
presided and speeches were mado bT
Messrs. Mitchell, O'Gorman, and Smyth.
Mr. Robert Emmett made an explana.
ton relative 10 tho funds Of the Ilish
Directory. Premiums were freely off
cred during the afternoon and evening,
for choice seats at the tuble, aud for adj
mission Into the dress circle. A dense
throng gathered about the door Of the
Theatre, Us carly as 5 o'clock. The
doors we're opened OF G, and dinner was
served at 7. The arrangements were
appropriate.-The Stage was considera.
bly, enlarged, aud draped with cloth Of
gold, in the form Of q pavilion. In
tho roar was o drop scene, from the
Z" Banquet" III Macbeth, though no ghost
issued forth To disturb tho festivities.
Across the stage was placed tho prin'
cipal table. at which sat the president
and invited guests. In front and rear
of the table extended others, reaching
to the rear of the Theatre in one oirec.
ton, and to the boxes in tho front The
distribution Of the guests and their Ia
dies in different portions Of the house,
served 10 give the place an mir Of pecu'
liar goycry uul pleasantness. The AS
sembly dispersed soon after midnight
have seldom attended more success
full demonstration,
The terrible fire, which in two hours,
at midday, laid in ashes the millions OF
the Harpers, huS given u new impetus
to two branches of business-Insarnnce
aud safes. The Harpers were itch o.
nough to insure themselves. They can
lose a million of dollars, and yet go
on with their business, almost without
interruption; but men of less colossal
fortunes must avail themselves Of gnar'
antce,, and especially Of the absolute
security now offered in tho safes which
are safe, of Stealns, Marvin Il Co.. q
house which combines in its manufac.
lures the patent of Wilder, with the re.
markable improvements Of Rich. This
combination bids absolute defiance to
the most destructive conaagration. be.
sides guarding property against the Ut.
most ingenuity of scoundrslism. These
safes are proof against the two crimes
of burgl airy nnd arson; aud the entire
preservation OF their contents, after
hours Of exposure to our largest couHa'
rraiions, with scarce the smell Of fire,
is miricle Of scientific invention. A
great many safes have been sold, which
are mere iron chests, and whose only
security is in their never being tested;
hut S!eurns, Marvin s. Co., are makers
Of sale safes, as the fires of New York
and San Francisco. aud many inferno.
diate places, can testify. Your readers
who wish to sleep sound!y will thank
me. perhaps, for giving them this OPT
ate.
Flour again advanced. yesterday,
from 6 Ia TO l2 l.2 cents per barrel,
while grain was ahout,he same. FreiehtS
we're firmer, and engagements were
made SO Liverpool at enhanced rates.
The aggregate imports of last week
show decrease of about s240 900, us
compared with the Same week Of last
year.
The Money Market continues with,
out change. The supply on call is a.
bundant at 6 and 7 per cent, aud first.
class paper goes at and 10 per cent,
with some choice signatures occasional.
ly at lower figures. The market is ga.
sier than usual at this season ofthe year.
The Interior, am informed, is still pay.
ing up very promptly, excepting per.
haps, the South, where money is less
plenty than at the West. There is a
want of currency in some parts Of the
South, SO much so thnt in some towns
it is almost impossible to soil cotton
the banks being unable to negotiate the
Exchange. This is one cause Of the
backwardness Of Cotton shipments.
notwithstanding the decline of Elk.
change below the specie point, gold con.
tinucs to DO slppeaD and about six hun.
dred thousand dollars will 60 out by the
Boston steamer, about five hundred dol.
lars of which will go from this city. 1t
would appear from this fact, tina. tho
rate Of Exchange no longer governs
specie shipments, but tina, a sort ofkit.
ing operation is going on--in effect, that
parties arc borrowing gold in this mar.
kct to strengthen foreign houses.
Every body docs not know where or