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balance Of the m portstsob OF foreign has seasy
all arrived, while The supplies Of domestic the
mainly concentrated strong hands cod cannot bo
moved at any hing bssow 7oc for good raee, such
are needed 70 work up goods suitable r The sprng
and summer trade. Uuder these efcuustAnces 4 b
almost certain that the sxigeaces Of manufacture must
result IN advance during tho months Of
January and February, usually . period d the great
est activity California wool Is nndsg It's veg 70
New York and Bosten large quantities and from
improved condition The former produc Of that State
beginning 70 take rank with the standard oS
North America The salss since our sst comprise
100 GOO fbs domestic at 76c. q S2kc fT ordinary
prime Geecee 400 bales foreign at 43xc 46c.
Cape Including small parcels mestiza, back donskoi,
Cordova, Smyrna and East India on private terms
wuALEBosE steady. sale Of 900 lbs Arctic at $l55
cash,
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S HiPPIN G NE w S.
Port OF new York, Decemb.r 30, 1893

CLEARED
stsaw.hlr Bs..rs tHsm). Meier, SOUTHAMPTON and Ham,
st.amship Creole, Thompson, New orleans-Ludsm He.
Steamship MerrimAc. Sampson, New orieans-U sQuar
Steamship Potomac, Sherwood. Portland--H Cromwell
Ship MsaePg. Rcbinson. San FrancI.co-C comstoes.
sas SsmSs Rf asT,on nn Gssow-f Macdonald Co
Bark wilhelm lHan), schweers cadir-Ruser Bro.
% Bara Armids Fr). vnst Point Peue. Guad-vaiable 4
Bsrs Carlton. Trecar,In New orlesn.-r A webster
Brig Lucy Darling tBr). Krabe. Rio orande do su-Jos
Bs s;@Ie. ssS LSs S, si, VINE Acc
Brg Iona OBJ, Hanahsn. Harbor Grace. NF-Greene 4
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schr sarah Nara, tnd.rAii Hsvsna-J 1 Pesrsni.
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Head Dec DC wa Fortress ouroe Quartaxna ster
sopEed Fortress Monroe 70 land iso yeisrszs o ss
se ot rcr s Roy 90 sssS sc IL S;Ss,
metheus hound r. -
steamship Potomac. Sherwood Portland. Win u.ds. and
passengers. W II Cromwell Co
ship Hamlet Jelly, Manila uly IS passed Omhav Sept
With ndse, 20 Brown. shipey Co. In the ombay Pss
sape spote thr WIG Erltsr. from California for asuf
tiua wten 90 CAPE LsgGras toarded the
sbip vanderbilt bound 70 Cape Town Passed Care o.
Good HOPE Oct ~. md santd 81 Helena Nov Had
light Sc trades sett "a neury BriArd, of Cam
bridgeport Mass sgcd 81 trst officer died Fev
Charles Leiftef, uf Copcnhager. o seaman, aged a.
ship Jas Roeaft tonvay Liverpool. Nov 10 With coa
aud salt, 70 Bogsft Rpeeland Had heavy Wsw gale
nrt ~ days vas dri'ca 10 lat 5 Nov "a s1psrenoed
hurricane from sSW ~ pysd heavy which Nashe'
booty halehs-. iulwarks aud dong CONSIDER bl
oner damage Bss been days from Hapoches With esss
| eriy gales and ths's wrs thet
ship Ardmiian cot Glasgow. Fullerton. Liverpool q
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Nantucket shoA passed schr Fred Dyer OF Belfast Ne
had Westerly ss %S. s S
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snip d Hpio1 Leach: Palermo days with fruit to Law
very heavy wesSer 40 ysss ss to Jasnsna Christmas Had
Sch ron EsE With heavy and thick weather during
Wn,S hasa Day Chase Philadelphia sday ballast,
Bar. Gutenberg tBrem5 Raschen Bremen IS days with
ossss S.ss ssv afs?
Fesman Sss w'sSp NoS Ia
% sars aSrs'as Sns 9sA fsl ys fruit. 70 John pevn
homSos PslS.s%an sseIsn oada IS days with wine
ssy 0ssS Besa e days ~ hs sia
Bari Ellen Morrison tof New H.veu,, Mcc.rv p.rs.
e 2s:s.. ssy II n1:S s1s' Sesa days
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nark Elixa Barss tBr Of Bermuda) Firth Bermuda II
'fss Ssr X rs. sa1ss. e %sSs Tssssr
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in Bari S..st soI y rs.:Dsr Pearce Royal day..
last 70 ApSs Ksder Micserson Port Royal
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'psrE s1, and . %Clssses s.ss s.s. to wh,%ore4 Co.
&C. 70 Dewey colliSs Ne" Orleans Dec H. with sugar
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ss sTsS.saw Brad S Fish, Alexandria days with
@ ,;s 4.y ssrss Ro or..a.
s.s ssSs s. & 5.a S:SsS II
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sshs P Pioneer SBr Morrison. Hasv. iOdsys with barre,
sehr SCI Nassau " SBr, Mel;se. chsrostetown PEI days
scAr Nsisa onsen Daniels Morn. Island, 7days
sshr sss F I I,I.,.,. Alien Chairman: Beaufort. NC
Schr SAWYER. Damage Beaufort NC.
Steamer Weschester. Davis. Providence. |
Eteanner Falcon. Jonee Provldeuce.
Steamer Sea 0uI. Rennev. Provdeuee
BELOW.
Ship Alexander, Crosby, from Newport, W, Nov O.
Ship Mountaineer. from New Orleans.
Bark PALMYRA (Br). Croker. from Ardrossan Oct H.
Bark Atalanta (BremJ, Harten, from Bremen Nov g.
Bark Schiller Brem). Bahr. from Rotterdam, Oct H
Bark Oder. from Matanzns.
Also two ships, ono bark and three brigs
SAILED.
2eh-eteamer Detroit; ships Robin Hood, AdeIe Peruyt
an barks Nonantnm. Angola Brewer. Bolivar wilhemine
Fanny Eaer; bres Jacobs Palma, Jscino. Atlas Scot.
aad. Bachelor, Brothers Hv NJ Hine schrs Rescue Alice
R,dsewood Pearl. Taylor. Highland Aloe Pride Of
he Isles. Hinda: and Others
soth-sseamsnips Aussraiasian tBr3. Bavaria tHan,.
Wind at supsN sW, .4s S..
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CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT,

WEDNESDAY, Dec 30-6 P. N.
AsHs.-Receipts. 21 bbs Small sales pots at IS 371s
50 90 and pearls 80 rs.
BREADsruns- 7s2e bbls -four, 1896 bbls and
eo6 sacks corn meal 1855 bushels corn a. 42 do oas
o7 do rye, 100 do barley. ,ee5 do. malt. Tho -four
market was firm, but witho decided change 10 prices
for state and Western. The shipping demand was re
s'roted by the high ruling OF market compared
With those In Europe and the latest advces from Liver
pool are not calculated to help matters The home trade
wero operating very moderately, being tolerably well
'uppled for present purposes. TIE days Sales include
900 obls the market closing quiet Southern -four
vas firm with moderate ineuiry, tho business footing
up 900 Dds. within our range Canada nopr sought
Alter 70 limited extent, and prices essentially Tie
same 900 bble charged hands IN rye -four snd corn
meal there was only moderate local demand al Quota.
eone annexed Eales 200 bts ortne jcrner and c5O q
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MARRIAGES AND DEA THS.
Married..

| MarrAod.
| BuRrsElL-SIMnoRs.-In San Francisco, on SATURDAY.
November 2s by Rev Father Bsohard, Jom NJ BrsrEIL
| Of New York, to EMMA j. SIMMONS, Of Baltimore.
BRiSKERuoyy--SLsIER.-On Thursday evening" Oeccm.
Der "A, by the Rev DR.. Taylor at The residence the
BRIDES father, e. WIZ. BRINKzRnops 10 ELIzARgru W
only daughter Of Justas Slater Esq all Of lafayette
Hudson county, N. J.
CosovKR-Lkwls-On Tuesday, December %. at her
fathers residence, by the Rev Dr. Morgan OF st. Thomas
church. SAMUEL CosovEa to CARRIE daughter OF James s.
Lewis.
DuHAN-FAYE I'm Brooklyn on Thursday, December
"a, by the Rev DR.. Pse LOUIS DURAN, Jr 10 MARY b.
eldest daughter Of Thomas Faye. Il :
H.Snns.colE-,0n THANKSGIVING day, Thursday,
November 26 by Rev. j. Howard Smith, Mr. CoIsoN G..
hAhLros 70 Miss Lucy COLE, daughter of Daniel Cole,
Esq, all OF this city.
HkA1B-Foorx -On Tuesday, December %, BY the Rev.
this city.
HYMAN-HARNE1r.-Op Wednesday December so by
the Rev. 3. III. lsaacs, HKERY HyAAR Esq. 10 Mss Re-
BRccA BARNETT daughter OF the late Samuel Barnett
LIHpSAY--MCF ARfANp. On Monday Decemhay oI nv
Rev. James d. Wilson, DAVID LINDSAY, Esq 70 AGNES
eldest daughter OF Alexander Mcfarland Esq all Of this
city.
RoMANs-MoRToN. Bergen, N. , on Tuesday. De-
cember 30 al the residence Of the brides parents by
Kev 4. T. Taylor, ISAAC RoMANR 10 ANNIE A. Morrow
No cards.
scorT-BRowS-ln this city, on Monday December %,
at her residence 40 West Forty street. by Rev
g. Campbell, HENRY Scorr formerly OF OdstoDe coun
~ Antrim, to JENNIE Hus1oN youngest daughter Of the
ate andrew Boyd, OF sle Cottage, Carnmoney county
Antrim, Ireland.
Belfast tlreland) papers please copy.
Church OF the Holy Communion. by W. A. Muhlenberg.
d. d., Mr. JOHN D, TcPPN, United States Navy 10 Miss
SUSIE V. HleciNs, both Of this city No cards.
ToMAs-WR6Rr.--At Manhattanvile, on Thursday
December II, by the Rev. Charles c. Adams WILLIAM i
ToAs to EIizABETH WRoHr eldest daughter Of Mr. John
Wright Rosse Priory, Perthshre, Sc )tland.
Philadelphia and Dundee (Scotland) papers please copy
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If there is any existing doubt about the enor.
nous imitation of prices, we think o glance at the
above comparative table will at once remove it,
1t will be seen that some fancy stocks, npon which
adividend never was paid, and probably never will
be- have doubled in price during the year, and are
even now under the influence of an advance move
msnt. We ask the attention of the public, and
particularly Of outside Dealers to this fact.
The following were the quotations at the gold
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CORPORATION NOTICES.

NrrIogs or THE BOARD or ExCIsk,
~ No 10 CIrYxs STREET Arp No. CaAnnrn Tnnrr
NEW YoaK. December, 1855
TO Liquor Dealers Of the city Of New Yorh BQrd
q cr the city and county Of Nov Yorh WI hold i
Of Dccsmbe is In he CITY Hall Of this city, o'clock
~ IN the court room Part No y o. the Oosrs OF Con
Pleas, for the purpose OF granting licenses. A..
Applications for license viii be received ~ ny ume ans
,ne hourr named ocee where eAnss
ana ali necessary Information wiz be furnished free 70 ap
p"eAh" wx JAY HAsKErr No rs Centre street.
ROBBRr d. HOLMEe No. TCnambers street.
Commissioners
Jro EpsRr Psicy, Clerk.
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There was no change in the quotations after
swo p. NJ, and the market closed for want of at
tendance at an early hour.
The business at the office Of the Assistant Trea-
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roo LATE ron QUALIFICATION.

THE MEMBERS or COMPANY 4. F1Rsr HnoIxEEI,
PonI Brigade ordered 10 .sssm6ls - 70 Censss
the funeral Of . DECEASED member. yohn M.rphy ~
crdsv Lieut. J. J. hcCADB. coHse "
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MISCEILANEOUS.

A TTENTION, SKATERS-NO PERSON CAN ENJOY
n skating who Is troubled with Corns Bnn,ons. Bad
Nails &c All such should consult Dr. j BRIGGS Chropo.
dist 22 Broadway his remedies by mail or oil
druggists. and be relieved. ~ - -
ITO CONSERVATIVES
i Consumpve sufferers win receive 4 valuable pre~crjp-
uOn Tor the cure of Consumption,
all Throat and Lung affections fce charge) by sepdna
their address o@' - "S
Rev. E A. WILSON,
Williamsburg,
Kings county,
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obedient servsn
Acting Rear Admiral. Com. Mics. Squadron
COMMANDMENT OF PORT HUDSON.

NEW YORK, MAY 22.-The steamer Matanzas. from
New Oreans On the l4tb instant, has arrived. Among
her passengers are Col John s. Clark, of Gen. Banks
staff; Also Gen Mcmillan aud Lieut. Col Stevens, and
two hundred and forty-seven discharged soldiers.
At midnight on the 9Th instant mortar fleet assisted
by the gunboat Essex aud the sloop-ofwar Richmond
commenced bombariment Of the lower batteries Of Port
Hudson and kept it up for hour, without response
At three o'clock A. NJ the vessels agsin bombarded and
continued to do until 30, when the enemy replied
Firing became rapid boz sides The Essex was struck
but not injured The Richmond, with full broadside
sienced the enemy's guus None of our vessels were
Injured
The Eras correspondence from which the above 10 ia.
ken, ntmates that good news will eli his next letter
Lieut. Col Blackburn, of the 9th Illinois cavalry, died
at Osyka from wounds Capt N. p. Johnson 25th Con.
nectcut, died in New Orleans on the llth
All places Of public resort in New Orleans except
churches ordered to display the national Hsg and all
places of Amusement to and close their per.
formances with national airs.
Admiral Farrsgut serensded by the Unonsts Of
New Orleans the night Of the 18th
The .oop-ofwar Juniats arrived at Key West on the
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IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
ANOTHER FRENCH DEFEAT AT puEBLA

BAN FRANCISCO. May l9-Ths steamsr Golden Are
brings advices from the City Mexico TO the "a Of NAV
and from Puebla to tho sOth Of April
Gen Ortegas dispatches to Gen Comonsrt ,t.,a that
on the night OF the Oath of April tho Frencb sxo,dd
mine on the block called Stenimo occuDisd no 49,.
troops. number Of Mexic we're buried in tn ras
but the remainder resisted the French all nOht 6sbr;n
desperately On the morning If tho 25h boh p,rtes va
reinforced and continued the fight with tue gre test
mlnaton aud ierocy, tho Mexicaus at It's close holding
their original position
During the contest the f ench exploded another mina
In the Santa Jeu, and another fight en- sued here stng
seven hours the Mexcans remaining masters OF tue adj
and capturing one hundred and thirty from tha
Frat Regiment French ZOuayes The French .fs four
hundred dead on the field
Since these fghs the French have kept o tha bomba,d
ment of the city. Though less vigorous than before
On The lat OF May Pres dent Juar,x lst the CITY of
Mexico for Gen. Comonfor's camp near Puebl. Tor ths
purpose Of urging hmm date osn.ve operations against
the French
San FRANCISCO, MAY 2O--Gsn ortega's dispatches to
Gen Comonfort dated Pueba the 29h of Apr thus sum
up the military situation during the last and half.
The French have made eight assaults succeeding only
in two. We have lost nothing andoaed forts
and one line of deences For the last thty-one DAYS we
have not lost foot of ground The French conue 70
throw their bombs into the city and cutting ditohes
and covered ways for an attack on Santa Anita"
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LATER-THE SIEGE RAISED.

NEW York, MAY 24-Ths steamer Roanoke from Hs.
on the 18th has arrived.
Vera Cruz dates to the 18th of May had been received
by the French steamer She reports that no news had
from the French army since April;
that the siege of Puebls had been raed Suspended
I'll the arrival OF reiniorcemens and heavier guns had
been found impossible penetrate the Notifications with
the artillery they have, it beng only of IL pound cabre
ned guns from vessels OF war in port have bern sent
ashore, aud to go to Puba Two guns had arrived
within two dsys journey and others the road The
impossbity Of catering Paebla consists of barcdes Of
eighteen feet OF earth and stones aud the fact that tho
Mexcans had filled the houses of the frat line of parapes
with earth
The Mexcans again occupy the foot Of San Xavier,
which they are repairing Light skrmishes occurred
daily with parties who came out to attack them fr the
city On the gath large convoy of meat captured
by the French route to Puebla
French officer passed Havana In the mail steamer
Clyde bound TO France whence he Is t. send out heavy
siege train to Vera Cruz. A letter from Havana says
nothing will be done till these arrive which cannot be
earlier than the LIST of October
The English frigate Immoralte brought the news that
the French have been defeated and obliged to retire esh.
teen miles towards Orzaba to which place Gen. Forey
and staff had gone
letter from of high stan iing at Vera Cruz
says: "Tbe French obliged to raise the siege and
retreat nine miles 1t is understood they will 60 quar-.
trs at Oriz aba and wait for AID heavy
guns from France"
Report says convoy Of million of dollars from Vera
Cruz was captured by Mexican guerila and, in couss
quenc', million has been procured in Havana by the sale
of drafts Of the French Government and will be sent to
Vera Cruz.
News from Venezuela states that truce has been
agreed upon for the formation of Government in.
GLIDING cessation Of the dictatorship by Gen Paez
number Of small rebel blockade runners hal arrived
at Havana The Union, Atlantic Alice, and ten schooners
had sailed probably to run the blockede.
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FROM THE MISSISSIPPI FLEET.
REBEL FORTS DESTROYED.

MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON
Flagship General Price. Grand Cuff May 49, 1868
Hon. GIDEON WELLEs, Secretary of the Navy
Sir had the honor to inform you from Alexandra Of
the capture Of that pacs and the forts defending the p
proaches TO the city by the naval force under my
mand Twenty-fou hours after arrived the advance
guard of United States troops into the city, and
Gen. Banks arriving after turned the place to
his keeping
The water beginning to fall deemed it prudent to
turn with the largest vessels to the mouth Of the Red
river dropped down 10 the Forts DeRussy in the Ben
ton, and undertook to destroy those works. only
ceeded however, in esctuay destroying the three heavy
Classmates commanding the channel and small water
battery for two guns about six hundred yards below
it, also destroyed (by bursting) heavy 32pounder
and some guncarsges left in their hurry by the enemy
The main fort bill nine hundred yards from the
water unable to attend to- To- quite extensive
work, quite and incomplete, but built with much
labor and pains 1t will take Two three vessels to pull
to pieces had not the powder to spare to blow up
The vessels will be ordered work at it and
il will soon be destroyed
In this last mentioned fort was mounted the ll-nch
gun, which am led to believe lies in the middle Of the
river the forthe rebels throwing it overheard
their panic at the approach of the gunboats.
The raft which closed The entrance have blown up,
sawed in two aud presented to the poor of the neigh
borhood.
sent Commander Woodwork in the Price, with the
Switzerland, Pittsburg, and Arizona up Black river to
make reconnaissance.
Commander Woodwork destroyed large amount Of
stores valued at $500 000 consisting Of salt sugar rum
molassss. tobacco, and bacon.
DAVID d PORTER
Acting Rear Admiral, Comd'g Miss. Squadron.
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SOME FURTHER DETAILS.

The following despatch received by the Secretary of
War Saturday evening having been transmitted from
the headquarters Of Gen Hurlbut, at Memphis whittier
was sent with equ to that officer to forward it to
Washington
REAR OF WICK BURG MAY 30, A. NJ
Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War:
Gen Grant great aud momentous victory over the
rebels under Pemberton the jackson and vicksburg
road at Bakers Creek the 10th instant Pemberton
had most formidable position the crest of wooded
h which the road passes longudnay He hsd about
twenty-five thousand men. The battle began at ii A.
and was gained at4P NJ. It's brunt was borne by Ho-
veys division and Netherlands corps and by Logans
and Crockers, Of McPhersons Hovey attacked the hill
and held the greater part of it till two o'clock p NJ wheD
having lost sixteen hundred men, he was succeeded by
Boomers and Holiness brigades of Crocksrs DIVISION by
which the conflict ended in that part of the field
Boomer lost five hundred men, Logan operated on the
right and cut of the nemys direct retreat that he was
compelled to escape by his right flank through woods
Logan lost four hundred killed and wounded We took
about two thousand prisoners.
On the 18th, advancing to the Big Black we fought
Pemberon again at the brd there and captured three
thousand prisoners. He fought 10 rifle pits pro.
tected by difficult bayou full Of sbatts Lawless
of Netherlands corps, charged the rifle pits magniGcenly
and took prisoners than their Numbers Pember
ton burned his bridge and returned vicksburg with
oaly three cannon out of sixty that he had taken out
Building fcur bridges over the Big Black Gen. Gran;
arrived before the town the evening Of the l8tb
now holds it closely invested He had opened line OF
supplies via Chckasaw bayou, having cut the town of
from Hane's Bluff which is abandoned by the enemy and
which Gen. Grant will occupy.
There sharp fighting through the day yesterday.
Steele aud holds the upper bluffs and the enemys
upper water batteries and gets water from the Mississippi
Shermans corps lost yesterday five hundred killed and
wounded, McPherson who holds the centre, lost little
as did McClernand, who holds the left.
The gunboats kept the enemy alert during the night,
and probably the town will be carried to-day There are
from fifteen to twenty thousand men in It,