Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-02-27
OUR NEW YORK LITTER,


NiN lNAhf iNNi ~ AoNof
Affairs at Washington looking n
little belligercnt hos unsettled matters
here very much and TO tell exactly
what Is going to happen, no one seems
wise enough 20 tell MS.
A series of tables Just published
shows great falling of in the domestic
and foreign trade of this city, owing
to the results of unwisc legislation
and the absenccof the formerIy-exist-
ing traffic with the South. 1t is too
lengthy TO give in full. Thus tho total
imports for January are little over
fifteen millions, against about twenty
one millions for tho same month OF
last year, and thirty millions for Jan
uary, 1866. 1t will be interesting to
note the changes in this trade the
balance of the year. The shipments
are chiefly reckoned at their value in
paper money. The specie sent abroad
is given at its counted, or real value,
but all others at the market price in
currency. The total sent abroad in
January, exclusive of specie, shows
gain OF one million dollars upon the
corresponding figures of last year,
but is far below either of the years
preceding that date. The stock of all
kinds of merchandise now in bonded
warehouse is about the same rs it
was at tae close of last June.
Another mammoth steamship enter
prise has just been successfully ostab-
lished here under a charter from the
State of New York, to be called the
North American and Italian Mail
Steamship Company, which bids fair
so occupy as prominent position in
maritime and commercial world as the
Pacific Mail Company. The line will
consist Of twenty frst-class iron pro
pellor steamers of not less than two
thousand tons each, touching at the
Azores, Lisbon, Cadiz, Barcelona,
Marseilles, and Genoa, and returning
by way of Leghorn, Naples, Messina,
and Palermo, back TO New York
Victor Emanuel, King Of Italy; the
Swiss Government, and the King of
Portugal, are extending every aid and
cooperation TO the movement. The
former has already granted subsidy
of one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars per annum, in gold, for carrying
the Italian mails As the line is ex-
clusively American, under the control
of leading New York capitalists, Con-
gress should certainly extend some adj
ditional aid and encouragement TO an
enterprise so worthy Of popular ap.
provaI.
The celebrated race-horse, Kentucky,
regarded by experienced judges the
best race horse on the American turf,
has been sold for forty thousand dol.
lars, the same price paid for him two
years ago. lie is now owned by four
persons, who have each invested
$4,000 in him 1t is intended TO
bring Kentucky on the turf again
this season. and we find him entered
for the Westchester Cup, two miles
and a quarter for horses of all ages,
$50 entrance, with 1000 added, and
for which twenty OF the best horses
in training have entered. Kentucky
has proved himself the best racer Of
his day, never having been beaten by
any horse, except Norfolk, in the Pat
erson Derby. lie is by Lexington,
! dam Magnolia. bv Glencoe. and was
bred by John Nj. Clay, OF Ashland,
Ky, in 1861. We look for a slashing
"four-mile day with such flyers as
these at the spring meeting over the
jerome Park i
The landlords Of our hotels have a
keen way of making money. 1t is
the custom now for them to give
weekly hops at each Of their hotels
Supper, music, parlors, attendance and
lights are all furnished gratis by the
proprietor, but il is expected that all
the guests will order wine freely, aud
pay for it when il sserved. The sale Of
the latter nets the landlord quito a
handsome profit in return for all his
trouble.
The event Of the week among the
political quid auncs was the election
of Matthew 7. Brennan as Police
Commissioner, in the place made va
cant by the death OF John G. Bergen.
The bill for the suppression of OBJ
scene literature and advertisements
has been reported favorably, and will
undoubtedly be passed
The theatres of this city paid out
S25O,000 for advertising last year, and
all did good business. Had they
made the amount half a million their
profits would have increased in pro.
portion.
1t IS a pleasing prospect to house
less Now Workers that real estate is
going up and rents are not coming
down. A system of Chinese house.
boats on the North River will proba-
bly, be inaugurated for persons com.