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The New York herald., 1869-05-05

CoTFYr--The market for Rio uuei, there being but
little demand, and prices &C. lower, will he by
reference quotations suboined Sales s69 bags
bertha private II. Domingo demand and
sales beng 900 bags for export private
Other descriptions though quiet, were held at full prices,
FOR lots aaI7c Java 24assc. ST. Domingo ieaIsc Mari
cabo, 16alg%c Jamaica, l5al6c Lagiiayra, 16i5asc
Singapore, 2is226c; Costa Rics, Manila Mexican liza
l9c.-al gold in hand. Messrs William Scott Sons made
stock OF Rio to-day follows: sc bags In New York.
J0 in Baltimore, htoO In New Orleans, $50 in Boston,
and 2,5U0 tn Mobile.
CooPERAGE STocK.-The demand only moderately
active and prices were heavy though not qnotaby lower
We quote sugar shocks, IS inch heads, S3 80 ~; ;
shooks 81 do, 81 20 ~ 81; moasses do s do
a. so So s0 do, SO 30: box do Sc. pipe do, 81
ax7; green hoops, feet 45 $685. green hoops II feet
CoEDAsE-Msnls was firm at assc s;,ac. while tarred
Russia steady ut l7c.
Cocoa continued TO rule quiet bu, firm at loc 1o,ec
gold, for Guayaqu in bond, &c. SOc, do, for Mara
CANpIrs-Thc market all kinds was dull and prices
were nominal 1sc 23c. for Western city
CSC. for SPERM and 5sc. for patent
DYEwOODs.-Logwood still and firm nj about
$27 god for jamaica and S25 6 DO. for ST. Domingo
Other kinds in fair supply and prices entirely nominal
do. bbs and 100 bags corn meal, 6cO bushels wheat
5s76 do. 362S do. oats. and 400 do malt The -four
market again rmer for low goods, which sold from &c.
q lbc yesterday prices The
No. superior and low extras, however higher
grades scarcely anything done. California flour
changed The sales about $500 bbs Southern -four
more steady, without bringing better prices. The
mand the sales being $50 bbls Corn was still dull but
Sale we
The New York herald., 1869-05-05

Havsna .ommon, o2'sc. n ssc; go0i, 9jc. 81, Inc,
lot, Sic. q sr<c
MnALrBoSr trne active, bu, price. were in
buyers favor. Arctic offered OLE gold hut
buyers above 9c, though g his were sold chiefly
At c OF Northwest 4,VuD lbs sold ri s7 gold and
2,uu on private terms. Other kinds neglected.
WHALEt ooTs -unblcached in demand and 1i,mO
lbs wer. sold at a19c. Bieached and firm
1Ulyc. lie.
MnisEry.- Receipts, 10 bbls. The demand continued
a ana price. were again higher About 100 bbs were sold
Wool The FOR fleece sim Quiet there bens but
little Demand aud prices rather heavy though holders
generally unwilling sell exten, full
former prices, IN view OF the smaness OF the stock Pulled
Is slow Of SALE and with fair supply the market rather
weak Texas ~ IN light demand, but the stock being small
holders ara rm IN their views California rule
dull aud prices are heavy for fall, which is IN fair supply.
For foreign The market continues dull prices
and Virginia. choice saxony, SOC gc and Xxx asc 65c.
=? aud ~ 1Ic. soc. common ana q, &c y SDc. New
YORK, Michigan aud Indiana and above, i5c. h y
and -, f1c y JVc.; common and ia d.c. iuc; Illinois,
Wisconsin and Iowa, and above. 46r. n Jc common
~, s1c buci Texas medium to line, Sc. BE. to
commof 22c cOc tub washed fleece. 5ic 62c Cslitor
mia, spring clip, AZ and A. r, 3ic 7c fall clip lsnbs
A. P nc ssc, 25c. ssc AZ, 22c 25c H., Gle.
2ic s. 2Uc 2ic extra pulled California, 3Oc lOc super
ecces ~ a,c bc, including $4,000 bs Xxx Ohio II 53c.
tc 2bp western at 47c &c. unwnahed Western at
3lc S2c, lO000 common and Ohio at 5Oc 52c. also
4w lbs pulled nj 4lc 4Sc for super and extra chiefly the
former at fbc 47c. small lots az at from ssc &c.
and 1900 lbs fall clip California, lots at 24c 2sSc Of
foreign the sales are 1900 lbs unwasbed Cordors Uo
do. csmels bag on private terms.
The New York herald., 1869-05-05

A F.S G. BURNIiAM's FURNITURE AND BAG.
a. EypressLarge wagons for moving furniture IN
city country; furniture pianoortes packed, shipped
storage for furniture; money advanced lilo West Eleventh.
street, Sixth
The New York herald., 1869-05-05


favorable news per Atlantic cable, and for choice No
Holders generally asked 81 IS in store and aaosi
however, which checked the demand, and as private
cables were less favorable than the pubilsh re-
ports buvers withdrew and at the close the market
nominal at yesterdays prices viz 81 ~ 81 81 delivered
but there sales. California and winter wheat
steady The about 50,O bushels part
ming. and including considerable California;
gan Al ~ III ~ for white do. III So for red Ohio
and iii 6s al 10 California Rye sought after
and 0O bushels sold At ~ 20 for Western and w 81
for State Barley and barley malt dull and nominal
Corn was firm under continued fair demand for consump
ton and speculation The sales 1000 bushels
9c mixed. e eSc. for old do IN store, 5c
.5JSc for do. delivered Oats rner
l00OO bushels SIC IN store and s7sc. ssc. anoai
Ffs DRY In Increased supply, and the demand
frn George being quoted "a s7 rs and Grand hank
at &6 6s7b az No sales OF importance were reported
Mackerc In hight supply and rm nj Ss9 for No bay,
$95 Sa6 81 for No. shore t1g 10 for No do 12 HI2 20
for large No and RiO $1 for medium do with sales Of
$50 bbls. these prices Box herring quiet steady
at 40c 45c scaled and 35c BE- for No Sales unr
porant Picked fish were steady at former prices viz.
FRFIoHrs.-Thc market dull the offerings OF almost
all articles being light but rates were steady parc
lay for grain Liverpool The carterng bust
continued 10 rule dull there being scarcely any
and rates heavy. The engagements TO Liver
pool steamer 1000 bales cotton at s $50 tierces lard
nj o. 7s Cd. Grain room was quoted at Ind. fpd.
To Bremen, per steamer 9Th inst, 1A bales cotton
st ~. So, an crotches mahogany NJ l5s..
TYGlasos. on tissperS sesouo 1850 bwhsls grain ~
The New York herald., 1869-05-05

The steamer Gerinania, for Hamburg, took SOC, 900
IN specie.
The annual meeting OF the stockholders OF the
Bankers and brokers' Association was held to.
day, and the following gentlemen elected trus-
tees for the ensuing year:-Messrs. II. W.
Martini Jr. II. NJ. Benedict T. b. Musgrave, James
d. Smith, T. B. Stout, A. NJ. Ferris, j. L. Brownell,
G. 7. Bonner, l.. j. Van Boskerck, T. II. Marvin, 7.
s. Marlor, J. b. Colgate, John Bonner At a subse-
quent meeting Of the trustees Mr. John Bonner was
unanimously elected President; Mr.. Ii. NJ. Benedict
Vice President; Mr. A. M. Ferris, Treasurer and Mr..
T. b Stout, Secretary. A dividend of four per cent
was declared payable on the 10Th inst.
The stock market was excited over a pressure
from the "bear" side Of the street, and fluctuations
were wide and frequent the market yielding after
considerable resistance. New York Central was
forced down to 175i, and sympathetically Hudson
River and Harlem declined several per cent. Fort
Wayne gave way TO 141 and Rock Island dropped to
s34X. The attack was also directed against Michi-
gan Southern and Lake Shore, which yielded about
one per cent Pacific Mail, which stoutly held out
In the forenoon was overcome in the afternoon
and fell to ol;s. Pittsburg and the Northwestern
shares were quite heavy, the decline In the latter
being assisted by the unavorabe report Of the earn
tngs during the past month. Illinois Central was
nrm, In sympathy with the steadIness Of the London
quotation. similar cause kept Erie strong today
IN the vicinity OF 2si< TO 2sk. The bill TO continue
four-ffths OF the present directors in ONCE beyond
The next election has passed the Assembly on recon-
ssderation Of the vote by which it was previously
lost. In the project for through route from New
York to Chicago the Erie road is at one end and the
Fort Wayne at the other n the bill referred to reaches
final passage then the directors at each extremity
Of this grand through route are continued
In Office for period extending from three TO Ave
years. fort Wayne cannot get possession OF Erie,
nor can Erie obtain control OF Fort Wayne. II was
rumored on the street to-day that the Senate viii
pass the Central Scrip bill and the Railway Consoli-
daton bin tomorrow, which fact may also account
TOR the anxiety Of the cques to depress the market
~ preliminary TO buying for the expected favora-
oe effect OF this legislation. The market
was lowest at the last open board. In subsc-
qnent street transactions there was consider
apie irreguarity, but the general features
were dulness and heavlncss. Fort Wayne
reacted about two per cent from the lowest quota.
ton, but Pacific Mail and Pittsburg continued to
decline. In the miscellaneous list Msrlposa was
steady and Western Union heavy and pressed for
sale The express stocks were variable. be,pq
strongest for United states and weakest for A,ams
The following were tho closing prices Of the last
The New York herald., 1869-05-05
STREET Quotations.
HaIf.past Five o,CIock p. M.
COMMERCIAl REPORT.

TUESDAY. May As p. NJ.
BUILDING MArERIALs.For most articles coming under
this classification the market without change sign
Eastern spruce in tolerably active demand
prices with offerings The about
$780, 200 feet within the range Of S21 &5 for inferior
choice schedules Laths steady at SS with
sales at that price, Lime fair request and steady in
value, commong selling at ~ 25 and Lump at 81 Bricks
quiet, but steady at former quotations.
BEEswAx was quiet the demand being light and prices
nominal at 4bc 47c
CoPPER.-For ngot the market toerably active and
prices lighter closing mt 24c. 1c The sales
$4,000 lbs at from 2ic to 24.c for Baltimore Lake
Superior and Detroit
CoTToN-The market fairly active, the being
almost entirely from spnners and exporters and
steady at yesterdays quotations Sales effected OF
3l63 bales, which 20ls spinning for export
liz speculation, 5l2 transit We append the closing
The New York herald., 1869-05-05

FURNISHED APARTMENT wANTED-IN THE vICINI-
Il ty Fortyscconi stree. and Seventh by geD1
eua with privilege of BATH Address, with particulars and
terms, +. A., Herald Office.
The New York herald., 1869-05-05

uole'n schooner 10 spanish Main ana Jack with iasc, on
& @ aasspssG sns. sss ss a"S'ss
p ss. Eass5 ,Se SSOS GsnSs' par scS
p'fa'1 's-T1 market all aa though price.
S.s. s s; ssia; wei ssssd New osIsss.
We snenos hyss 2s q ss s sod; ao .ts 70
sa % 3 No: seasSase s ss Il e ss S lasSs i
his sI1e g c o,gGec y;s g an5l, ps sS1c s cnor
T ss @ Ssi%oiS: S ass g. Ms,,ssa . q
se Eera sna osoa a. IS 70 s I've TO- so ~ y y ss y
Asa9 & NO s ~si s. % 1s @ I@ I@ 81 s.s
S0ns dps-rAe market still. continued to ru.. quiet, tn.
ss centrally s @ Sr
to ri. was moderately on, ,oa.
their views consequence smaness q The
saa So es sss' y
and 100 o do :,ds EsntSn @ ann on pGsse We
@ fsn vas sisa " 5 o No. o.
srR s4! ass: s 5s Ss
waIf, Was American were steady at s s
Ss; s' ptas ' f%s
LnATnn homscs sole ,ae market was quiet, the
saas S oas n was sSy s or rns % sea sn a. sh
weights bu, dull for other kinds Ne Iem,o"E
SSs s's s.sS; ss 80 ssss ss so .i@5s ss GaII,sS
%o middle. 70, ;,d os n do light ss good
ssc do, middle c. Ac light. &c. de- Hssss do
Ss ss Is
S msris. was si MI oue su nr,css v,.,.
being aaties ~srs sns
at 60c, and 40 bbls. New Orleans at 7sc. 7sc.
lower closng l7c merchanisble and shipping
and including shipping s & RSsn ssS Sss
&c ss Ss No. 9g :. % sSs % s.y 5
$s s79 20 do at 80; $50 do No l. al 81 Is si7 do com.
d. 90 arrve ss;s s'S do pale, t. at q sG IS;
81 d s1Ts Ws sSo sS e. 81 g g.
e. No $S is, 81 ss pale "a Goa IS %, and extra DO.
OIL was qSoeS "a ss 81 VS. With sales
were disposed Of on private erms 'er' VI CITY u" tons
6 in @ o Gs. ss but ssdy .
to arrive y g. Menhaden in drn the
steady 81 TX for prime winter AND %As 81 qs,e: Is
~ e - se srs se IN a and % gallon.
distilled red dalI and heavy &c. a Crude
eaehed winter whale was quoted 81 Is
se'd In at Sa III wa va. sSSd Ssa q.
& snS %s. s so s &
b a. Seres nv wa better and with
appreciated e1ts, Of ~ &c per gallon, Closing at
last half Of This month a. s;sc AZ Ann S0' do Tor tne oe
.Sns Sp vb aea in AIfns ns a' and S gallons
Ssss be a MAJ & a. s & were re made OF soo bb for
fer FORA an nay @ a ac t fcr july at 1c and 1900 do
PRoyIsroSsN Receipts 81 bbls pors. le7 do bee, -,
srnf e@y
~ - '"f nc" ihesh. no safes
The New York herald., 1869-05-05

Mr.. Van Dyck gives notice that ne VIII receive
proposals for the second sale of government gold on
Thursday, the conditions being precisely the same
~ the first occasion. The disbursements OF coin
interest to-day were sI96,229 IS. As anticipated,
the report OF the Gold Exchange Bank shows the
immense transactions of yesterday. The figures are
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-25
SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE following letter, addressed to the Gener-
al Agents of the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, in Portland, is only one of the many re-
ceived, showing the liberal dealings of this
Company:
PORTLAND, March 3, 1862
Messrs. Turner G Morrill, General Agents Neso
York Life Insurance Company, Portland:
GENTLEMEN:-It affords us pleasure to ac-
knowledge the receipt OF Draft in favor Of
Mrs. Lydia A. Webb, in payment of Policy
on the life of our brother, Nathan Webb who
was insured in the company which you repre-
sent, and who died in January, 1868. In De-
cember, 1866, the premium became due and its
payment was neglected. The interest upon
the premium notes held by the Company, which
fell due at the same time, was no. paid, and as
a consequence the policy became absolutely
void. Upon examination of his policy we
learned the above facts and pre- ,ented no claim
to the company.
Since your removal to our city, you accident
ally learned the facts in the case, and that the
policy had been issued upon the ten year nom
'forfeitable plan originated by this Company in
1860, and requested us to furnish you proofs
VI u0aoh, WuiOh VIC ulu Ou bto Gftn ulC., upon
the receipt of which, and a review of the case.
the President and Directors of the Company
resolved to waive their legal rights, and ad-
just the matter upon the principle of paid-up
policy. This we term noble act upon the
part of the New York Life Insurance Compa-
ny, and the facts should be known everywhere.
Such liberality under the peculiar circumstan-
ces surrounding the case, is deserving of all
commendation, and the company should be
honored and patronized, as it no doubt will
be by the public here; and should case ev-
er arise wherein you need testimony as to the
conduct of the New York Life Insurance
Company in this case, and to its willingness
and intention to do whatever is right, iust
and equitable, regardless of legal technicali-
ties, you are at liberty to refer to us.
Very truly yonrs,
ALBERT WEBB,
~. j. B. WEBB.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-25

News FROM THE PACIFIC CoAsT.-A San
Francisco dispatch says that anothef section
of the Central Pacific Railroad was completed
Tuesday, making $50 miles of track east of
Sacramento.
The White Pine excitement is unabated,
notwithstanding the bitter cold weather and
heavy snow snow storms which are prevailing
there. The rush of people thither is increas-
ing, and new and rich discoveries are daily re-
ported. Hundreds of companies are already
incorporated to work White Pine mines, and
are still being formed at the rate of three to
five per day.
Late Alaska advices report business dull
and Indians quiet.
A heavy shock of earthquake was felt at
Chaumagin Island, and Northeast Harbor,
February 10TH.
Rich gold mines have been discovered in
Britishl Columbia, eighty miles from Caribou.
There is a rumored distur bancs on Queen
Charlotte's Island, of such character that
the government has been compelled to send a
gun-boat to suppress it.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-25
state News.
ANpaoscoea1N COUNTY.


The Androscoggin railroad appears to have
been as badly blocked with snow as the Grand
Trunk road. The Lewiston Journal says the
train which left Lewiston Tuesday afternoon
did not reach Pennington until O clock We'd
nesday morning. E 1aa.e@
The Lewiston journal says COW belonging
to James Drew of Webster, has dropped calf
that weighed 155 lbs.
PENoBsooT COUNTY.
The county Commissioners of Penobscot,
together with Jailor Whitney who have been
making tour OF inspection of modern Quilt
jails in the State, preparatory to commencing
work upon the new jail in Bangor, have re-
turned home. The Whig says among other
places visited were Machias, Augusta, Port
land and Auburn. While finding in each of
these places good JAIL none Of the plans
were entirely satisfactory to the commission
ere, who will endeavor to unite the best points
of all, and add other Improvements which have
suggested themselves. They speak in the
highest terms of praise of the manner in
which the Portland Jail is kept, and like the
exterior plan of that Jail better than any other,
but find many things in the interior arrange
ments which are susceptible of improvement.
Mr.. g. j. E.. Bryant, Architect, of Boston, is
now at work upon their plans, and work will
be commenced about the first of April The
new structure is to be of granite, three stories
in height, with brick house for the Jailor
The Jail will have some sixty cells, and will be
designed to meet the wants of both the Jail and
the House of Correction
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-25

The DIsEsTABLIsHMENF OF THE IRISH
CHURcH.-In the House of Commons yestsr.
day the Liberals, under the lead of Mr.. Glad
stone, the Premier. passed the act disestablish-
ing the Irish Church by a majority of 11S. 1t
will now 60 to the House of Lords, which be-
ing nen-elective body, owing its existence to
"divine right and being additionally conser-
vative, will perhaps resist its passage till the
popular tumult outside its doors endangers its
own existence as branch of the national leg
islature. That is an argument that is listened
to by the noble peers when all others are ex-
hausted. When the bill is finally passed, as it
is sure to be and that quite speedily, one of the
greatest changes that ever took place in the
British Constitution will have been accom-
plished. Destroying the character of the
Episcopal church in Ireland as government
institution is sure to be followed at NO very
distant day by the complete separation of
church and state in England itself. Then
Heaven grant the next cry may be 'Down
with the House of Lords" John Bright,
though member of the Cabinet is in fact get
ting ready for that or any other democratic
movement, and already he has spoken his
mind quite freely concerning the iniquity of
the immense landed estates Of the peers. Sue
cess to him.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-25

NYE's RESPONSE TO SPRAaUE.-The witty
Senator Nye of Nevada made some sharp
points on Mr.. Sprague in his reply to that gen.
tleman's rambling attack on things in general
the other day. He said:
Sir, let it never enter the Senator mind
that the danger to a Republic lies in the di-
rection of knowing too much. Danger lies in
the direction of not knowing enough.
In reply to Sprague's assault upon the law
yers, he said
hope the honorable Senator's forebodings
will cease. The lawyers will not hurt him. If
he does not want to use them they will not
charge any fees, and if he does they viii not
hope he will let the lawyers alone. They are
toiling class. They toll early and late, and
read musty books and fresh ones, and they do
it to learn how to act understandingly, how to
understand the Constitution, how to uphold
it, and how to defend themselves and the
rights of their fellow-citizsns.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-25

TIE NORTHERN PACIFIC RArLRoAD.-The
from Cheyenne to its present Western termi-
nus at Ogden, extending, as it did, through
several weeks, has directed public attention to
the fact that this road will hardly afford ade-
quats facilities for trans-continental travel and
commerce during the winter months. The
Southern Pacific road, extending through Ell
Paso and striking the Pacific Coast at San
Diego, Cal, seems to have secured right Of
way from Congress. This, when built, will of
course be uninterrupted by snow. And
strange as ID seems, the Northern Pacific, the
projected route of which reaches at some
points as far North as the fftieth parallel of
latitude claims similar advantages in respect
to freedom from distractions in winter. The
. Union Pacific does not in any part of its
course reach the forty-hrst parallel, yet such
are the unaceountable freaks of the isothermal
lines and the excentricities of msteorology
that it is blocked up with snow, while along
the line of the proposed Northern Pacific for
a good part of the way there is no snow at all.
Speaking of this subject the New York Trib-
une says:
in Washington on the 10th of March, having
had to walk 80 miles through the snow to get
around the blockade of the Union Pacific rail
road. They report that there was no snow at
Walla Walla when they left and that steam
boats had run on the Columbia river all the
winter. Thomas H. Garfield, General Agent
of the northern Pacific railroad received from
the Surveyor General of Montana Territory
telegram dated Helena, March g. stating:
There is no snow from Helena to the sum-
NIT Of Mullins Pass or the Black Foot Pass
the highest points in the Rocky Mountains on
the line of the Northern Pacific railroad !;
thence for twelve miles down the North side
of the mountains, there are two feet of snow;
thence westward through the Hell-Gate Pass
for 200 miles, only one foot of snow. During
the last two winters, the mails upon this route
via PoDt d'Oreilles Lake, have been punctu-
ally carried on schedule time" This incon-
siderable snowfall is in the region known as
the Mountain District of the North Pacific
line. The Walla Walla party in Washington
reported further, that at Puget's Sound only
two inches of snow had fallen up to the last
day of February.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-25

MR. EDIToR:-I observe in your published
report of doings of the School COMMITTEES, that
Mr.. Gould gave notice that at the next meeting
he should propose certain amendments to the
Rules and Regulations, meaning thereby to
abolish the standing Committee on Construc-
tion." Had you said that the intention of the
said Mr.. Gould was, not so much to abolish the
committee as to abolish Messrs. Leavitt, Gid
dings and Smith, the gentlemen elected as that
committee for the coming year, think you
would have fully represented his intention.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-25

HE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, the best liter
ary paper in New England, is just beginning
its thirty third volume. 1t will Immediately
begin the publication of three stories, which
have been awarded the prizes of $50. $50 and
800 respectively, which were offered sometime
since for the three best, original stories. The
first is given to DR.. Charles P. Ilsley, the sec
ond to Miss Emma B. Cobb of the Press, and
the third to Mrs. Fenno Hayes. There were
forty y-six competitors for the prizes.
The Portland daily press., 1869-03-25
FALL, OF A Recently. one

FALL OF CHIMNEY. Recently, one of
the chimnsys on Brooks iron store, corner of
Commercial street and Central wharf, fell ov-
er on the roof of the building, breaking off q
little above where it passes through the roof.
Luckily there was an iron brace which sup
ported the chimney and which now holds it
securely in its present position, while it also
rests against the unbroken part. As Lao inju-
~ mas been done to the roof it is supposed the
brace let the chimney down easily, although
the roise made in falling was distinctly heard
IN the counting room. 1t was very fortunate
it did not fall the other way for it would have
crushed any one who might have happened to
be passing.