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The New York herald., 1869-07-05

water IN that stream about fifteen feet high. 10
was DIS iD preston that Manhattan undor water.
we learn from another source tnat Cue Blue CON
tlnues TO rise and that within fourteen inches
OF the railroad bridge also that the railroad track
was oeginRing 10 wash east OF Fort Riley fte mIIl
iraln Coming west stopped Friday night az ddh.
haitian.
the most remarkable feature OF the whole disaster
Is the present apparent securities Of the bridges In
tnis vicinity. The smoky Hhi bridge and the county
bridge across the same stream are supposed
70 be SHABBY structures The Southern Branch
kalroal DrldSe and the Republican river bridge are
HA1ere Hpcdi nsns of w0fsnaashp. The smoky
nm bridge 4 foot under water. yet t stands ma
Jesucaily. Tue county bridge stands de1anty. Tne
southern Branch Railroad bridge Is anchored with
railroad ron tue Kansas Pacific bridge with stone.
TIE Republican bridge ~ beyond danger.
For miles up the smoky the Kan5is Pacific track
IL submerged and DESTROYED. The wires are down
on all sides, aud there ~ no rail communication,
neither with the East nor the West.
rms Is the greatest nood ever known. The Smoky
Url IS ten feet higher than IL was Ia 1858.
QDeP. MA gentleman Just arrived from Chap
mans ceek reports that stream rising all forenoon.
aud that u was raining quite hard there. our
smoky Hi bridges may go yeT.
The New York herald., 1869-07-05
The Prizs Ring,

The disreputablo termination of the Alien MoCoole
fight was but slight sample of what VIII follow
should such brutal exhibitions be allowed to pro-
coed. Another match between those puglllsts Is
already talked OF, and an appeal Is 10 be made TO
the sporting men, of New York IN order TO raise
funds for Allen. Iiard-faced yutures are at present
sqnabbing over the blood money which is satlricaly
called 'stakes" aud have actually had the audacty
TO bring suit In one Of the courts or st. Louis.
Surely IL is 10 be hoped that the justice, II his
election does not depend upon the suhrages OF row
dies, will have the entire arty properly handcuffed
and marched To prison. HIS course Is clear one;
for che law prescribes the aiding abettng prize
fighting, the self-accuslng harpies would be caught
IN their own trap AT all events tt Is to be hoped
that any further attempt TO collect rowdy gather
Ing will receive no countenance IN this quarter
The report that U'Badwln mad left the country and
deserted his bOndsnen Is said to be Incorrect.
Wormald, the so-ca.led English champion is said
to have issued challenge 70 fight anybody Tor 5000
a side. The liDe OF condnct pursued by that person
since hts advent in this country fully entities his
hOmbastic offer TO silent c0ntempt, even bg his
brother rowdies.
The New York herald., 1869-07-05

Governments under the sudden activity In money
declined on the nrss day Of business, but remained
Bteady at the lower figures the near approach OF in
serest day keeping the market steady. The prompt
payment OF the interest becoming known In Europe
simultaneously with the nat;ering exhibit Of the
ducticn In the national debt during the past MONTH
az well az during the fiscal year and with the adver
fsement OF the Secretary of the Treasury proposing
20 purchase So, ,0O0 900 in addition to the
$1,000, 900 provided for by the Sinking Fund act,
there was a rise IN London to SIX, which
led to heavy shipments from this side
and sudden advance OF about one per cent in the
general list OF god-bearng bonds. The closing
prices on Saturday evening were as folows:-Unitsd
states skies, 1881, registered, III bid; do. do,
coupon, nix 1173s; DO, 1yetwentses, registered,
117% O 117z; DO do, coupon, 1862, 122 122%;
do. do coupon, 1854, 1l7I 1l77S; do. do, coupon,
1866 I1sx lIs%; do. do, coupon, 1885, new, 1l6'.
n 1IeH; do. do, coupon, 1857, lIo,s 1loh; do
do, coupon, 1868, lloA 1161s; do, ten-fortes,
registered, Io7s1 1Os; do do. coupon los = a1Os4
currency bonds, 100 106h.
Foreign exchange advanced to 10e% lor the
choicest OF bankers sterling, but under the con
tinued Improvement OF bonds abroad the marke
became irregular and the same grade OF bills sold n
1oex. Sight bills were quoted nomnally at HOY fo
prime.
Southern securities were heavy and depressed b.
the strlngency In the money market. The Tennessee
made good rally, but with the general market Eel
Off again. The Missouri skies were very weak. Tn,
decline In Louisianas was noticeable as indicating
che general weakness OF the Southern list or stock
IL may be briefly said that they were very strong
considering the enormous rates paid for carrying
The street s divided into two parties One represent
ing large combination, are "shortr Of stocks, bu
have the money. The other, comprising some Of tn
prominent operators and the rank ant
nle OF the smaller operators, are "ong" o
stocks and, OF course, borrowers OF money
The New York herald., 1869-07-05

Wheat dun and heavy and shade lower, though
there inquiry for export and speculation The gales
about 7bOOCSbushes (par last evening" at al ~ ~ f6
for No spring. VI 80 for No. do 81 50 81 s for amber
winter &l - for white Michigan, 81 ~ ~ 7b for white
California. Corn was in fair demand and shade frmer
The sales were about $4,000 bushels 6tc c for inferior
10 choice new mixed western via canal and rnroad s1c
gSc for yellow and white Western and s 90 Cor white
Southern Oats were In fair demand and the market
hrmer, closing The sales 600 bushels At CSC
7SSc. a1oat For rye, barley and barley malt the market
continued TO rule dull and nominal.
FRTfGHrs moderately active and higher for grain,
dull though steady for other articles The
TO Liverpool per steamer $4,000 bushas wheat
SID To London, 800 bnnhes wheat The charters
were North German bark to direct port In the Baltic
with 200 bbs petroleum, at b, and British bark 10 Lon.
don from Wilmington with 800 bbis spirits turpentne n,
GUssrrs were dull and nominal, a,Isc. l7c for bags
Hors we're quiet bu, prices steady especially for the
better grades Prices ranged from To- TO lfc FOR inferior
choice.
quotations. -..-..
ping @ u 10 for retail lots VI 10 for long rye straw aud
9Oc n gBc for short do.
MoLxssrs.- the market was dull there being demand
OF moment from any source, ana prices were nominal
yeatarday's quotations.. No sales reported.
NAVAL SToREss-There no business OF consequence
transacted to-day Sprs turpentne quoted ai s2o
&c. msrchanabe and shipping lots, with small sales Al
The New York herald., 1869-07-05

81 isr s!sisss 81 ~ ser No fs psTS Ss q 5 5
for Wilmington and so 50 a ~ IS for washington. "
and bbla or Seal there 900 bbis TO arrive
private terms Lard steady, with small sses prime
spring s 81 40 Si "a Other kinds were dull but
PnoysroNsR Receipts, SO pkga cut meats Pork was ex.
, n The market was oaet hrm at yesterdays prices viz
new mess. About 2Jo bbls In lots. were disposed OF
' SsT So Tor %Ssr S ME- s % e msSsEs s, PEPs
anoted At 30 etc with arrivals of d6}vNead.
sow OF sale b. Stetdy IN value. The sales were ~
eSs AZ ns GI ala Sss sHd .osGs, Ss ssS ss
aud eaes Insae Of Soo hos at 40 Nv Terse beef
dull prices ~sre entirely nominal, a ,sse $50 for
lle sought stter but be- rmiy at former Nices; the
saus weIe % packages at Isos Ate ior dry sed ana
picked shoulders, Ice l6Sc for snoked do lI%~ ic
dull bu. steady 6ilc l7o. ter Tor ice eur
Lard dul and heavy though prices ~hout ater
tom sales SoG packages at i6Ac Zoe for NO. to prime
PErBoLEuM-- in bulk, dull and nominal Al
6i{o and tlere were sales reported Refined was
prices nominaDy S9c 3215c. The only
1000 bDls for .he last half August &c. sellers OPP
ton and in Philadelphia, 5VO do, ON the spot al 3sc.
R1CfCaroina quiet but steady at &c. sc for com
mon 10 prime. RangoOn was duh aud nominal
SU6AR-1he market for raw was very quiet the demand
not strong AT yesterdays quotatons viz. :-lac
sc for fair to good refining Cuba The saes only
Refined duh, but unchanged in value hard being quoted
15ISc. I5sSc soft white E4ic. Hsc.; q, Ho
SEFDs.-talcua nseed was dun and nominal at S2 10,
gold duty paid Grass were d1li at BE- lie for clover,
srEAElSE was duh hut unchanged Ia value. Small sales
were made ut 1870. n 1890.
ers' fsyor Ssles so 900 lbs at ii e ''''' "
wmsKHY.-Receipts, s27 bbls. The demand very
light and prices continued weak Few small lois COM
prising about $50 bbis disposed Of ss So S tax
paid
The New York herald., 1869-07-05

FATAL AFFRAy AT SPENCER, INDIANA.-On Satur-
day afternoon, at spencer owen county, Indiana.
man named spencer a citizen or Bloomington IN
DIANA quarreed with a man whose name we coulu
not learn. He struck Spencer when the latter drew
pistol and fired four shots, the last shot proving
fatal. spencer ran Immediately to the jail FOR fear
OF being mobbed, and surrendered himself TO the
Sheriff. The affair originated from grudge when
Courier, JtttV |.
The New York herald., 1869-07-05

The gold market was alternately weak and strong,
and the extreme Haetuation one and oDe-quarter
per cent. The opening price was the highest the
decline being started by the antcipations OF the
July interest and assisted by the excessive rates for
carrying which kept pace with the general money
market. Midway Of the week sudden assumption
of strength by the toregu exchanges led to expecta
tions OF necessity for gold shipments, but the
fall in five-twentles here and a sharp advance in
them abroad filed the market with bills drawn
against exported bonds and gold yielded TO its
lowest point, reaction closing Its course during
the week, which is fully shown IN the following
table,
The New York herald., 1869-07-05


A correspondent sends us the following interesting
resume Of the progress made in the Missouri
Pacific Railway
TO conform the track OF other Missouri ana Kansas
roads The prospective completion of roads now n
progress which win serve as feeders to the main
line WILL however, prove very valuable source OF
projected, but only three are in actual progress
One OF these new roads is the Lexington and Seda-
liza road, which was surveyed before the war, and
portions Of the state. lts length Is ffty-hve miles,
and the work is being pushed with all possible vgor
under the direction OF ID. r. Garrison, Vice President
and Managing Director or the Missouri Pacific
company The counties OF Petts, Saline and
Lafayette have donated $S00,000 IN bonds
TO aid the work. and tue Pacific Company tunder
whose control the new road viii be) guarantee the
interest on one million dollars of its construction
bonds. Another new road now in progress Is the
extension OF the main line OF the Pacific from Lea
vonworth to Atchlson, there TO FORM connection
with the Central Branch OF the Union Pacific, now
completed QlO miles toward Fort Kearny). This
road Is destined at no distant day TO be completed
to Kearny. where 1t joins the Union Pacinc. thereby
eHecIing saving in distance of nearly one hundred
miles between st. Lou and the Pacihc coast the
third road is the Pleasant Hi Lawrence and Topeka
Railroad sixty miles l0ng) which runs through the
highly cultivated portions OF western Missouri ann
Eastern Kansas. Local subscriptions and city and
county bonds been secured TO assist In building
this road to the amount OF 5000 600 and the MISSOURI
Pacific, having leased the road from tue date or
its complexion have agreed to guarantee the interest
on 600 600 OF construction bonds. This road VIII
save twentyseven miles In the line to Denver CITY,
and when the Kansas Pacific Railway Is completed
to Denver as 1t will be soon, the Pleasant Ill., Law
renee and Topeka Railroad must be penented by the
through traffic very largely.
Annexed is a comparative statement showing the
shipments OF specie from this port last week and
during the year date together with those for the
corresponding periods In 1885,
The New York herald., 1869-07-05
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.


CREAGH-DERRIcK.- Saturday July 3, at Trini-
~ church, by the Rev. II. IL. oberly, A. q. CREAGH
to Mrs. W.. III. DERRICK. No cards.
HAGY--LIvINGsToN.- the United States Lega-
ton in Paris, on Tuesday, June 8, by LAbDe Brunis
first ycaire OF the Church OF St German pAuxer-
rois DIR. JOSEPH LIVINGSTON HAGy, OF Phiadel-
phia, TO GRACE LIVINGSTON, only daughter or Colo
mel. /. b. Livingston, OF New York.
PURpy-DEvoE.-on Monday, June 2s, ut the
bride's residence, by the Rev. W. - Mickels, SOLO
MON @. PURDY to MISS LAURA DEyoE, both vi this
city.
The New York herald., 1869-07-05
SPORTING.


There has been very little billiard ~ wing recenH,'
owing doubtless TO the cioseness OF the 'o7p'oi0'
assuredly not because of lack OF interest o sao'
The amateur tournament In Ohicago has be- W os, is
actefized by sOme good play. There were 4 e ,ne
tnan ten competitors who struggled well i0l - -
mastery. Spear was throughout the player m, ="
likely 20 carry on the h0nUrs. Among the coming
events Will be the championship match for 81 900
between DeerT and Foster. IA September next. The
competitors have each deposited forfeit OF $3.50,
To-day Joseph Vermeuien and Frank Parker play
at Crosby's Music Hall, Chicago. for the champion
cue held by the ioYmer
The New York herald., 1869-07-05
COMMERCIAL REPORT.

SATURDAY, July S-SP.M.
CoTToS.-The market quiet, the demand being light
moderate offerings prices continued rule firm
What demand prevailed chiefly for export The sales
1875 bales, including $40 export 256 speculation
42 for spinning. For future delivery however, saes
considerable being 100 bales for july 100 do
middns for December nj 26c 800 do for October
December private tens 400 do basis middng
Tor December 26c 200 do low middng for November
2ec.; 100 do, low middlng the 10th De
cember the 10th January, at 26c We quote:
The New York herald., 1869-07-05

KE.ibe market for RIO as well other kindf
dul prices nominal yesterdays quotations We
heard OF no sales.
FLOWN kNp GRkIS.-Rccepts, 124S bbls. Hour, l3 5s4
bushels wheat % do. corn and 1880 do. oats The 1our
quiet but steady. Very little done for ship
the aggregate saes were light California dun
but sales abont 400 bbs Southern
only in moderate demand but steady in value
Sales bbs. Rye -four firm with fair INQUIRY the
being bb Corn meal steady with sales of 600
The New York herald., 1869-07-05
rRts IN Ta5 UNITED STATES DURING JUNE.

Losses Twenty Thousand Dollars and Up
wards.
The following Is list OF fires and the property
destroyed which the loss each was $50, 900 and
upwards with rhe exception OF New York city
where the total loss Is given occurring in the United
States during the month OF June tins year -
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Pedestriauisu.

But little interest appears to be taken In pedes-
trianism at the present time. Weston Is again on
Che move and has, OF course, heightened list OF re-
markable feats in prospect. 1t Is feared, however,
that they are destined to remain in that conditl
for considerable period IL is said that ne mas
made an engagement with one Landman an Eng
lish pedestrian to walk nfty miles within ten ana
half consecutive hours, upon thirty dlnerent occa-
sions during the summer. Mr.. Ettrick, New Eng
land walker. challenges Weston TO WAX MN any
number OF miles from one 80 four HUNDRED ana more
over Will give him start OF one In nity, or Two In
one hundred, for any amount from 5 200 30 $l,Ooo
side either on road track. allowing him his choice
OF track. -
The following contests are annOunced:-Juiy o.
James Potts aud Henry Wagner, at Corning, N. y,
for $3.50 a side James Moffat and Henry Crane, at
Patterson N. j., for 800 side. 7th-Matt Giddings
and John Frost at Toronto, Canada, for $500 side.
IIth-Henry Brady and John WEIGH, at Lancaster,
Pa. fer 500 22d-Sam Brewster and lin Palmer,
at Weston, @. W., for $500 q side. 23d-Jonn Meany
and Richard Martini at Avon, N Y, for $1O0 side.
25th-Samuel Darnley and Morris Mount, at Hebron,
ohio, for $500 side Henry Davis and John Wesley,
at Hamilton, Ohio, for $500 side. 26th--Henry
wallace and Richard Mount, at Norval, @. W., for
sqOO q side. s1st-Gordon and Whaley, at Roches-
ter N. Y, for 5000 a side.
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pied.

BuRNs.-on Sunday. July 4, ErIAsErH BURNS.
The relatives and friends Of the amny are respect.
The New York herald., 1869-07-05
,r week.. S5, 204, ,93t

The imports or dry goods for the week and since
January /, 1892 compare with the corresponding
periods In the two preceding years as follows:-
For the ageeh. 1887. 1868. 1889.
Entered at port. s., ,1a6,a8i $s90,s5l sL162,717
Thrown on market. 945,l2S 769,964 LOIS, l16
Since Jan. ].
Entered at port $50 46 sq9 2s5 37.ss9s2s 49.4sa, ,ss2
Thrown on market. 80 zl5 199 40, 226 251 astT2s51
The New York herald., 1869-07-05

Suboined Is the total valuation OF foreign imports
at the port OF New York for the week ending July
q compared with the previous week.
June 25. Juiys.
Dry goods ................sI 81 Ia7, ass s1,182,TT7
General merchandise. ...... 4.O07,44s 3,679,Gs2
Total for week......... SIS, ,204, ,g3t s4,s42,459
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-02-27
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.

SO much advice to house keepers" is
constantly going the rounds of the press.
that we feel a little diffident about broachinc
the subject; but as it is prolific theme, ard
one of general interest, inasmuch as the
comfort, health and happiness of every
family depend very much on good house.
keeping, We will venture word. These
writers on housekeeping--who by the way
are generally men, seem to think that one
word covers the whole ground, and that is
work. To work early and late, to scrub,
and scour, and churn, and sweep, and wash
and bakc-this according to their theory is
good housekeeping. There never was a
greater mistake. Some of the most nota-
Bile workers we ever knew, were poor house
keepers. They made as much work as they
did. To keep your whole house-garrets
closets cellars-everything neat and clean:
to see that nothing is wasted: to serve IN
well cooked food in an attractive and order
~ manner; to have "a place for everything
and everything in its place, this is good
housekeeping. This sounds formidable
enough, but one head and one pair of hands
very often meet all these requirements, and
that too, in an easy quiet way that seems
like magic. 1t requires skill and fore
thought to keep all straight, but by giving
everything its proper time and place, it is
easily accomplished.
If lady be mistress of large family, it
by no means follows that to be good
housekeeper she must prepare every NOR
sci of..food, OF do all the washing, sweeping
milking, and the thousand other things to
be done in family. She may not do any
of them, and yet be notable housekeeper
Any one can do the hard, rough work. but
not every one can plan 1t rightly; and this
planning, management, or whatever YOU
please to call it, is the grand secret of Der
feet housekeeping. Without it one NAV
work hard all the time, and still have
comfortless and disorderly home, while
with it, vast amount of work is perform
ed with little hustle or fatigue, and the
housewife has leisure for more refined oc-
equations, or for mental improvement
We have known many notable housewives.
who thought no farmers wife or daughter
should take time for music and reading. or
even fine needle work, but we cannot I'M
derstand why the workers sh ould not enjoy
such pleasures as well as the idlers of fash
lon.--Hollie, in the Ger. Telegraph.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-02-27
A FRENCH FARM.

The most extensive farmer in France is
M. de Candaine. His farm in Touraine is
valued at two million francs, and the in
come he derives from it considerably above
5Oo, 900 franks year. He sells every year
one thousand head Of fat cattle, and has
on his farm distillery, beet and starch
sugar factory, and large linen and wool
en- factory, and all his factories and farm
buildings are lighted with gas. His farm
IS said to be the most productive in Europe.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-02-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

sB-To any who will contribute an coca
sional article to this column-once month
or oftener if so nclined--we will send copy
of The Wing free.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-02-27
WHY AMERICANS HATE FARMING,

think no one can read that splendid
prose-poem, Guyot' Earth and Man, where
Ill he characterizes the position and pro-
ducts of the American continents, with
out feeling that they ought to be the food
producers of the world They are the seat,
he says, of excessive vegetable, as the con-
tinents of the Eastern hemisphere are of
the noblest animal, development. Let us,
then, rather set ourselves to carry out the
grand design of Nature than to go against
it. | am tired of the stories about West
ern farmers burning their corn. Let the
dry-goods clerks be set to work on the rail
roads and canals to bring it to the seaboard,
then. With butter at sixty cents and beef
steak at forty cents a pound, and flour at
eighteen dollars n barrel, as they are in
Boston at this present writing May, '69, J
it is absurd to say that we are producing
enough for home consumption and for ex-
portation too. Many and many poor family
have given up butter and sugar and iuicv
meat within the last eight years. The fact
that paper dollar is but two thirds of a
gold dollar cannot account for provisions
being two or three times their former price.
No, the real trouble is that the American
hates farming and loves trading, partly be-
cause he is physically undeveloped, and
therefore physically lazy; partly because
farming is lonely and stupid, and without
any of the stimulous of human companion
ship to which his childhood at the district
school accustoms him; partly because at
that school he got no knowledge nor love of
nature but only the trading ideas instilled
by six years of drill i'll the dollar-and-cent
examples of the arithmetic: and last, though
not least, because farming kills his wife,
takes all the bloom, flesh, and vitality away
from her at forty. Very often. even if she
can afford one, she cannot get servant: so
that she is in truth next to an Indian squaw,
the greatest drudge on the American con-
tinent.