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New YORK Stock ExeHANGE.-A New York tee.
gram of the 22d ut says that day was the most ex-
cable ever witnessed in the Stock Exchange In the
morning the call began rather quietly, though there
was considerable excitement among operators, and on
the first call Central began at 1881. While the call
was progressing of the Vanderbilt party entered
the and announced to his friends and others that
Judge Barnard had issued injunction preventing
consolidation of the Hudson and Central. At that
moment several brokers began selling short, and a
panic commenced. The decline so rapid that there
to 10 per cent difference in sales in various parts
of the room, tmid parties began selling through fear
of great fall, and money brokers who were holding
stocks on margins went to selling out to them
selves. The aggregate of sales greater than ever
before in the time Wall street. and most Of
them were unrecorded it is impossible to make
curate estimate The whole decline in New York Cen
trail "a per cent and on Hudson - per cent. The
excitement was increased by rumors of counter in
functions and the sudden death of Vanderbilt by fall
ing from bis carriage. The decline was less on other
stocks, but the whole list sympased and went down.
but all rallied before the close. large number of
small operators and brokers were wiped out.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-10-06

TENSEssEE.-A correspondent, writing from Nash
vile, says that there is not single Radical daily
newspaper printed in Tennessee. BroRnlow has sold
his Wing to an acknowledged Democrat.
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The Red River Valley.

Prior to the war; the trade of the Red river valley
poured its tide Of wealth into the lap Of New Orleans
silently and naturally the stream enpted its
turbid waters into the Mississippi. Then that city,
with its immense exports controlled capital sufficient
to the demands AID supply the necessities Of the
Red river valley. But as no commercial city in the
South suffered in its material interests New Orleans
did in consequence CT the and IFS results, it has
been surprising that the cities Of the West actually
riched by the war should have failed to discover the
field of enterprise opened in this valley. 1t is true
something has been done by Louisville and St. Louis.
The former has the management OF the most mag
nhcent railroad scheme ever presented to the world,
and if she wisely and in with the Memphis
and Ell Paso road SO as to work to near objective
point Of junction in Texas and unite grand trunk
from thence to San Diego, she will mainly have con-
tributed to the successful contamination of one of the
wonders of the age. On the other hand, St. Louis,
with feet Of steamers larger than the naves of many
great nations, is sending preparing to send her
steamers up the Red river laden with the produce of
the mighty West. In few years, as intercourse be-
gets confidence and opens up new avenues of industry
they will return freighted with cotton which will be
manufactured on the upper waters of the Mississippi,
and thus by means of the exchangeabe products of
the West and Southwest, transported by the power Of
steam, annhilating distance, alliance will be formed
stronger than the bonds of constitutional compacts
and superior to the prejudices of local sections
Happily for the West and Southwest all influences
assisting the growth of this alliance. Step by step
they marching to the point, and day after
day brings them the nearer. In short time the 300
600 bales of cotton raised in the Red river valley will
find the spindle by a nearer and more profitable
than the circuit of the Florida Keys Red river
with over thousand miles of capable navigation, with
little aid from the Government, will yet convey cot
ton enough to supply the demands of the Union, if
along with this aid wise policy should encourage
immigration suitable to the climate, to be employed in
its productions while the extension of the Southern
Pacific road to the line of New Mexico, with the con-
structon of projected branches would open up set
Element country whose population would almost con-
sumo the surplus products of the West.
Surely there never was more inviting field for
liberal enterprise Passing beyond the regions of ag
rculture, the Southern Pacific will almost pay its
way in the mineral wealth of its own excavations We
trust the commercial convention soon to meet at Lou
isvle will comprehend Alright tie great interests at
stake and lend the influence of its associated wisdom
to promote them. gg 4.- .-ns -r@.s 5n
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The CoTTos CRoP.-The last copy of the New York
Shipping List estimates the growing crop at 100000
bales, which we think very reasonable The frequent
estimate Of 100000 bales is absurd. 1t is not in
fields and if it was we have not the labor to pick it
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MIssIssIpPI.-It is said that Gen. Sherman, Who by
law is the supreme dictator of the reconstruction ma
chine has declared his intention to throw his support
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The telegraph for the past week two has giyer
vague accounts of the gold panic in New lork ou
hardly elaborate enough TO satisfy the cravings OF the
public. The following, telegraphed on the 24th u
to the Westaru naners is moro to the point than the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-15
Brigham Young and POlygamy-Will the
Prophet Take sensible AdviccS

Judge Trumbul United States Senator from
Illinois, has just had conversation with
Brigham Young in Salt Lake City, which, as
reported, is of more than ordinary Significance
and Importance. 1t seems that as the Judge
was taking leave Of Young the latter remarked
that on returning to Congress he (the Judge)
might hear Of some persons--obnoxious fed
eral oflicials-being put out of the Territory,
and If done, he might be sure it would be for
just and good reasons Judge Trumbull re-
piled by requesting Young, before he took
any step of that kind, to make known his
the President was just man, intending to do
Justice to all, but that he would not permit
violation Of law to go unpublished, and adding
that it would ''not be safe to modest public Off
GERS in the discharge of their duties" The
Judge then asked Young if he promised obe-
dience 10 tho constitution and the laws of the
Union? The latter replied that he would ad-
here to the Union, but that there was Zone
enactment of Congress which the Mormons
would not obey" namely, the one forbidding
polygamy.
Here, then, is the whole Mormon question
in a nutshell The positive declaration on the
part of the Mormon leader that federal officers,
sent to Utah, unless acceptable to himself,
should be banished the Territory, and that
there was at least one law of Congress he pos
itively refuses to acknowledge or obey. Now
what is the plain duty Of the national govern
mert in the face of these revolutionary aver
ments? It is to see that the enactments OF Con-
gress are enforced without respect to persons
or religions, and that the representatives Of tho
federal government legally appointed for that
purpose shall be upheld and protected If it be
necessary to employ the whole power Of the
nation. This Mormon matter demands
decisive action on the part of the administration.
President Grant has already declared his pur-
pose Of enforcing the laws impartislly, even
the most obnoxious, and there is no good
reason why the Mormons should be exempted
from the operations Of this policy. The fact
is, Brigham Young and his satellites have been
treated with too much leniency and good
nature by the United States government ever
since they settled upon the national domain,
and whatever they have done for the improve
ment of the wilderness in which they settled
they have done for their own benefit aud have
reaped the rewards of their industry and fru-
gaity. Among the many other settlements
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-15

THE SPANISH CABINET. has been
still another change Of Ministry in Madrid. A
new Cabinet has been formed, with General
Prim President of the Council and Minister at
War, and Admiral Topete Minister of Marine.
The remaining portfolios down to that of Min
lister of the Colonies-an unnecessary one
apparently for Spain just at present-have been
duly filed; but we have heard very little of the
other officials heretofore, with the exception of
Echegaray, Minister of Agriculture. AS the
Spanards enjoy ministerial rehash two or
three times week, and as every native OF the
country stands good chance of serving in
the Ministry, our biographical sketches of the
notabilities must be limited. Prim, Topete
and Echegaray are well Notwithstanding
dishes, in fact.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-15
British Policy in China.

In the British House of Commons on Tues
day evening the irrepressible Colonel Sykes,
whose special duty in the House it seems to
be to attend to the interests of Asiatics, put
question to the government in regard to it's
policy in China. Mr.. Otway, the under Sec
rotary of State for Foreign Affairs, in reply
made some statements which show how Won
derfully of late the British Foreign Office has
changed its tone in regard to China and the
East generally. Formerly it was the interest
of Great Britain to do everything in her power
to encourage division and thus weaken the
central authority. Now, according to Mr..
Otway, it is the interest of Great Britain to
strengthen the central government in China,
and not "weaken it by gunboat policy and ex-
travagant demands" 1t was well, he said, to
remember that America and other countries
had treaty rights in China. In revising the
treaty of Tientsn the probable action of other
countries was not to DO overlooked. 1t was
not to be denied that the internal trade of
China was destroyed by British merchants,
who sold certificates to Chinese traders and
thus enabled them to defraud their own gov
eminent. This is the most effective justifica-
ton which we have yet seen of the mission OF
MIR. Burlingame. When such admissions are
made by British foreign secretary we are
bound to note the fact. 1t is one Of the many
proofs we are now receiving that the Asiatic
nations are to have fair play. History will
show that China has reason to be grateful to
the United States.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-15

AoouRsED IN HIS Own HOUSEHOLD.
The Boston Transcript, one Of the most
select organs of the aristocracy and gentility
of the Hub, gives rap at one of its own
household, by Trusting the hopes and plans of
the monopolists Gn regard to the French
cable) will be defeated, "no matter by whom
sustained This is rap at the Attorney
General from an unexpected quarter, and al
fords refreshing assurance that the journals OF
the East are not blind to their own interests
in this interesting crisis of the question as to
whether the highway of the Atlantic belongs
to one monopolizing concern or to the enter
prise of the capitalists of the entire world.
Let other Boston papers speak out, as their
respectable contemporary has; in fact, let the
entire press of the nation join in the chorus
''Plenty of Atlantic cables and moderate
tolls" The Western press should post their
Congressman properly on the subject, If they
do not take the trouble to do so themselves.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-15

The French transatlantic telegraph cable is
a fixed fact-one Of the grand scientific facts OF
the century. The shore end was spliced to the
deep sea cable yesterday, and communication
opened from st. Pierre, Miquelon, to Brest i'm
mediately afterwards. Sir James Anderson
placed the instruments in order, SIGNALLING the
success of the achievement by transmitting
special message to Napoleon iii. This
message was drafted by the Emperor him
self before the expedition sailed from France,
with the view that it should be delivered to
him verbatum on its return, so that he could at
once test the performance of the line and
accuracy of the operators on either side. The
fuss which was lately reported as likely to
ensue in Washington, owing to the expression
of opinions by some of the Cabinet Ministers
adverse to the Legality of the landing of the
cable on the soil of Massachusetts,, appears to
have subsidized, so that 1t is probable that the
administration of President Grant will not be
held answerabe in history for the utterance of
sentiments hostile to the perfection of the
undertaking. 1t appears, indeed, from our
special telegram from Washington, published
to-day, that Secretary Fish, with his associates
in the Cabinet, were moved to their first acts
of apparent opposition to the cable by a
jealous regard for the inviolability of American
territory merely-a point which is likely to be
referred to the particular consideration of
Congress for ultimate solution. We are told,
indeed, that it is very likely just now that,
although the shore end may be landed and the
wire chain between the countries made perfect,
messages cannot be transmitted before Con-
gressional legalization is obtained. There is
much to be said, evidently, on both sides. We
60 for cables, and plenty of them.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-15
New England Getting Alarmed.

The immense emigration to the West and
the rapidly augmenting populations of the
States of the Pacific from the importation of
Chinese, together with the significant move
ments in the South looking to the introduction
of Chinese or coolie labor in that section, in
large numbers, have awakened considerable
alarm among New England politicians in re-
gard to the tenure of their hold upon the supre-
macy of the national government. The papers
are beginning to publish statistics showing
how the New England States are losing ground
in the matter of the apportionment fer men,
bers of Congress, and how their strength is
gradually receding while that of the West is
rapidly increasing. 1t is even proposed to
cut Massachusetts in twain and erect
new State out of the western counties. II is
also proposed to make two new States out of
Maine. This will give New England
six additional members in the United
States Senate, and number of members of
the lower House. 1t is probable other East
ern States that can be gerrymandered to adj
vantage will also be carved up into convenient
State communities handy to handle and small
enough to clap into the breeches pocket of any
pigmy politician New England may desire to
inject into the councils of the nation. We do
not learn that the mighty domain OF the great
State of Rhode Island-whicb, IL has been
said, Is not broad enough in some parts to
afford the requisite space Of twelve PAGES on
which to eight duel according to the code
will come under the carving knife of the radi-
cal politicians of her larger sisters. But while
Little Rhody may be suffered to remain intact
there is no mistaking the fact that the New Eng
land politicians arc becoming seriously alarmed
at the prospect of losing their preponaerating
influence in the government. Some Of the
Western papers have taken up the idea and
are pointing to it with exnltation, as showing
that, indeed, westward 'Ths star OF empire"
is taking its way, with the view in prospect of
the national capital being established in St..
Louisa point recommended even by her
rival sister city, Chicago. Hence the present
perturbation among the dry bones Of the New
England political stagers Is but natural. But
this is only the beginning Of the shower. In a
few years these New England philosophers,
with their narrow and bigoted notions, their
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-15
Minister Nelson's Rec. S..S. in Mexico

The HERALD of yesterday contained full
account of the official receptions granted to
General Rosecrans and Minister Nelson by
President Juarez. The former went to bid
goodby and the latter to present his creden-
tials as the future representative of the gov
eminent of the United States to the republic of
Mexico Many compliments were passed on
the occasion by the respective representatives
of the two nations, one of which reioices in
getting rid of internal troubles, and the other
tar we see no indication of any definite i'm
provement in the position of the two coun-
tries, but we may soon expect some
inkling of news will come from Mexico,
and also from Spain, respecting matters
of greater interest than the mere passing of
compliments. There are many important
points that have been allowed to stand over
much too long already, and we hope that the
report stating that President Grant ''feels a
lively interest in the affairs of Mexico" is
founded on facts. If the line Of policy is de-
cided upon and full instructions given to Min
lister Nelson, let them be carried out. The fol-
lowing extract from the Monitor of Mexico
sufficiently exposes the friendly feeling evinced
towards the United States, not only in Mexico,
but throughout most of the South Ameri-
can republics. This organ says $50 Grant
feels an interest in Mexico. viii not the gov
eminent inform us to what we are indebted
for the strong sympathy of that President for
us? Thanks, thanks for the interest," bat we
are wholly Indifferent" More correct proofs
of the existing sentiments entertained towards
the government of the United States were
never printed before, and they give evidence
not only of supreme Indifference, but also of
a stubborn i'll will in return for the lenieRcy
shown towards them in the many abuses per-
petrated on American citizens and ag ainst
American interests. Again we repeat, let us
hope that some definite policy has been de-
cided upon and that it will be enforced. Other
nations, especially France, make themselves
respected, even by the force of arms, and
surely the great republic has an equal priv
lege and also the means by which to enforce it.
In any event, however, we expect positive
and decided policy from President Grant in
reference to the Mexican mission
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A CHARACTER sT-Cruikshanks.

THE STATE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. The
central committee appointed by the late New
York State Temperance Convention, on Tues
day last in council at Saratoga, resolved that
the temperance party must work earnestly for
temperance men as candidates for political
preferment; that they will demand of the
next Legislature prohibitory liquor law for
towns, cities, wards and villages, and will
almost demand more stringent Excise law
This diversion in our State politics does not
frighten the democracy, fortified as they are
by the liquor dealers but it may well alarm
the republicans, who have nothing to gain, but
everything to lose by this temperance move
ment.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-15

THE WoMEN's RIeHrs WoMEN-A GREAT
MIsrAKE.-The women's rights women made
a great mistake in going to Saratoga Springs
with their Womens Rights Convention. They
should have stopped at the Round Lake
Methodist camp meeting and asked the prayers
of the brethren and sisters there on behalf OF
wholesome conversion 70 religion. That il
what they want. AS for the right of suffrage
to women It Is all moonshine, and, excepting
these little noisy female conventcles. the
women don't want it, and wouldn't have it ii
given then.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-15

MISSISSIPPI AND TExAs.-The President, it
appears, has appointed the 30th of November
as the day for the reconstruction elections in
Mississippi and Texas. The opinion, it is said,
prevails in the Cabinet that the Virginia
election involves some political trickery, and
so Mississippi and Texas are to be allowed
good margin for cool reflection.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-15

holy exclusiveness, their arched eyebrows and
elevated noses, will be politically submerged
as if by political deluge, and ''after the
deluge-What?"
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

BowERY THEATRE Bowery.-PRoGRrss OF TIE
SCAMP-JAcK ROBINSON.
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GRAND OPERA HOUSE. OF Eighth avenue anc
sSd slrect.-TuE CHILD STEALER-
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THEATRE CoMIQuE, 5l4 Broadway.-CAUGHr AT
LAsT--Ir TAKES Two TO QUARREL Matinee at =
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-15

NlBLOS GARDEN, Broadway-rHE SPECTACULAR
EXTRAVAGANZA OF SINBAD THE SAILOR.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-15

FOLLOWING IT Our ON THE SANE LINE y
President Grant has followed out his policy in
regard to the Virginia election on the same
line by issuing his proclamation ordering an
election in Mississippi on the 3Oth of Novem-
Der next. AS in the case of Virginia, the dis
franchising clauses in the proposed new con-
stitution of Mississippi are 10 submitted to
separate votes, and II would be strange If they
do not meet the same fate they have in the
election in thu Old Dominion.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-12-30

FAIR HAvEN.-Dr. + II. Smith OF
Castleton, lectured before the Young
Mems Christian A -sociation OF Fair Haven
last Friday evening. Subject: New
York, her Charitab BILE and Christian Insti-
tutions." Notwithstanding it being Christ
mas eve, and the strong counter attrsc-
tions. and the seeking of Christmas
presents. yet We had happy, respectable
audience, and the lecture was listened to
with marked attention. The lecturer
gave a graphic and interesting description
of those monuments of Christian charity
which are snch a blessing to the great
metropolis, and which have made the
names Of the donors immortal, and which
appeals to every christian heart to "go
thou and do likewise" The sketches
we're made from DR.. Smiths own observ.
alton and are peculiarly interesting TO
Young Mems Christian ASS citations, and
We understand DR.. Smith will deliver it
before the Associations of Vermont dur
ing the winter if desired.
At the close of the lecture the audience
unanimously voted to request DR.. Smith
to repeat the lecture in Fair Haven, which
he has consented to do j.