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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-04
POURING OIL ON THE TROUBLED WATERS.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: During the late political campaign q
colored man was addressing audience in one Of the
Democratic towns Of State AS he spoke some plain
truth and made some homethrusts, the audience OF
course began to get uneasy and at last broke out In loud
Kisses The speaker stopped in his DISCOURSE looked
calmly around moment and then slowly and impress
.yey repeated the following lines
when oHr Parents in the Garden,
Surrounded by JOY and bliss;
They warned Of the approach Of the Dey,
By hearing the Serpent hiss
OF all Gods living creatures
Now mark you, mind this,
Goose ARd
Are TIE Ony that hiss'
There kissing IN that audience that night
Canton N T., Nov "a, 1869. NAsIooN'
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rated bank) No. 30 Wall-st New-York. -Four per
cent interest allowed on deposits
PERSONS DESTROYS Of RECEIVING INTEREST fo'
their money and having it at oil times subject to check
on demand, can do so by depcsitng with this bank,
which allows Interest the entire daily balances al
the rate of A. per cent per annum.
COLLECTIONS made on any part Of the world, with
immediate returns, at the lowest current rates.
Orders for the PURCHASE or SALE Of Stocks Bonds
or Gold promptly executed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-04

FREIGTs-o Liverpool steamer 1900 bush Wheat at 3D..
3D. and ~ Oh
PAX-The supply confines LIBERAL and the demand MODERATE
l2dZ2e., the latter for North River
GRAIN-We have had good degree Of aeAEF IN orr man %
Wheat to-day prices especially for Spring stronger the m
duiry fair for milling; the favorable d
vices Liverpool induce much tnnesst the sales ATe o nh
Chicago Spnngi 81 800 81 81 for No 90 DO;
G 20Q 81 choice No. do do - 81 for No. Zh@anAsei
81 81 10, No 20 for Red Western 81 ISL Tor Amoee
DO the for small ots 5G$ "a Tor AMBER Ssss
81 Ba for White Michigan; 81 IS for AMBER do aod - FV
81 White Genesee the latter o choice Bars5 rs ySoai a
change fair; sales Of 30 900 bush At oJe 81 " % TWO
rowed II for fonrowed do and 81 u M Canada ba
Oats steady demand for the Iade chiefly tne "a
Onio western tue
White and Jersey and Southern al 6Od0Z rye oSeI
Aud Il au Of 900 bush. 81 lOG u Tor state Corn N
active the demand mainly for the trade the as are ~
600 hash O9 for Damn and Unsoundi heE Mers
Ni.d al 81 lOa White at 81 2GSl l3i do lelo"
Al al a. and yellow At 9sc as o. a., -,
moderate demand ior
m Cloth since prices remain much the same we quote a.
l6ialTc for former, aud 2lid22c for the latter
ARNP-Thee fair degre Of activity IN Manila tody oar
es are without and the market CLOSED steady We qos
vat. terms Other this heading devoid OF s'
itv and 10 sales nominal We duoe
Rnssa clean golj). 25g0 S255 Jute tgotl. az DC
isn 330d $50 Juie Butts (curreoeyl. SIC
Manila fgol y n. l4i9i4lc Tsmpco god In bondl va
sss goSD Uk0l4c Amern Dressed y tn
HOPs-Te market continues quiet and prices are Stnont
hss.., ooo Common 20 Good Sattc:
Wiscopv at Eastern at lfd2k fearlngs A.
counnes good demand and prices are brm al ood o iof
SbippuR aud 85c. 81 Is for Retail lotS - - -. &c A..
ORNs-we small OK at 81 for RIO Irsnae ana 70 'f
ATTWBER~wOoD SLAVES Gc-CDnty Lurber 2 cent d
vaoren 10 cent Ad yAore-Ine closing "
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" z Hatch L Son

,Government bonds were !srong vithHa moderate In
for all classes At the close OF business the market
was strong at an advance of .dl per cent in prices
state bonds we're duh. Tennessee exCoupons sold at
,s5a, Tennessee per cents, t6s047; North Caro-
,,ra new bonds. S2a9?l Missouri per cents. 90 Ala
hama per cents, 6ll. Railway bonds were firm under
a good Investment demand Bank shares were steady
norcan Exchange cold at 1904 Central National. los
Manhattau Bank lss Asssilsneoua Ahayes EaEe Qulet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-04
BANKING AND FINANCIAL.
A CHOICE SECURITY.
SEVEN PER CENT. GOLD.
FREE OF GOVERNMENT TAX.
(NEARLY 10 PER CENT. CURRENCY
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDs.
OF
NEw-YoRK AND OswEGo
MIDLAND RAILROAD.


SIX MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PAID-uP STOCK SUB
scRIPrIoNs. No bonds issued on road under con-
sruction; issue limited to $4,000 per mile OF road
built and in running order, BEING ONLY ABOUT HALF
THE ACTUAL CASH COST. The road is being built with
great economy for cash: $50 miles are already COM
nleted in the most thorough manner, equipped and
running regular trains aud the whole line lover 400
mes il is expected will be completed within the en-
sung year. of the important roads in the
State of New-York II shortens the route from New
York City to Buffalo 20 miles and to Oswego - miles;
il traverses populous district destitute OF other rail-
road facilities. which must furnish it largo and
profitable local business; and it will be completed at
an aggregate cost far below that of any competing
line. These advantages cannot fail to make IL one
of the best paving roads leading from the metropo-
lis. and its First Mortgage Bonds one OF INC
safest securities ever issued. All mortgage bonus
issued Oh Railroads running from the City OF new
York are good and the interest promptly paul. al
Though some of them are mortgaged for more lhan
double the amount per mile that the Midland IS
Among the bonds now offering we know Vi none
aona In these For the investment OF trust OF otner
finds there is nothing better; aud IN exchange LOT
Coverpment Bonds they give large increase OF IN
come beside capitalising the premium. They are
naotirv with rapid SALE and we have been gratiied
go end that thew are taken chiefly by our most con-
sorotiva and saracious capitalists in exchange for
Governmeut securities Price par, and accrued in-
tarsst In currency Circulars, pamphlets, &cr on
hand for distribution.
GEORGE OPDYKE & Co..
Bankers. No IS Nassau-st.
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THE MARKETS.

Carefully reported for Tue TRBuSEt
FRIDAY. Dec. ,, 1853
AsHEs-Po fair demand and 6rm sales Of Is bb at o. Ji
62l; Pearls . dull aHi nominal
BUILDING MATERIALSWe have no new feature 70 note sf
coming heading since review Of Wednesday Prices
remain STEADY for kinds trade moderate We quo'e
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pends the real status OF the country without Oxford
and Cambridge England would be the same as she was
800 years ago These things and such as these educated
men should ponder He did not think studying Greek
Lexicon read an exercise made boy profound
scholar but studying it prOfoundly, that's What maze
scholar number Of other speeches were made, which
prOtTacted the exercises to a late hour.
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one from 5 to IS be eligible to election by casting lots
for jurymen and other inferior Offices everyone rom -
TO a. 10 offices Of still higher trust; from 45 TO 55 TO
offices OF yet greater responsibility &c In thls way we
should SECURE the services Of good men, L. r.
Washington, ID. g., Nov. 10, 1907
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FRIDAY, Dec. 3-P. NJ.

Gold sold at 1921 612el, and closed at 1927
ale2l The clearings at the Gold Exchange BANK were
s2eels ooO and the balance $25o The Treasury SOFA
one million gold to-day The bids amounted 70 si''40V
The following were the awards .r..
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Pale. Con. H. y NJ IS GOA % Cattle v bush
n. T.. Com H. y n 500l0 0O siKed
Croton Fronts NJ Is Odis O0GOat
PHILADELPHIA Fronts. 10 UO0f5 0o LINK
Fire Brick No A. Common. v bbl...s.'''''''S ~ -
w X del....... O0d53 60 Lump y 81 70
No Split Soap. OO045 Laibs Eastern, y ~. 81 - %
ROepdAle bb.. 81 Seots tuu. 81 20d4 y
Nova Scotia, h. tan. coz =
Calc. EAs. 6CitF. y tun. al ~
BERSwAX-Tbe demand continues moderate market lovers
sales OF yellow aud Southera
BRISTLES steady moderate demand from f0c@ % "
for American GRAY snd White
BONE-No sales reported prices nominal
COrPONThe demand rather moderate and With pospest
larger receipts week the cable sdce from Liverpool
being raging the close though the setua
offering modeate sales 3Oil bses (Si2 last evening and
Vhich go 10 exporter ls4 10 eousnmu
and 600 In transit fF future delivery 100 bales Jan
February 24le 300 March Zoe all OF bAs o.
Low dliug We follows
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UovEs s. MACY. Bankers lths Same % an ineorpo-J
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PETROLEuM-CFude iu balk Is trm al lsi S.
In
bAS w. 32GIi and "" oor AZ -
balance this moah 1000 bsA iof IaHnAy " 80
R4c We quote: ALL. ,s1aiu
Rsaaed (lO9iI2 e. prime light straw 10 NHi'e.SStsS
standard white.
ReEned inc te primo light 70 Whte'''''''' I'm
Eaph.hs re6aea (6SG9 gfasitl
RiCR-The demand Is moderate and the market een oD'
i man farvs r.tss 100 cs Csfolina A IA,
suGARSRsss us aas kgysu sgssspx sa1 ~ 100 "s ~
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MOLASSES-Tra light And confined mainly to domestic;
aud % bids DeseIara AZ &c.
Foreign STYLES Cuba MnsoEadO 0aoc aad Porto "
s0d70c
NAVAL sToREs-crude Turpenue sad nonsAL spirits
lao bbl at f3l e spPag anu st-
chsah Rosns the late advance; the demand sas Ieen
gooi aes l52 Is Tor common " good sSraiseu
Ana 80 bb. grade full pncsa Tar Is quiet
OIIs-Crne dan and prices tTo the enyer
American inSeed tru tot hot
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-24

tickets will be issued only to mem Der of
the session of September, 1869, filed up
with their respective names, and will be
countersigned by the corresponding sec
rotary, so that they will be strictly per-
sonal and not transferable. M
Another class Of tickets will be issued
to Past Grand Representatives and Past
Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of
the United States and to Past Grand
Masters, upon payment of each appli-
can't to the Grand Corresponding and
Recording Secretary of SOL 20; in cur
rency, for conveyance from Omaha to
Promontory and return, and the holder
Of said tickets, upon payment of full
fare at Promontory to San Francisco,
tabout $50 in currency will receive a
free pass to return. These tickets will
be good from 10th of September to 10Th
of October, 1869, making the whole fare
between Omaha and San Francisco and
return, about $115 20, or little over
half fare. The special train will leave
Omaha on the 10th of September
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GREAT BRITAIN.

London, August 20.-The Star this
morning has an editorial on the subject
of the acquisition of Cuba blythe United
States, wherin it says: Gas a naval and
military position in the Gulf Of Mexico,
Cuba is Of great value. Troops and a
squadron would be required there,obut
the people of America, with whom the
acquisition of Cubasis SO popular would
offer no objection to 'suchd an outlay.
There is no reason for Great Britain u
grudge their possession. d England s POI
sessions 10 those seas are SO exposed 50
attack at present that the dangercannot
be augmented. Ia the interest of COM
MERGE it is desirable that Cuba be pres.
porous, and her prosperity is much
more probable under American govern
ment than as distressed colony Or
Spanish republic" aus Is ateg I'D, .o3 Z
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-24
YELLOW FEVER AT NEW, YORK

Mention of the arrival on Wednesday
at New York quarantine, of the schr
Mary Jane, from st. Domingo City, in
tow of the steamer City of Port at
Prince, has alre ady been made The
New York Commercial Of Thursday
gives the following particulars Of the
sad condition of her crew. Ieu 5li
"rhe steamer fell in With the sehoon-
CT drifting about at STA in helpless
condition, and, on sending boat to hex
found the mate and ill hands sick with
yellow fever The captain, Israel Mic
kefson, L9"s Cardy, cook, and JeLn
Swan seaman, were found dead ia their
'berths, having died from the fever
Upon arriving at quarantine the suffer-
ing seamen were transferred TO the
hospitalship Illinois. The men when
found, it was ascertained, had been suf-
ferng for food and water for four or
five days None of them could tell
when they LETT port, lor how loug they
had been sick. The captain, they sta
ted, died on the 4th instant. The sehr.
was bound for Boston. and, it is sup
posed, had been out almost eighteen
days. Among her papers was a clean
health BILL" l3lEl- it. a. .Ls-f Ia
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PRUSSIA.

Berlin, August 20.--A correspondent
of the PrusSlan Cross Gazette, at Rome,
asserts that the late syllabus of the Pops
will form the chief subject of the DELHI
erations of the Ecumencal Council. The
Paragraphs concerning the relations Of
the church and the State will be modi-
fed, and probably intestified The dog
mas of the infallibility of the Pope an d
spiritual and eorporeal assumption of the
Virgin will be promulgated. The holy
Father has expressed his regret that no
schismatic or Protestant bishop has Of
fered to take part in the Council. a.
The Times, in an article on the liberal
changes in the French government,
says: emperor Napoleon, after presi-
ding over the destinies of France for
seventeen years, and after doing much
to making amends for the loss of the lib
critics Of. France, will do we'll if, by re-
storing those liberties, he proves that he
considers the remainder of his reign the
prelude to his sons. There will be no
lack of opportunities for the French to
accustom themselves to regard the son
as the natural lieutenant OF the father"
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NATIONAL |. 0, 0. f. CON-
.I.- VLNTION.

The Grand Lodge OF the Independent
Order Of ODD Fellows having decided
to hold a convention at San Francisco
on the goth Of September, great prep
arations are being made to have it a
grand affair. The Philadelphia Press
says lo9 10 9.9iI4a o4 Lila III Sd
r., The members Of the Grand Lodge Of
the. United States, consisting Of its Off
GERS, Representatives and Past Grand
Sires, will each receive by mail, from
the Grand Corresponding and Recording
Secretary, two tickets, upon making
known TO him heir respective postofice
address. One Of these tickets will pass
the holder. free from Omaha to Promon
tory, and return; the OTHER will pass him
free from Promontory to San Francisco,
and return, and are good from Septem-
Der 10th to October 18th, 1869. These
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NATIONAL LABOR CoNvEN ITO N.

Z
Philadelphia, August l0.--In the
Labor Convention osday, morning SEES
sion, a long report in reference to the
troubles in the coal mining districts as
read. The only point in it was the
suggestion that it is q question whether
the government should noto take pos
session of the coal 'miues' OF the country,
paying the present ownersa fair vaiua-
ton for the same, aud run these mines
as the gold mines of California have
been, in the interest of the whole peo-
pie. The national wealth of the scoun-
try should never pass out Of The hands
of the people into the hands of monop-
ollsss. .BgHEE 1As&B Eak. gSEBssa 81
The committee on organization made
a report, with amendments, but aft er
debate the matter was laid OH the. table
and the committee discharged. The
committee on female lab r. made re-
port, which was adopted II was re
solved that the Congress recommend
that all trades uniors make Immediate
effort to; secure thorough forganiz alton
Vi ielndle ldpor, auu ueinaLu Tue same
pay for work equally wei done by
woman as that done by men; that every
avenue Of labor tor (Which woman is
physically icapacitated should be freely
opened to her on the, same terms aud
conditions as allowed to any class, Of
laborers.. we ask for woman equal op-
portunities and rights in every field of
enterprise and labor lIb .sis1IoI
Resolutions were adopted for the app
pointment of committee on WAYS and
means, and a standing committee, Res.
olutions denouncing coolie labor, and
declaring that voluntary Chinese emf
grants should be protected like other
citizens, were adopted A special COM
mittee on a new political party was
appointed. A recess was thep taken.
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THE WATER FAMINE.

The scarcity Of water in Philadelphia
is creating quite an excitement in that
city. The Inquirer says; &
s'There is no material change in the
aspect of the Schuylkill water question,
and those having thorough knowledge
OF the state of affairs are of opinion that
Saturday evening, at furtherest, will
find all hydrants dependent on Fair.
mount reservoir for a supply as dry as
finder. Yesterday afternoon there
was four feet one inch depth of water in
Paramount reservoir, which is, to be
sure, gain of thirteen inches over the
previous day, but it must be remember
ed that this increase is only the natural
result of drawing on our last reserves,
the upper dams of the Schuylkill, which
are owned and controlled by the Schulz
kill Navigation Company. Yesterday
aftern DON the water was eighteen inches
| below the dam at .Farmount. At the
same time there were feet s inches
depth of water in the Kensipgton reser-
| voir, Is feet in the Corinthian-avenue
reservoir, and 6 feet inches in the
Spring Garden reservoir. Already the
| loss to manufacturers, factories, mills,
&C., that. are dependent upon water
power, is very great, but if the drought
| continues, these losses would be meal
| culable, and many thousands of operators
will be thrown out of employment.
Some ot!the CITY factories have COM
menced 70 PROVIDE Tor partial supply
Oh wafer power py excaVatihg the Ola
| pump wells that have been walled over
Ior SO many years, ana 't IS eontemp Ia
Yea 10 pump water from them, but now
the arrangement VIII work remains TO
DC seen. 25urFs eaaa afad
The Ledger says: w a....
"The proprietors of all the fact uies,
| rctineriea and other establishments US
ing large quantity of water have been
| nosifiol by the authorities to desist. and
some of them have been compelled in
consequence to suspend operations en-
tifeiy, "hlle Others are taxing measures
Tbe low sta 90 e r. W ,ta m iii
prevents boats from passing through
the canal this side Of Phoenixvile. At
Conshohoeken and below Norristown a
laIee nliloeI u ooats are iaia up: Inc
tar from tho sa6nTlk;tl an5 ths ne1a-
ware rivers to enable Them TO fulfill
their contracts '5i'LHfaf 2-3 o.
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I DR.. Albert P. Weaver, of Laramie
ILL.,, says the Memphis Appeal, is quite
bigamst. Returns from nine counties
give him six wives, and the balance Of
the State to hear from. lie is in Jail In
default of $1,000 bail. Numerous sym
pathizing females cheer his lonely eel
by their visits. HI $40 fO GYnH bi{1g
There is no doubt that the corn crop
in this part of Virginia is almost an en-
i tire failure. From all the adjoining
counties, with the exception of some
portions OF Fauquiel, we have reports
that there will be comparatively no corn
made. Some farmers are said to be
cutting down all their upland corn and
using it for the fodder, while others are
letting it remain, but say they will
scarcely rnakea bushel to the acre.
The prospect is really distressing A
farmer from Caroline the other day
told us he would lose near five thousand
dollars by the failure of his crop. He
had four hundred acres in corn and
agreed to take now four hundred bushels
for all that was made-on the four hum
dred Observation-Disclosures lVa.)
Ledger August 20. 90
q The number Of COWS avs IN F,anc 90 /,
mora tban 1--WE n,i,l;ons pa.;s -
consum ption Of milk i. nearl 8 Ave bnrN
dred thousand quarts a day. Milk is
sold at from ten to forty confines a
quart; according to the locality and the
quality The number Of mich cows in
New York State ia 1856 was / ,147.251.
IF each family in the city of New York
consumes Que quart Of milk day, the
consumption is about 100000 quarts,
and at ten cents per quart we should
pay pay a. S1V,ooo gay Tor mig, ana ~"
o oUV'eOo year. OF "nich ABOUT $I,125,-
WV Is pau ior wafer IN tne MIX olloi
Il A group picture 1of distie suisbea
persons recently taken at the : White
Sulphur Springs, Va, is on exhibition
a. e. hi Gn n Ihe group consists of
M MI. rec. reaoooy' Gens, Il. e. Lee,
wise' peauregard, Gary, Conner, Lilly,
bawton - ana "a, 'Magruder, and Messrs.
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COZ RISE OF INSTRUCTION .

~
Junior Department, including the ord
mary English branches, viz Spelling
Reading, Writing, Grammar, Geogra-
ply. with Map Drawing, Arithmetic, &c,
Terms, $l2 so in advance, per quarter OF
az months. }4I1s5gI5 grrc " - ...gs,
Senior Department., including Higher
Eng lish, viz : SElocution, Psychological
Spelling and Defining, Rhetoricc. &C.,
Higher Mathematics, including Algebra
Geometry, with Mathematical DRAWN <,
Trigonometry and Surveying, Descrip-
tive Geomtry Anaiy tfcaf Geomtry, Die
ferenyial and Integral Calcul us, Natural
Philosophy, Astronomyy&c,
] Ancient Languages VIZ. Latin and
5GfSek. embracing the usual course taught
in High schools and Colleges. Terms
High Mathematics with English, SIS per
quarter il advance: Higher MaChemat-
Jos VITA Lnglish and Latin, $l7L pr quar-
tor in advance Higher Mathematics
vita Latin and Greek, go per quarter in
advance: Fuel 81 per session French
s5 per quarter eXtra.EI fT#T
\" The Principal would call special atten-
ton to the Introduction of Mathematical
Dra wing into the regular course of High.
ser Mathematics. The Drawing course
wild embrace Architectural Drawing,
Perspective and Isometrical Perspective,
and will be specially adapte Il to the
wants O; Mechanic Architects, Engi-
neers, &c. ~ haa .aaieqafIa ditW br
p Good Board can be obtained at $50 per
month EFE Fts8sFMaaugs
ia9 -@a0R.l aATEwooD, ePrinoipal.l
81 pl1Od.and1 III tsgE GhFaF4F q s4g-tt4
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aRT The military court of inquiry in
the case of Wardwell, the keeper of the
penitentiary, in Virginia, has exonera-
ted him Of any intentional offence, and
informs him that no further action will
be taken in his case by the military au.
thorities: s'@