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New-York tribune., 1869-06-15

..reral rule Commereia paper Or ntnued dul at 709
per cent
sterling Exchange remaiT Is iar at quotations. London
A DAYS O9iaio9b; 10ndon, sight, uo4ello5 London
mime commercial 90 days, lOsIaOobi PARIS long, 6ds0
Fsl paris Snort b15a5133; Antwerp, 62O65lsl; SWISS
.,,S,lsl; Hamburg 3Ji6S5E Amsterdam, 4OtG4Osi
rr,okfort. 40. asos Bremen 7sia7sl; Berlin, mana
,sartiops At the Office Of the Assistant Treas
,ere Receipts for Customs, s35iOOO for Gold Notes,
,asq 600 total Receipts H77o6S7 o6i total Paylnehts'
:, ,e,7la e5 H.; Balance, SsS,lc3,76l &c.
rrc earnings Of the Western Union Railroad Co. for
,,o srst week in June were
~, eneg) e sls4H 90 Increase s5si 70
The earnings Of the ST. Louis and Iron Mountain Rail
IA ,or the first week in June
ss2es 20 I863........sl2 4J7 Increase. s5s32 20
% following is statement Of coal transported by the
nl,vare aud Hudson Canal Company for the week epd
mg June 5, 1863 r...
De. M agl CO. Can, dS..::: co...:'7s.2 80 ' ss5
-. .Rm sg7567
Tho Hamilton Fire Insurance Company have declared
oiannual dividend Of FIVE per cent. free of Govern
,nept tax. payable July 1st
A. the annual meeting Of the stockholders OF the Hud
or river Railroad Company, in New-York City, on Mon
s.v lime H. 1862 Cornelius Vanderbilt. William H. Van
srhnt Horace f. Clark Augustus Schell John NJ Tobin
N Thomas Vail, James II. Banker, Oliver Charlick, VIII
liam A. Kissam, Joseph Harker, NJ. II. Sanford Samuel
g,,tou and James NJ. Marvin reelected Directors
for the ensuing year.
Table OF me Acreage AMOUNT Of Loans Specie, Ctre,la
hon Dey0stS ana Legal Tenders tH The Banks Of the
Cy Of Neo York for he ireek ending Saturday, june
- 4' Llama and Ds Snecie Teg Ten Deposs CircuaFu
New-York tribune., 1869-06-15
GRAIN, PROVISION AND OTHER MARKETS.

tCareully reported ioT THE TKIBUSEl
MONDAY. June IT, 1869
ASHESTbs market steady bat quiet; sales Of - bb . 756
50 iur Pots Pearls pominaL
CUrTON-There liberal demand still higher prices, and the
shows strength With buyers experiencing much u IN
obtaining stock; sales % 1892 hses 56 Saturday evening and So TO
srnveD Of which 825 puneT and JI to pvcusor We
New-York tribune., 1869-06-15

PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKBT-JUSE IA
Beef dull and unsettled rather lower; sales Of 800 head
a9ic for BItra Penn yVana and Western Steers Base for far 20
good 6c7.c per ID for sheep fair demand % 1
head 5Q6jc n Hogs kmer; sales OF oJ
bead sl2a s2 50 sop 3d s3 IS or eornfd eNt
New-York tribune., 1869-06-15

HlisosIlantrns.
CREAT IMPROVEMENT IN ROOFING.
" EHRET 4 SIMS,
PATENT PIRR AND WATERPROOF
GRASULATED STAG RooFERs,
No ls23 n. seventh-st, PhiadsipbiA
STATE AND COUNTY RIGHTS FOR SALE
.. REFERENCES;
v1rLRR WEAVER Co, No % n. DelaWareEa
BALpRR ADAMsoN Co. No. 100 MArEst''
HENRY DIssToN Il son, No. 81 LaurslSt
BAuGH l. SONS, No % s. DelaWasavs
BROMLEY BROS. Jasper and YOrk-sts
LANES T. MITCHELL, No. $40 YOrk-ave
KNICKERBOcKRR ICE COMPANY, No. ES Wanntst
SEND FOR CIRCULARS WITH PARIlNULAhS.
TOHN DWIGHT g. Co.
ID Manufacturers Of
SALEkATUS, SUPER-CARB. SODA, &c,
No II Od-slp Eey.TOrE
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-31

IMrERuAL ASSESSMENT SKLE.-Delin-
quent stockholders in the Imperial
Silver Mining Company are earnestly
invited to take particular notice OF the
delinquent list published in another
column, and to the fact that the sale
day Of tho present assessment OF $lO
per share Is Friday, January l4th.
New RA1LoAp TINE TABLE.-1n our
advertising columns to-day see the new
time table of the Central and Western
Pacific Railroads, which goes into eff
feet on and after tomorrow. Travellers
will regulate themselves accordingly.
The CARSON MINT.-A telegram
from Col. Curry, at San Francisco, yes
terday, to II. F. Rice, at Carson. states
that bullion will be received at the
Mint on Monday next, and coming
will commence at once.
THAT OTHER EARTHQUAKE. - The
first notable earthquake occurring in
this section since its occupation as q
silver mining country was that Of May
10Th, 1858. That of Sunday last was
the second one.
No MNRE SHocKs-We have no
special earthquake shocks to report
during the last "a hours-only a few
triling shakes.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-31
COMMUNICATED.

[coMMUNIcNTED.]
EDrroRs News: In your issue of De-
cember goth was an article headed
Industrial Premium" stating that
on Christmas Day Judge Hayden, of
Dayton, presented to each and every
child, the offspring of couples married
By him in and about Dayton, q beauti-
full little silver cup. Such is not the
case. l was married by Judge Hayden
in July, 1863, have resided In Dayton
to the present time, have been the
mother Of two children, one that is
not, the other still living little girl.
She has not received any little silver
cup, and I know Of none that have. I
think 1t very wrong to accuse our Dis
trict Judge Of sucha grave offense.
Mis-. B. K. DAVIS.
Dayton, December Both, 1860.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-31

WHITE PINE PRosPECrs.-lhe san
Francisco Ara says: "The White PINE
region is turning out fairly, 1t is
claimed that the closing of many mines
there and disehargins OF men Is not
oIto"sther in the .'bear' interest, but
as' 4 matter of economy, seeing that
more has been got OUT than can ot
milled to advantage N Ths pic pie Of
Ipn;iIins. Il seems, however, is reduced
From S5o last year to SIS, and it Is
urged That Sl2 will barely give q PRONE
t nsg The miner. In this case the average
of the ore must have fallen consider STs
ably. Nevertheless, Ieaso OILY
amount Of ore continues to DC 'ufneo
out"
DHyrse Ur.-The disgusting mud 50
nreyalent during the last three or four
daya Is fast drying up.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-31
Ann1vALs AND DEPARTURES.

Arrivals.
By WELLS, FARGO mi co.'s LINZ.
C a CLARK, J opie, F Bridal, 2 Reese, .
n Johnson, Mrs Langton, Mr. briggs n
two ladies, Mr. Davis, Judge Beatty. aeofgs
Nesdy, Mr. Burns, Miss Jsferi., J fops, n
O'Malley, Mrs Babeoek and child.
Departures.
BIT WELLS, FARGO AND co.'s INF
Mrs Blaokmore, Mr. Delano, F Walter, jas
McClancy, Frank Denver, Gee W Hopkins.
Charley Frank, Judge Haynes and wife, Dan
Boyle, Percy Smith, Ars Adams, = Baum, r
R Whitenbure, Jas Roberts. n K Boyd, Jno
Donahue, Mrs Pagan. c D Prstt, NJ Gar
rard, WI Ksyss, VIM Smith, Jos Marsh,
wife and child.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-03-19

becomes forest Of frnit and foliage; with
scarcely room to pass through the cool over
hanging arches. A banana or banana
patch is beautiful sight, with the stalks
aud their produce in all stages OF perfec.ion
the broad leaves waving in the breeze and
fanuiDg IN lazy repese, while the bodies of
The trees bend under their luscious burdens
an.i would often break down with the weight
except tiom lie ueighl-2rirg support There
are hundred or two of bsusnas on bunch
Ike grapes, and the benches are generally
Is much as q stout man can carry. They
should always BE- cut as som as the fruit is
matuced-5ut while the skin is yet green
and hung up in the shade to turn yellow.
which improves the favor l. takes about
year for stalks and fruit to mature from
the first planting, but then there is never
any more trouble with the crop-scarcely
any hoeing or working; no eulrure-ouly
''slay and eat. Certainly il is thegreatest
boon ever bestowed cn the INDECENT tropics.
A native swinging 10 his hammock, with
bunch ofripe bananas hanging in reach on
the one side aud a smouldering fle on the
other, ly which he may light his little cigar
without getting up, is most perfect picture
Of contentment.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-03-19
MONO LAKE-AN UsRlprLED SEA.


Mono Lake lies ten miles southwest Of
the dividing line between California and
Nevada, aud IS about fourteen miles long
and nine wide It has never been sounded.
but trial said to have been male with a
line Of three hundred feet aiicd to reach
bottom. By chemical analysis a gallon Of
the water, weighing eight pounds. was
found to eontsin 200 grain, Of solid nat
ter, consisting principally 81 chloride b O.
dun, carbonate Of soda, silpha,e Q. sods
borax aud silica
These substances render fhe wafer So
acid and uauseating thar Il is uait fo.
drinking or even bathing. Leather im-
mersed in it is soon destroyed by lis co-ro.
~ive properties, and no animal. not even a
ish or frog, can exist in the water fer more
than sbort time. The only thing allie 70
i've within or upon the waters of this lake
is species of fy, which, springing from
larve bred in It's bosom after an ephemesai
life, diss, aud, collecting On tue surfacp, Is
irifted 70 the shore, where the remains col
lcet in vast quantities, and are fed upon b.
the ducks or gathered by the Indians. with
whom they are . staple article of food.
Nesting under the eastern watershed Of
the Sierra, Mono lake receives several con
siderable tributaries; and although destitute
Of any outlet. such is the aridi;y Of the at
mosphere that it Is always kept at nearly a
uniform level By the process Of evaporation.
So dense and sluggish is he water rendered
through representation with various salts
and other foreign matter that only the
strongest winds raise a ripple on It's sur
face As the Sierra in this neighborhood
reaches nearly its greatest altitude, the
scenery about Mono Lake is varied aud
majestic some parts of it being at the same
rme marked by most cherries and desc
late aspect
The bitter and fatal waters Of this lake
render it literally a dead sea, and all It's
surroundings-wild, gloomy and forbidding
are suggestive of sterili,y and death.
The decomposing action Of the water i
,hown by its effect upon the bodies Of a com-
rany Of Indians, twenty or thirty in nun
Der, VINO, while seeking to escape from
pursuers, took refuge in the lake, where
they we're shot by their enemies, who left
them in the water In the course Of a few
weeks not vestige Of their bodies was tC
be seen, even the bones having been decom
posod by this powerful solvent NIinera
urio-itics abound in the neiehborEood O
Mono Lake, among which are uumberies,
! ilpositions in the shane ol inv niLe trees
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-03-19
SAVED BY A COMPASS AND A
FIREFLY.

In Mr. Parton's very interesting account
Of the Invention Of the Compass, in ON
Young FoLhs for February, Is the following
curious story told him by Lake ChampIain
boatman
He said he had been a prisoner for elev
en- months in Andersonvie during the late
war, and when he heard that General Sher-
man was at Atlanta. about two hundred and
forty miles distant, he and bis comrades de-
termined to try and escape, and make their
way thither One of them had an old fash
ioned watch with compass in the back of
it; and by this they expected to direct their
course, which was nearly northwest. But.
as they expected to travel only by night,
they resolved not to start until they could
get box Of matches, so as to be able to
strike light now and then, to look at their
compass. They delayed their departure for
six weeks, trying to get box of matches,
for the purchase Of which they gave one OF
heir negro friends their last Ave dollar bill
He could not buy box of matches fr
five dollars, nor for any other number Of
dollars, and so at last they made up then
minds TO start without them.
Assisted by their black friend. they 90,
away one afternoon, and lay hidden unit
late in the evening, when they started AZ s.
great pace through the woods, and camD
about midnight TO a road which seemed a.
60, as nearly as they could guess, ezacriy
northwest Seemed, | say; but il mjgh,
not, ans, il il did not, il would lead them
TO capture and death. The night was not
very dark, butthc stars were hidden hs
clouds; else the friendly North Star would
have guided them upon their way AHz
ious a they were to get on, they stood fn
several minutes comparing fecoiiections. snd
debated the sgc,sJ ar-tig.l upon f" islotI frl'
lives depended But, the more they talked
it over, the more uncertain they lccqnc;
and now they lit erly regretted their imFa
thence in coming away without matches
There were 4 great number Of fire iie,
flying about A lucky thought occurred 10
one Of them, the boatman who told Us the
story He caught a freny, snd taking il
between bis thumb and finger, held it owe,
his compass Imagine their JOY to fud TIA
the insect gave them plenty Of light for then
purpose; and imagine their ,till greater JOY
to discover that the read led straight to tb,
Union army. Eight nights Of travel
brought them safely TO II.
Admirable invention l often vonde,
that a thing so valuable can be so small, sim
pie, and cheap. Ii is nothing but needle,
a pivot, and a card, which you can buy ioI
half dollar, aud carry in your pocket, o.
dangle at the end of a watch chain. Yet
small and trifiDg as it Is, a ships company
that should find themselve in the middle Of
the Ocean without a compass would consid
er it a great favor to be allowed 70 buy one
Tor many thousand dollars
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-03-19

Cnder tie homely, humorous garb Of rustic
expression-in itself marYellously true 10
nature and illustrative Of Yankee character
politics and philosophy are discussed,
and opinions foreibly sustained or bitterly
safirized
-sAe Professor Of Literature in Harvard
INV rsily, Lowell Is renowned fer the
richness Of language aud humor Of tie
lectures which Il Is his task TO deliver TO
the senior class. All he characteristics Of
the elegant cholar aud the keen satifist ap-
pea in these diseour,es, lie is a
k4en lover Of letters, and has for them a
pare Intellectual affection lie is especially
f.miiar with English literature, aud with
the great French, German, and I,4lan
authors He Is master Of correct, eIe,
CANT. and forcitIe English, and seems to be
equally at home in prose and verse.
Like Dr. Holmes, Professor Lowell is N
the Prime Of vigorous and active manhood,
and has preserved the huoyancy and en-
thesia n Of his youth, alike in his person
ana 10 his uieutsi energies
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-03-19
ASSASSINATION BY AIR-GUNs.

TIE numerous instances Of finding men
prone upon the most public streets Of the
Eastern cities, injured, as BY bullet, al
though neither the victim nor any other
person had heard the discharge Of any
frearm, 50 far as could be ascertained, has
caused the suggestion to be made that air
guns have been brought into requisiriop.
According to the authorities, this IS
weapon resembling a musket, for the pur-
pose Of discharging missiles by means Of
compressed air. 1t consists Of lock stock,
barrel and ramrod The stock Is made hol
low, and provided with proper cocks for
filling it with compressed air by means of
force pump. Each lock is nothing but a
valve which lets in the barrel a portion Of
the air compressed in The stock, when the
trigger is pulled The gun is loaded with
waddpg and ball, in the ordinary way, and
the air suddenly introduced from the stock
propels it with a velocity proportional to
the square root of the degree of the com
preston Of the air
By this weapon a person may be killed at
distance Of sixty or eighty yards. Later
improvements give it propelling force
almost equal to the old fashioned musket.
Its chief advantage to criminals is its noise
less discharge. The victim may be singled
out in a crowd by a person standing con
cealed in an upper window, and if the aim
is accurate perforated by bullet, without
any chances Of detection, excepting those
indicated by angles and direction. Indeed,
the body might fall in such manner as to
indicate conditions entirely different from
those which are real Whether or not this
theory is correct, it is evident that the in
genuity of crime keeps pace with The most
approved detective methods.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-03-19
ENGLISH WOMEN Ar uomE.

a writer in the last number Of Harper
Monthly gives picture ofhome life among
be English working people that is %,
grateful to American notions Of women's
work
The inferior position of English women
is first apparent to a foreigner in variety
Of Httls details Returning from an early
morning ride, he notices the cottsgcs ofths
~. L:--- r--t-l- Is, tho raa8eidn Tho pn
men are up and about. making fires, carry
ng the Goals, opening the house, while the
men are stiIl snoring soundly. Ishould Iikt
20 see an American husband wait for his
wife, or an American son for his mother, tu
peiform these marutinal functions. If b.
we're not speedily bewiggod by his own
better half, q more serious punishment
would be adjudged him by 4 vigilance com
mi'tee of neightorirg housewives O.
breakfast is being prepared, and you notice
the women butteripg the bread so as to save
rheir lords and masters the slightest urnec
assary exeltion. An American husband
might eat dry bread forever if he were un-
willing to butter it himself Then you
catch sight Of woman on her knees lacius
or unlacing mans boots. So uenisl ser
vice would scandalize Inc lest American
wives Ifan Euglishmau wants pipe 1t Is
the woman who Glls it and hands him .
light; if his pot need roplcnisbing, it is the
woman who procures and pours out the ale;
if there be an errsHG 20 be done. its the
woman who trots of while the man ioaEs OF
rests at home In short, English women
Belonging to what are called the lower class
es are evidently the servants Of the men,
while in America the men are as evidently
he servants Of the woman, only the latter
service, being that Of the stronger to the
weaker, never seems Ike seryuvde even IN
he humblest families Tut takes the nob,er
.orm of politeuess, solicitude and duty
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-03-19
.No Room FOR LoAFFRs."

These words recently met our eyes as we
passed workshop. No room for loaf
ers. Sure enough, there is no room for
loaiers anywhere in this working world.
They are not wanted in the busy workshop,
nor in the editors sanctum; they are a
nuisance in the country store, splitting and
spewing about the stove, and at the post
office and street corners, are in everybody 5
way. They are forever out o. plaee-eXccpt
when in the a'mshouse or Jail a dead
weight upon society, they are a biGdrauce
and bore They form no part Of natures
plau; il abhoTs them, as it does a vacuum.
While all the world is going forward they
are standing still, or rather gliding imper
ceptibly backward into seedy yagabondism,
A loafer soon grows rusty. Il is only use
which keeps our faculties bright, aud the
idle man gets dull, stupid, s,ohd and muddy
headed
Yetsome Of these fellows seem to think
very well OF themselves. You will see them
strutying along the sunny side Of the Street,
loungiug at the corners, or hanging about
the doors Of the hotels, with fine clothes
upon their backs, and Z well satisfied smirk
upon their vacant couDteuances. The poor
creatures look upon poor working man as
being Of an nferirr order! No doubt the
drones affect 10 desl se the busy bee, until
they are driyen lr IA tie hive to starye,
while the workers feast III nthe honey. A
loafer setting him,e!f above the man who
Iabors with his hautsl Why, he is as far
beneath him as, in the order Of creation,
the sloth is beneath the common horse. a
young mechanic, in his working dress, and
with his tools in his hands, IS every way a
more agreeable object than the best dressed
loafer in existance. There IS always room
for him. Heis never out Of place, for he is
keeping step with the movement Of the uni
verse. He has an aim, purpose, and be
stands for something His faculties are
trained to use, and be is Of value 70 the
world for what he can DO. The skilled
workman Is to the idle man what the manu-
factured article is to to the raw material.
He has an additional value above that Of
mere manhood.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-03-19
BANANAS.

Any one who recoIlects the importance
assigned by the late Mr. Buckle TO bananas,
as an clement Of the food OF many will read
with interest the following extract we clip
from letter TO the Philadelphia Ledger,
from Brazil
The most wonderful production Of this
aud all tropical countries, in my estimation,
is the banana and It's synonym. the plan,ain.
We have half dozen varieties. each with
peculiar flavor and qualities Some grow
only eight or ten feet high, others twenty.
The stalks are from six to twelve inches
thick, but almost as soft and succulent as
celery, Each of them bears bunch of
bananas, aud only one, when it is cut down
with stroke Of the spade to secure the fruit
and give place TO other stalks; and so they
grow andripen perpetually all the year round.
A great Traveller has calculated that the
plainJain on one acre Of ground, will pro-
duce as much food as Que hundred and
thirty three acres Of wheat, or forty four Of
potatoes. This foJi he principal reliance
Of the poor an a luxury for all. 1t is good
raw. roasted, baked and Indeed in every
form: AMI IS equally relished by all domesti-
Gated fowls and animals which devour fruit,
leaves, stalks and all with great avidiiy. II
requires but single planting for lifetime;
putting in the ground a single sprout from
the banana patches at distance IF twenty
Of thirty feet from each other, aud on
goand that is aiway calculated 20 spare for
tue purpose, teeaase it is impossible to ex-
tirpate the root. The ono stock gives more
-spr,uging oar fiom tie sides 10 the ground
perpetuaIly, aud in few years covering the
intervening spaces, till the whole surface
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-03-19
2oftyp.
THE Fatal ARROW.
By ALICE cARY.
podru.
TIE FArAL ARRom.
By ALICE cARY.

My ather had fir-bairsd harvester
geaaed bsl.nd bim ia the barley land;
Aud there hetuta red rose "a my haud:
o cruel, biiliag leaves thosatyse leaves were!
II= uag 10 me iiule loyelotp lay,
Learned Of some bird; and while his sickle
swept
A5awart the shining stalks, my heart kept
Beafirg Tho tune up aitb him all tbe way.
One time we rested by a !impid stream.
Ger which the loosetougued willows
whispered lows
All blessed heui so long and long ago.
Il cometh back upon me ike dream.
Aud there he tald me, blushiug -ah mel
Otone tha, be could loye,-so young, so
fair,
Like mine the eolor Of her eyes and hair;
0 foolish heert Thought thar / vas she
Full flowed his manly beard; his eyes SO
brown
Made sweet confession with their tender
look;
thousand times kissed him ia the
brook,
Across The flowers with bashfal eyelids
down
Ard even yeti cannot hear the stir
Ofwi,lows by water butI stop,
Aud down the warm waves a.l h-ir length
drop
Ny empty arms, TO fad NY harvester.