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The New York herald., 1870-11-30

COPPER.The demand for ingot was fairly active the
market closed steady A. as9so zte Stock,
U0v lbs Lake and Baltimore at 22c cash. and 92c
22s4c. for December and January delivery. = n
Cocoa quiet and heardlOf no sales OF moment
but there was no change TO note in prices Ws quote
do, and Caracas lb5Sc. = $780,, do. I7 71''T -
CEMENT.-R -Rosendale was In good demand and steady
at 81 90.
CAEDLEs demand was withoat Improvement, being
entirely Of jobbtng Character prices however, ere with
alteration. We quote Western city adamanne
Nc. . l6c. sperm, SOc. and patent 40c.
meal ib 6es bushels wheat 10 $50 corn, S76 do
oas, 100 Oo DO barley 20 do and 9l0 do malt Ths
prices deprecated about loc bb The demand all
classes OF buyers WAS extremely light and sales were
confined TO about $500 bbs Southern -four was
dull and heavy the sales were 500 bbs Rye quiet
The New York herald., 1870-11-30
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS COURT.
Tow 10 acquire a simccnro In the Cnstom
House.
Before Commissioner Shields.

5F"w 10 acquire a Sinccnro In the CnstOm
House.
Before Commissioner Shields.
Tse Cntted states rs. charles b. Thelps.-The de-
fendant was yesterday arrested and brought up
charged with Illegally selling and otherwise dis
posing OF positions or trust in The Custom House.
fa'fich Golden, Of No yandewater street, la
1orer STATED, by aildast, that orr the 18th inst ne
icau an advertisement lr the HERALD onerIng a
sooo position 10 any party who could provide from
$500 to $500. He replied 10 this advert, ana
was instructed TO apply to Jonn ID. +. Voorhees, No.
l76 Broadway, room ~. Voorhees, informed MIN
tbat the position was that or deputy weigher of fhe
United States, and woHid be q permanent pos,t,oTI
~ long rs President Grant remained in oBce Ma
sobseoaehth SAW tbJ aclenaant Pbelps) nj
The New York herald., 1870-11-30

preferred. lls bid; Columbus. cnlcago ana indiana
Central. Is l8H. e 4ae s9 rr 8sas
HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES
The following table shows the highest and
lowest prices OF the leading stocks during the day
The New York herald., 1870-11-30
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
s-s,r'-s- 81 srs. *,

NJ Flour ss.
.s. sss I. 81: Nc
' 0.sts .ss: 7 SusSe. I'VE Barley
stock n store !h: morning was bushels ana peas
sw az LHg1%.ns: S yssG &c Gans e
Mil Feed To e Boston, IS e New York Albany, ns
i; Ss:, ;: a.: $: s
nfssai 'ss: s: .ss ss ..: is$
:ss mi Corn y' a J. ans m q
ass anna s.y Ca. Il a 70. snd .ssy s
ss: Il H'fs 81 ss y ss
20 .'fss go
sSS5 o s wha ssy G sos. S &C. S,
bSs aoa5 1000 bushels wheat $4,000 do corn. 1900 do
ral ses cLKvrIAsp Nov. q. 1870
lots.
hha IS - ES' fog eoa,nSn a ns to
fair to good. Bagging firm at 2sc
t,ft SAVANNAH, Nov. se, 1870.
ao..on qs,e o nrnl; mddings $780, sales, 400; net
n s'sss 1sssa rs @ is..
Barcelona; stock, l0l, $40
AN ENTERrRrsING W0MAN.-A real enterprislng
anu wlde-awake woman 10 bound to carry her peiDt
whenever her heart ID set upon 1t, whether the law
eI ine land allows her all the rights and privileges
which she ought to have or net. lady Of Erie,
Pa, with genuine determination in her character.
brought her rccreant lover to terms BY proceeding
tomewhat novel, but, all the circumstances consid-
ercd quite ustliiabe, and she made she machinery
OF the law aid in her plans too The young man, It
appears, had made up his mind 70 escape from the
meshes OF her Toe vigorous affections, and
20 resorted 10 the wicked expedient Of as.
pelsing her fame. He mistoox his woman
however for no sosner did she hear OF his proceed.
ings than she at once sued him for SANDER and had
him smut up In jail She tnen declared an armlstice,
and promised TO release him on condition he would
marry her and pay The costs. otherwise she would
Keep him prisoner as long az possible, and pursue
MIN to the utmost extent allowed by the law. This
seems very hard, but liberty Ii sweet and the van
qulshed youth accepted The terms Whether Le
Ealns MS liberty, however, Is question
The New York herald., 1870-11-30
SUPREME CouRT-reAl TERM.
Interesting Suit Touching the Transfer oi
Nfotl stock. fesly IN
Before Judge Van Brunt.

HotbgooT rs. Nt,c Je'sev Ztnc OonDanp.-This is
an action 10 recover damages against the defendant
for Its refusal permit the plaintiff to transfer into
his own name fifty shares Of the capital stock OF the
defendant, which was represented by certificates
which nad been issued in 1854 the name Of William
y. Mygs. Toe plaintlu proved that he had received
The New York herald., 1870-11-30

FOREIGN EXCHANGE WEAK.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-08-02

IT Nor 4 LADY LIKE OccUprIoS A
young woman whose father is hard
working laborer, with an income Of
twelve dollars per week, and who has
always had hard seruggle to make
"both ends meet, made this assertion
in reply to ono who advised her that il
was better for her to 80 into domestic
service where she would have three dol
lais a week and board, than it was for
her to work in shop" where her
earnings only averaged four dollars per
week
Lady-like ! What is it to be lady-likc 2
Is il not to struggle eonrageously with
the disabilities Of poverty or position
and overcome them by every honorable
means Is il not While preserving a
proper pride Of character and deport.
ment being independent ot exteme ST.
illness the crime We had almost called
il Of aping the habits the pursuits,
aud the dress Of those whose wealth
aud position in society can only justify
their expense and indulgence Is IL
lady-like to famish the soul and starye
the body for the sake alone of bearing
before the world the burden OF mani.
fest prctenceY Is it lady-like to deery
honest labor. the power to perform
which, satisfactorily, is one Of the high
est accomplishments poor girl cnn
boast OF Surely not What is there
IN the character q the domestic service
which reduces IFS status below that 81 a
shop gil, book-stiteher a miliiners Or
dreasmaker's assistant. or any other
respectable situation which young wo-
men illf Nothing, surely IL It as
honorable as necessary, aud requires
much more skill than either II there
is a prepohderance Of credit anywhere
il lies to the side u domestic service
aud il American women would only
forget their foolish and erroneous no
tions d ils lack q digulty as compared
with other occupations. they would
raise Il still higher than IT even nOw
stands, and aith is more efficient per
formabce better remuneration would
come notwithstanding ahat our yoaug
friend declared 70 he the contrary, Do.
mesiie service ia quite 80 iady-hke as
any common female occupation
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-08-02

NGyfR TOO LArE. How often do we
see men around us who have been dis.
couraged by financial reyerses, are
broken IN spirit, and declare that it is
no use to mako any further Efforts
that fortune IS against thom2 How
ofton do we meet people addicted to
bad habits who affirm that they are
too old TO break them of, that after no
many years Of indulgence il wonld be
impossible to give up this or that pleas
ure2 How often do we encounter in
dividuals who earnestly desire this or
that accomplishment but who argue
that they are too far along in years to
acquire it. II they were only little
younger they would lay hold and mas
ter IT, And yet all history affords H.
Iustrations Of the old adage that :" it is
never too late to mend II il never
too late to make a beginning. Smiles
tells US that Sir Henry Spelman did
not begin the study Of science until he
was between fifty and sixty years Of
age Franklin was fifty before he fully
1htiIbh hIGii tue hlhu1 VI HhhiDlhl
philosophy. Dryden and Scott we're
not known as authors until each was
in his fortieth year. Bocoaccio was
thirty-liye when be commenced his lit
erary career. Aller was forty-six
when lie began tho study Of Greek
DIR Arnold learned German at an ad.
yanced age FOR the purpose Of reading
Niebuhr in the original, and in like
manner james Watt, when about for
| ty, while working at his trade as in
strumeDt maker in Glasgow, learned
French, German aud Italian 10 enable
him to peruse the valuable works on
mechanical philosophy, which existed
in those languages. Thomas Scott was
ffty-six before be began 10 learn He
brew Robert Hall was once found
Iying upon tue floor raeked by pain,
learning Italian in his old age to ena-
bic him TO Judge Of the parallel drawn
by alaeauloy between Milton aud Dante.
Handel was forty-eight before he pub
lished any Of his great works Indeed
hundreds Of instances might be given
of men who struck ont in an entirely
different path and successfully ended
on new studies at comparatively adj
yanced time Of life.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-08-02

TmNrY lphs AGO Ii y only Us
booking back new aud then that wr can
i4rly measure The strides which the
world Is making in tho grand march "
human progress Thirty years ago, eu
the Eoarih 81 July tho Britannia
steamship, tho hrst 0i the nov famous
Cuuara line started on her inaagurtl
voyage across tho Atlantic The event
attracted little uolico then. not hall a.
much perhaps as the birth oi the royal
baby, but what immense significance
has il 10 day when w view the results
which have followed That lonely vessel
lretung the heayug bosom Of the deep
with the strange touch Of her swill
whirling wheels staining the air with
toe smoke Of her rude furnaces. aud
slowly struggling onward against wind
and current toward the distant port she
hardly hoped 10 reach, was the pioneer
race Of marine giants whose peaceful
victories have shed blessing aud 10.
nown upon mankind sueh as no war
can ever give The trackless three
thousand miles Of ocean. which then
required twenty-five or thirty days TO
traverse, even under the most favorable
circumstances, Is now narrowed down
to a more ferry across which swing with
the regularity Of pendulum q multi.
tudo Of magnificent steamers, any Cne
ot which might carry the Britannia mp
on her decks Europe aud America, then
SO far asunder are now close al enc au-
others doors, Snd their peoples, then
strangers and aliens, are welded into a
common brotherhood by the power Of
that element which Watt aud Fulton
snatchod from the erucihle Of natnro
aud fashioned into omnipotenoo Nine
days from New York to Liverpool, thus
man and bis works are TO be transport.
ed, but his thoughts may fit across
the same space IN as many seconds
| For down far down in the azure depths
of the sea is stretched little cord
scarce thicker than ones finger, and
over this submarine bridge the uimblo
footed lightning flies ceaselossly, bear
ing It's messages between the hemis-
| pheros, A whisper IN Rome, Vienna or
st. Petersburg hardly vibrates upon the
atmosphere, before the electie spiite
catches the sound and repeats il in New
York, ST. Louis and San Francisco.
What was q secret last night in the cab.
met Of kings, we read this morning at
our breakfast tables, and fling the sheet
down without thought of tho miracle
it contains We agree with the st Louis
Republican that we are all cosmopolites
now; n girdle has been put about the
earth Time and distance have been
annihllated, commerce has been royou-
tionzed, the hands of The clock of ages
have gone forward whole ora, and yet
It is only thirty years since the Britain
nia sailed on her first voyage, 50 much
fol the yigor OF tho nineteenth century,
Phil. Sunday Transcript
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-08-02

Rnoyiza TbprAnoy Roy, three
years old. was very fond u getting
matches to play with, which 50 fright
eued bis mother that she read him
l5ng lecture. hardly expecting any
good to result from il. That he remem.
bered it, however. VAS manifest, for be
ing in bis annt's room one day when
she was packing up to move, the match
sale, as usual, attracted bis longing eye
He lowered around Il long while, 1t
being within reach Of bis chubby hand
all tie while. At last be said
CudJy FOR cousin Ratel, you had
better pot that matchbox up. feel
just as If ! should be getting to work
gith il Pretty soon.
II Is needless to say that The brave
little fellows temptation was instantly
removed beyond bis reach
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-08-02

An old Farmer said 70 bis sons Boys
don you ever speckerlate, or wait FOR
suthin 10 turn up YoB might jast ss
well 20 an sit down on stone 10 the
middle Of a medder. with pail aiwixi
your legs, ia wait ior q eow 10 back Up
10 you 10 be mixed
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-08-02

Kaatiens. iu commenting upon the
present style of female eoitinre says
Il must bs 3 very poor s9ii that re-
quifes ~. much top dressing
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-08-02

A Minnesota preacher supplies nine
churches his circuit being no miles
long. Last year bis entire salary was
S209.o0
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-08-02
srhlsL SoFlCn
THE EQUINOX HOUSE.
IAi fhe ira = ht Elalsof
MANCHESTER, 81 NAY 4 issa
ofEs fsns ftAF 1s7 - aaT lev

TsFass isf 8ss fsaf 81 sis HerEs faia IuHt q 81
tt.s safirs htaA e fiaf uiafHs 81 ~ laer Week
9assssa. 81 tsssfd ias aeas asA Fsf 04T
taifess 81 mai y tsisfaisa
Fsf n.sslat rates O. 1siy $50 Aaeast
tse tsFf e Agia z, a'ta+
Ataa 8.A. fs aaAaeftss atffata aseafisais isb
ffHaks SIS
as es sssgs Asaat8 uess gup raH aea
tasfsaHe sFssiaa
E5sgf4s.E q aas6f - thf HsEtel-es
AaN hsatasaast hali Ia saFaa ragias f8f fkEatH
HaatA - oI.is|tsssa sse Affses. ~ ~ aFsA
M&sttrsssS n 81 enc fsass ~ Ma4#3 Eqalaass @A
talita aaH = Afs sfa saa - asiies sassih IS LHt
iea8 aE 80 1lssatas EttrastaH AHltFhsas ss sHaea
aasfh a 4fsf sss fsas a Hssfan fsinl,aa
a NsfieN sts5Nk ftE tg0M AFa orr % AAHsfF
tAs5at ftsf.r 8 FsFs ~ 3agFeFf
gbs saluusly Haqss . NJ hgasaass sssf 93fssaH I
iss sifst isas NaH3 2 iwiaB let $40 taH eafFtzse
Fosf saH - Eais fsAs1 e. g. essHst8e saseHaee
TfRF4 H0ta ss s5sskaa Hsf thf Hve avt " shaHts q
Ehe Aasss
Aeiassh i4gaest s3 lifaaaRA5 saa iassgaa ugf.gt
&rs Yes raAs iq Aeattssiss sac
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-08-02

Tfs ssisss nsa Etsssaaa1l. A. lsss ssssg isr
asselstas shags. pbsfssei l.eae Y ssi aasss sst
ss Aoes seaaaa Nas q Asass shEsana sasy b.
sosa y alassi1at i ~ 1etse.E nffssfaaA s.s4
e. tarslsf ssais 81 asaaisliufsfs' iftast -
CA fgENs8 s ta sasassfHs Yt
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-08-02
liOrEi-

Aaafhe-tG b 81 F,sDeaLua Proprietor
a. fhls long estsllsaliel Iloiel cantil.nes oTen
fit ths accommodation Il tlle taArehng pulflr-
TNffanisF AtieHtian given t0 ls1arlufs fr9iH
sistnad daybg the sawmef mf-aihs The puhiie
dasFsaars Hitherto literally etieadeJ Is rrspe, T.
a. atfK ealfe8tf4
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-08-02

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-12-31
New York Produce Market.

NEW YoRK, Dec. SO.
COTTON--sales 400 baless mid uplands l54
FLOUR--lSO00; state Jo5 GO65; round hoop Ohio
GI5 1850: western 533e 700; southern 62Ids,ij.
WHEAT-12t 900 bu; No. spring lisslt2}s new
No:2 do. l409l42, winter red and amber western,
li6G i49.
CoIlN-ll, 600; new mixed western, 76asO old,
OATS-state 2975 western 6OaGa@.
POkK-niess 20 u0n; Old, 1900.
BUTTER-West'n, i2a25; state 20a42.
WHISKEY-Western free, 81 4 695.
RICE-CarOina Ga al.
SUGAR-Porto Rico, 1913 ALL Muscovado los
II.
MOlASSES-N. O. 6s5t2.
SP'TS TURPENTINE is.
ROSlN-220 for strained.
PETRoLEUM-crude, l3, refined, 22', 92aN
TALLOW-SiS az.
LARD-steam, Ils{ qi3;i4 Kettle, -.
FREiGHTS TO LIVERPOOL - Cotton, J -lG9
I'D Hour -, wheat s.. tT
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-12-31
NEII,S RI MAIL.

The friends of eX-Ctoverno Murphy, nf Ar
kansas, are urging his claims for the senator
ship.
In the House OF the forty-second Congress
there will be ll3 new members, and / IL who
are in the present Congress. 40 far as cleo
tons have been held.
The internal revenue receipts from July
to October were more than one million more
than for the corresponding period OF last year.
The reduction of the public debt this month
will be about the same as the last. The
amount of interest paid on the first Of ,Ianury
coupons will reach thirty-two million dollars.
The Hudson river is closed to navigation
and the steamer Connecticut is aground near
Germantown, where she will probably remain
until spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-12-31
FROM PORTSMOUTH.

Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 80. Daniel Hill,
writer at the Navy Yard, had the order re-
yoked for his removal $50 lss
Chief Engineer David Macombis is ordered
to report at Brooklyn for duty on board the
U. S. steamer Tennessee for San Domingo.
There was 10 work in the construction de-
partment at the Navy Yard Saturday, and
work will be entirely suspended on Monday,
New Years.
Thermometer was at zero this morning.
There is no sleighing out of the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-12-31

The report that General McClellan's resi-
dence on Orange Mountain was destroyed by
fire is not true. The story was caused by the
burning of the woods in that vicinity.
Secretary Boutwell, has received note
from New York, signed Honesty inclosing
$40 as conscience money, and saying that it
is to supply the omission in the payment of
internal revenue taxes.
On Tuesday morning, at Richmond, Ind,
Mr.. Brofford, prominent shoe-dealer, was
shot by his sister-in- law, because she had
heard that he had been casting insinuations
upon the character and good name OF his own
wife.
Memorial tablets in honor of George WASH
ington and Robert 4. Lee, have been placed
upon either side of the chancel of Christ
Church, Alexandria, where the patriot and
the traitor worshiped when living.
Mrs. Belknap, wife of the Secretary of
War, died Thursday afternoon, after u brief
illness. and is sincerely regretted by her nu-
morous friends. She was a Kentuckian by
birth, and her personal appearance was en-
HANGED by her accomplishments.
Conflicting reports are received in Wash
ington regarding the recent election in Geor-
gia. friend of Gen. Bullock writes that in
the Districts where the election Appropriated
to fairness the Republicans made large gains.
In some locations the election was perfect
farce. the candidates being selected by mob
in defiance of law.
A meeting of the stock holders Of the Home
Insurance Company of New Haven was held
Thursday, and the following facts elected
The stock has never been over S400O00,
though nominally 81 900 900 The COMPANY
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-12-31
FROM HAVANA.
The Town of Socapa burned to the
ground.
Riot of Insurgents and Negroes.
Nine Persons Killed in the Mob.
FROM HAVANA.

Special TO n. Y. Herald.
On the 18th inst, 200 insurgents including
40 negroes, armed with cutlasses sacked and
burned Socapa, a fishing village opposite
Moro fortress at the mouth of the harbor.
They forced the small detachment Of defen-
ders to retreat and killed nine persons, in
Guiding two women. They decamped after
firing everything in the village. Moro fired
twice at the party, but Intellectually As
there were no boats to carry the troops over,
those which were sent to intercept the rebels
arrived to late. On entering the village they
found the corpses Of the victims partly baked
and in horrible condition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-12-31
SUMMIT MT. WASHINGTON.

Summit Mt. Washington, via. Li!tleton,
Dec. so. Observations were taken at Z p.
Nj. Barometre 23.344, change plus 3072.
Thermometre degrees above, change plus
degrees. Relative humidity col; wind
southwest. Velocity of wind IS miles per
nour. A calm and clear morning was fol
lowed by beautiful day. The photographers
added some more beautiful views to the large
collection of mountain scenery and frost
work. At p. NJ, we saw the head light OF
an engine on the Grand Trunk RAILROAD.
some 20 miles distance Lake Champlain,
the ocean and mountains in northern New
York, were plainly visible all day.
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New York Stock Market.

New YORK, Dec. so.
Marlposa,ils do. pfi 9ls: Canton Co. G7 Cum;
berIand Co., 81 Western Union Tel. Go ,45H;
boston Water Power IS 4; Adams TX. Co, CT
Wells, Fargo & Co., 3eL4 American Merchants I'm.
iS 10. s. Ex. Co, 81 \. Y; Central and Hudson
Rve, 9lH, do. Scrip, Sly; Erie, 28l, do pfd, 4Gis
Harlem, i3l do. pid, 1875 Reading, $50; Mich.
Central no Lake Shore and Michigan southern,
9l4 Illinois Central 1870 Cleveland & Pitsburg,
t05 ;Chicago & North Western AK do preferred
s2%; Chicago & Rock Island, 100 Mil. & st.Paul
55a4, do preferred, slil Toledo Wabash & West
erri 49, Toledo, Wabash 4 Western prefer ret,
go Pttsb,rg n Fort Wayne Q. Ierre Hante,
Is do. ptd. - ; Alton, III do. prefd. 1Iti4 !;
Ohio and Miss. -Sis Boston, Hartford X Erie, 2
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FROM BOSTON.

Boston. Dec. 80. Chas. Il. jenkins was
nominated Chairman of the Board of Alder
men, and Matthias Rich, President of the
Common Council for the ensuing year, at the
Caucus of the Boston City Government elect
held to-day.
John Monroe, the Stoughton murderer, is
rapidly failing from the wound received at
his CAPTURE. and depression of spirits.