, 1870-11-07
NEW YORK.
Prospects in the Several City Con
gressional Districts.
The Decline II, Gold ilnd Its Con-
Acqucnces.
Remarkable Shrinkage in the Price
of Real Estate.
Special peznateh to Tht Ch5caEo Tyih1ne.

GFfttA uf8R7Ith 70 4 hf If1c1Eo A13u3Ae-
TEE EENkRAl. AAKKkT5.
SKw YORK, Nov. k-Hepofts from all branches i
of the wholesale business II The city show the |
prevalence OF grea. apathy. There arc vers te~
strangers In town. Tne Eota1s are nut half full,
and tu1 two OF the theatves, DAYS amt knc oJm-
PIC, are psying expenses The election excite
1uent here ami elsewhere has something TO do
with this condition Of bi1air*. but the decline IN
gold, aud tie uncertain future abnut the var in
Europe. are still moe pa,eat In their influence
In the dtuhtful aspect Of Affairs, financially aud
fr,llt1ea II, merchant. aud apeculRt3sB are eau
illus sna fur the moment business Il v1Ftua11y
r4IalyZed.
REAL ESTATE.
Another very importan. cau,e Of Depression In
the geat17, markets here. is the remarkable
bh1tDka&e II the yaiue Ut real rs'ate, difference
compared with last year OF fu.ty 50 per GEN.
Hntdera OF property who b'ught At ntEa prizes
duliog the speculative period, unable 70 real
lZe for the amount Of thesr mortgages. The
transfers nrc very few. There nave b :en more.
fort closures Of mortgages this year tam Ia my
uther since IsGl The best business In the CITY Ii
believed to be that Of the brokers who negotiate
the reueWai Of mottEayea.
TER GINNING REJECTION.
There is great excitement over tho coming eEec-
ti0D, though the prospects OF trouble On election
day h9e very much Ies4ened. There i3 q
report that the Dcpu Aarshas arc Inst, nctssl tu
arrest nearly lftetn thousand people II they At
tempt to Tote, their uan"s and residence oe:nE
on the registry lists AMI not on the censu.
ennmerstora retutns. II this IL carried iaiN ef-
feet there mar he serious r1nsA The 'ntests in
| t}ronks' and Cox Con srrssonal DlstF1cts are
quite animated. George Wilkes has an e1ccl1ea'
chance OF bcating Brooks, there being strorg
alltl-TanmanJ- Democrat also tn the dIld. In thc
cux DAtslct all the free trade Republicans, head
cd By William Cullen BrJaat, are
| openly for Cox ami axa1ast Horace
Greeley. Tie young Democracy AID Republican
have stznng hope Of defeating Oakley I'LL fol
MlJor. The Democratic committee claim 70. .tot
majority tor Hoffman IN the city, while the Re.
1ul,licaps concele but so.Vo'. Senator CunEinv
Collector Murphy. atd Mt. G:ee1eg all expires.
| hore8 Of carrying tic state. The calculation |!
that with the Il, 900 new neRro Sofes. t3v0 fauns
Democracy, 20, ,4uH Tammany repeatcfs ffghsenct
I'll by the military preparations. snd tue dl.sats
faction among the German Democrats, tue De 10
cratic majority Of tsss year. which was only ~ oa
! will he wiped oui.
ITO the AEfociat4a prrs4,i
rHK COMING Observation-Disclosures
new Tukk, Nor. 6,-The cunning ce.'san is III
a9r It as ty ot
l1c'uutpg oce 81 lne Republicans Y the secoat
Congressional Dl=r1,cs. tn auppost OF Wa'tlax th'
Il Chsilsnaep, as WHICH Weos;er was .sIlou r,
uusttLtcliy. The IiH.ts ea,8 the United state:
Supe, vi.0is have found about nf'ren ttuus .as
i0s regular occaaauts 1t the houses fruu
which they IcxisteIed. Measss. uonxhna,
T,cknos. aua others, counse. M Il, o. tue - ptis
tlo1, have published m opinion as u, thr 20 er
which nay Le enercized by Federal Snpervt-o
I'd a s,r o.S ss, IN. s
to do u lth elcctlaLs except fJr ConKressInep, an
nave po authority 10 ctnbarra$s u"y citizen IL hl
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