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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-24

NAVAL oTohEs.-lHe marker Tor SPIRITS turpcntine
ard Ro aGs w saifs of Ss
% linz ias' Sss 50 .ss "a
for washington or Wimn s Sal' anu nominal AZ
QLs-The market for linseed remained steady under
%Sae
au say a.
6Ss for choice light
showed considerable more life, but about former prices
IN ssR Sas 3 ssa Il Saas
S Sass Il aas 81. ssaay
steady quoted as IS ~ the ana Is ths
nominal g Sh for rsmander Later hear
sales in New York were yariousiy estimated at from
early Nay de GS al AT &c Tor remainder Of month and
and %
IA kegs The market Tor mess pork was decidedly frmer
SIS 8 aI IN 81 sr ss ass 81 ss
% and in fair sales late Yesterday and
Dressed hogs We're e S easier and u quiet
Sssifs d ana So sea s s h hs
range Of ssa sl for mess $40 ss for extra mess SIS
fs for mess prime s%s we're Saa STEADY SO
s$M Cut meats-Ths market was generally quiet but
ssted shoulder; quote smoked hams i0S
1900 teress for May eSc-, tieIces for june
with sales Of $50 terces. Some sellers were holding II
marke. for domestic continues dun na and
We note sales Of 20 erces Carolina sc ec 200 bag
SrEARINn was In better demand and firm We hear Of
sales Of $50 tierces choice a. gAc -,
nominal About former prices current Glover wa
also dull and nominal at previous prices; 49,,
we firm and not disposed to force sales We hear
sales Of 3l hhds refining at Sac Sac; 100 hhds cen
triiuga a. sc ~ hhds meados ss and LOO hhds re-
demand and steady. We quote Capitalization to com
refining 74c &C.; fair to good tair refining, sac
esn if ihds and boxes &C. oasses
Vana Aa ess Dutch Standard Nos do
10 to u Se g4c do l3 to - s,se io9c do - to 49,
a lf5sc Porto Rico-Common TO prime refining, &C. q
8alc fair choice grocery, s7Sc loo Brazil-Duch
Ss e No a. @ ana ea
superior, ne as'c New Orleans Refining grades 7c
grocery dol SIC loG ,r a.mora for tho homo
former prices sales-275 hhds Kentucky &C. ic 900
15c for filters and 25c &c. for seconds 81 cases new
crop State Mt loc $50 do. Pennsyvana, I5c l6c
sl4c 9lsc 100 eases old crop sundres zoe. 4Oc. loo
bales Havana, 95c. a 81 o.
1000 lbs city at 9c and 10000 lbs of common and good
outside at &C. a &C., packages free.
three days but the pending tariff question s has an in
uence trade, and parties slow to purchase until
i IS ssheq in a" Te % since
last have been7OW lbs English noils, 74c 5000 lbs
%s s k@ l%ahed p5 ST bales ueno
Ayres sheep skins, Ss5c; 70 bales Cape 47c IS bale
WnIskEY~Receipts, AS bills The market was frmer
with sales OF 3UO bbs at S91ac. q Wc
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-24

delivery bas low mddlin the sales have been fol
lows Sales last evening" after three r. M-April 200 at
q i56c short notice. 400 23c (regular 100 zsc
9hort nouce) May 800 at q Bloc, 300 at 23lSc I0gat
100 at sc: July loo at y isl6e 200 al sc. sepism
1910. Exchangelac paid to exchange 500 May for 500
June Total, 1000 bales Sales to-day up to three M
short notice. 100 at Sc Short notice., 100 at
sc June 100 at % l6c 800 al 3ssc 200 at 9 s6c 100
at 23,lc 500 at q 9l6c, 100 2s5c July LOO at 2ssc
q Y3l6c.; September 400 at &c; October 200 2o'sc
Change loo April for 100 June s,l6c' paid to ex-
change 100 May. for 100 June Total, $3.50 bales
foot up thus Galveston Io2 bales New Orleans $3.50;
Mobile "a sayann ma Charleston c Mo WI WHINING
ton, i59 Total 799 This day last week 9,s7 This day
nominal as follows-To Liverpool, by steam, &c; by
sail, sl6d TO Hayre, BY steam, Ac, gold sail c. TO
Bremen, by steam, gold, compressed sail, &c. TO
Baltic ports, by SAIL &c lc god to Mediterranean
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-24
THE sUB-TEAsURY REPORT

BOUTWELLS RESOURCES
The following are the Treasury balances at the
close OF business to-day currency, s9,0oo,O 900;
Coin, s12s, 100000, of which s26,sOo,ooo are coin
certificates.
SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-24
CLOSING PROCESS O'CLOCK P. M.


Cotton Market Dull and Easier-Re-
ceipts at tho Ports 4,700 Bales
Flour Firmer-Wheat Easier-Corn
Better-Oats Firmer-P0rk Beforehand
Firmer-Spirits Turpentine Dull and
L0wcr-W00l Quiet-Whiskey Higher.
TUESDAY, April 22-6P. M.
AsHEs.-The demand for pots continued moderate, and
sales made at former prices. Pearls
and entirely nominal. We quote Pots 81 rs So 25
BUILDING MATE RIALs.-There has been decided i'm
provement In the demand for brick, but we have
teria change to note in prices We quote PALE
tono, 81 $751; Philadelphia 'front.' from yard, $40 So
for Rockland common and 81 Is for do. lump Cement
quiet and unchanged, quoted at 81 70 per Dbl for
Rosendae. Laths steady at So for Eastern spruce
CANDLEs.-The market was quiet and unchanged. We
quote Sperm 3Sc patent do, 43c 44c stearc, 2Sc
29c. parafnc, 26c. u 26c.; adamantine, l9c. 1Oc
COFFEE remained duh and entirely nominal. Messrs.
Arden White report the stock of Santos and Rio in the
United States foows-New York. 920 bags Balti-
more 5000 bags New Orleans IL $50 bags Mobile 1855
bags. Total 26S 9S bags We quote :-Cargoes Rio ordi
nary Ike lc.; do. fair l5c l514c do good 51ac
l5a4c do prime l6lac., gold, in bond sixty days;
Maracaibo, lSc a l91ac; Laguayra, lSc DOC. St. Do
mingo Din bond l3c. Java, &c 2Sc., gold duty paid
CorroS continued dull and heavy and prices declined
quotations. For forward delivery fair business
progress but lower prices the market closing
decline of 1sc. per h. The sales 'Change up
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-24

800 Morris a Essex RR. 8
~ do. WA
200 Chic a RIRR b &C 1l355s
~ Pitts, FtW X C.gtd. W
80 Del, Lack 4 w RR. lU9h
loo st Louis 4 l N RR.. @n
100 Han 4 st 10 RR. -. asa
100 do. 43I
80 Mar 4 Gin LIST pref. 23H
II Chic, Bur 4 Quin. l32
300 G, q 4 l q RR. ..s3 80
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-08
The Blood Of the Earth.

If, as some say, iron is the bone of the
earth, then water is the blood-the
ceaseless ebb end flow, the endless
evaporation and return, corresponding
to the throb and pulse of the human
heart and its life blood. The very air,
even when crisp and dry, has one-fifth
per cent. OF moisture in it, and without
water the whole earth, Himalayas and
and Andes included, would be but a
handful of dust, a gigantic heap of dry
powder, on which not even the most
rudimentary lichen would exist. The
ancients built affairs to Diana and wor.
shipped the mother Moon. For Diana
and the Moon emblemized the water
principle, without which Nature would
have no plastic force. and the fair earth
no form, no life, no loneliness.
Without water not only the oceans
would dry up, but the rivers, streams
and brooks which course through all
the lands, would present the appearance
of driedu burrows; the little brooks
would cease to purl and murmur. Trees,
plants, vegetables of every kind would
be utterly destroy ed losing the water
which they contain, they would lose
both their sap and their life-the noblest
trees of our forest would be transformed
into confused heap Of shapeless dust.
The air, deprived of vapor and of the
clouds which float in it, would no longer
present the magnificent spectacles
which result from the play Of light
the sun would no longer, as he sets,
tinge the massive banks of clouds with
crimson and gold the entire surface of
the globe would present terrible pic
ture of desolation, and with the disap-
pearance Of water all organic life would
perish" The Wonders Of Water" Charles
,Scribner d Co.. New York.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-08

Tho pales of glass in one of the store
windows of Lexington, KY, are large
and fine solid plate. The frost was very
heavy upon them one day last week.
The frozen moisture on the inside
offered an inducement to clerk of an
artistic turn, and, taking his scissors, he
cut through the thin coating Of ice on
the glass, and traced out a railroad
bridge with cars. The etching remained
for day or two, perhaps more, the sun
shining full upon it every morning.
The window was thoroughly cleaned
by the store porter several times after
the disappearance of the frost; and yet,
when the frost reappeared on the win
dow,-more than week after the first
sketch was made,-there was the bridge
as plain and as clearly outlined on the
glass as the first day. There is no mark
whatever on the glass, and the etching
was done with smooth.pointed instru.
ment.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-08
The Blessings Of To-day.

Strange we never prize the music
Till the sweei-voiced birds have flown:
Strange that we should slight the vioiets
Till the lovely flowers are gone;
Strange that Summer skies and sunshine
Never seem one-half 20 fair
As when Winters snowy pinions
Shake the white down in the air.
Lips from which the seal Of silence
None but God can roll away.
Never blossomed in such beauty
As adorns the mouth to-day.
And sweet words that freight our memory
With their beautiful perfume,
Come to US in sweet er accents
Through the portals Of the tomb.
Let us gather up the sunbeams
Lying all around our path;
Let US keep the wheat and roses.
Casting out the thorns and chat;
Let US find our sweetest comfort
In the blessings Of to-day.
With patient hand removing
All the briars from our way.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-08
Our Idle Beauties.

An English trave writes: l can
assure you that, having lived in differ
ent castles and manor-houses of Great
Britain, and been accustomed to the in.
dustrious habits of duchesses and count
esses, was utterly astonished at the
idleness of American fine ladies No
English woman Of rank with the ex-
ception of few parvenues) from the
Queen downward, would remain for one
halfhour unemployed, or sit in rock
ing.chair, unless seriously i'll. They
almost all with hardly an exception
copy the letters of business OF their
husbands, fathers or brothers; attend
minutely to the wants of the poor
around them, and even take part in
their amusements, and sympathize with
their sorrows visit and superintend the
schools work in their own gardens; see
to their household concerns; think
about their visitors; look over the
weekly accounts not only of domestic
expenses, but often those of the farm
and the estate; manage penny clubs in
conjunction with the working classes,
to help them to keep themselves; and
with all these occupations. by early
hours, they keep up their acquaintance
with the literature and politics Of the
day, and cultivate the accomplishments
of music and drawing, and often &C.
quire besides some knowledge of scien-
tifc pursuits. The late Marchioness of
Lansdowne was so we'll acquainted with
the cottagers in her neighborhood that
she used to visit and look at the corpses
of the dead, because she found that her
doing so soothed and comforted the
bereaved. l have known her to shut
herself up with a mad woman in her
poor dwelling, who used to lock the
door, and could not be induced to ad-
init any one else. Lady Lansdowne's
only daughter used once one hundred
guineas (given her by her father.inlaw,
Lord Suffolk, to buy bracelet), to build
pigsties, with his permission, at her
husbands little country residence. She
educates her own children without as
misunderstanding the boys Latin, and
the girls all the usual branches of edu-
cation. The late Duchess of Bedford, /
accidentally discovered when on visit
to Woburn, had, for thirty years of her
life, risen at six O'Clock, sum.
mer and winter, lit her own fire, made
some tea for the Duke and herself, and
then, as he wrote his own letters of
business, she copied them, and they
came down to a large party of guests at
ten o'clock, to dispense breakfast, with
out saying one word of their matutinary
avocations; so that you might have been
4 visitor in the house without finding
put that the Duke and Duchess had
the necessary business of the
iay-before, perhaps, you had risen
rather mention those that are gone to
their reward than write Of women still
US; but you may believe me
when / say that am constantly amongst
hose who live such lives of energy and
but they so employ them
'elves without ostentation, or an idea
hat they are doing more than their
imple duty,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-08
An Unworthy Descendant Of q Brave
Man.

The average American looks with q
vast contempt on the wretched Euro.
pean who boasts Of his long line Of dis
tinguished ancestors. 1t is only when
we can utilize ours, by turning their
memory into cash, that we ever allow
ourselves to refer to them. A good in
stance of this curious blending Of senti-
ment and shrewdness may be found in
petition just presented to Congress by
the remote descendants of Sergeant
John Champe. After Arnold had made
good his escape, and Andre was lying
under sentence Of death, Sergeant
Champe was detailed to enter the Brit
ish army, and try to carry off the traitor,
in order that be, and not his victim,
might suffer for his crimes. The plot
failed. Andre was hung. Champe re.
deserted, and was given an honorable
discharge from the American army, lest
he should be captured by the British,
and hung as a spy. Nearly hundred
years later, q remote descendent, whose
sole claim to distinction is that he
deigned to be born of mother who
had flowing in her veins little Of the
Champe blood, asks Congress to grant
him some land as a reward of merit.
We trust that the impertinent request
will be promptly denied, and the remote
descendent taught that his ancestors
bravery does not authorize his begging.
Tribune. tH4fiA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-08

On my darling's rosy cheek
A tear. delaying. seemed TO say
And would have said. II tear could speak
-" How shall ever get away"
For on that bright and velvet ground.
As yet untouched by tune or care.
No track. no furrow could be found.
And so perforce IL fingered there.
As dewdrop in the shining light
OF joyous summers golden ray
viii fade and die on roseleaf bright,
And sink in gladness quite away.
So gently died my darling's tear
by smiles and dimples ch ased away,
With no more thought Of grief or fear
Than dewdrop has Of winters day.
Dublin University Macasise.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-08

In the DTltlSn MuSeums
BIT JULIA X. AYAGNes.
Where am 1. Is this Nineveh.
And the world but just begun
Or is il in the millennial dav.
All ages blent in one?
More favored We than spirits!
They lived so long TO sec
The changes Of our Wonder World.
While in an instant we
Can pass from Greece to Babylon.
Or linger by the Nile,.
Or shiver through this Arctic zone.
Beyond the suns good smile.
What need Of future journcying
Here is the World in small
From Latium to America.
The distance Of halll
Yet of these miracles the best
Was wrought by cruel theft:
And so wei leave thee. greedy Isle.
To seek the land bereft!
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-08

WIN no more tuOuRut OF kF1ef or lear
Than dewdrop has Of winters day.
Dublin University Macasins.
Current Items.
The Pacific Hotel, in Chicago, is to be
finished about New Years. at cost Of
Sl,O0O,0O0.
FIFrYsIx bales of Illinois-raised cot
ton were shipped from Dongola few
days since.
TREASURER SPINNER's conscience fund
now amounts to $4,000, and is con-
stantly increasing.
The ancient village of Cahokia, ILL.,,
after waiting patiently for nearly 200
years, has at last got Poet Office.
LEnIGa COUNTY, Pa, has the largest
stationary engine, and longest and high
est iron railroad bridge in the world.
PHOTOGRAPHS of Evaline Park, the
only survivor of the Clark county, Ind,
butchery, are to be placed on sale 70
her benefit.
THE English expedition to search in
the interior of Africa for DR.. Living.
stone has left London, the necessary
funds having been subscribed to defray
its expenses.
AN honest country parson, in the
time of great drouth, who was desired
to pray for rain, answered.: "I'll will.
ingly do it to oblige you, but it is to no
purpose while the wind is in this quar-
teri
Mrs. LEIBY, of the town of Dale,
Wis, retired one night recently, taking
her infant with her, which was appar.
emily perfectly we'll. When she awoks
in the morning she found the child dead
in her arms.
REVERSIBLE CLOTHES" are being in
troduced into the market. A refined
gentleman of New York says that he
never really knew what clean linen was
until he obtained shirt which he turns
once week.
THE Racine wis. journal says: " For
the first time within the memory of the
oldest inhabitant, Lake Michigan is
frozen over as far as the eye can reach
the ice being from four to eight inches
in thickness.
A CAplz. Wis.,, girl came near being
offered on the alter of jute, a few nights
since. Her switch took fire at candle,
and she was only saved in having the
blazing appurtenance jerked from her
head by bystander.
COP loveth a cheerful giver. In the
pocket of pair of relief pantaloons
recently given out by the Grand Rapids
committee, was the following note:
"There, take 'em, d. you; last pair
I've got don't get burned out again."
A CARPET BAG was picked up in the
street, at st. Paul, on Thursday last,
which contained beautiful female in
FAINT about two weeks old. The child
was rather richly dressed, and had an
abundance Of clothing and other neces-
saries. 1t was squealing Justify when
found.
TIE editor OF the Kansas City Bulletin
had all of his editorial copy stolen the
other night. The thief is believed to
have been reader of his journal, and
was actuated by conscientious motives.
If the man is captured, his jury will
probably return a verdict Of justiiable
MAN in Utica, N. Y, who killed an.
other in drunken brawl, has been sen
fenced to Auburn Prison for four years,
rs guilty Of manslaughter in the third
degree; while schoolmate Of his has
been sentenced by the same Court to
The same prison for five years for steal.
ing pair of shoes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-08

host and his grandchild but at the
death of the former took charge OF the
boy. He is now my partner and the
husband of my daughter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-08

An Irish washerwoman named
O'Reilly was picked up drunk in st.
Louis, on Tuesday night, and an exam
ination of her clothing showed that she
had about 81, 900 concealed on her per.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-08

the error, and no doubt was entertained
but that the missing money was with
me. Whether / should have had the
face TO withstand the imputation, even
with the apparently undisturbed con.
dition of the envelope in my favor, is
more than can say, but doubt it.
But the notes, in pursuance of pre-.
caution, still in use in some banks, were
payable to the order of one of the
clerks, and had not been Endorsed by
him. l could not, therefore, have used
them, or il so, they could have been
traced back to me. l found, also, that
the numbers had been carefully ascer.
tanned of all had taken with me, and
thus another chance of detection exist
ed. What an escape!
Upon returning and entering the
counting room / handed the surplus
back to my senior, with feeling some.
what of pride, but mixed up with other
feelings not easily described.
Ny precaution of having the money
opened by the agent in my presence was
highly commended, and the possibility
Of his Incorporating the undue
very little personal knowl.
edge of him was possessed by the
frm-was duly discussed. What was
said on this point brought bushes to
my cheeks.
In course Of time my senior account
ant was taken into the firm. Iwls put
in his position, and with his salary, |
saved money, finally got into business
on my own account, and am now, as you
know, rich. never forgot my former
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-29
THE LATEST NEWS.

The Massachusetts Republican Con.
vention will be held at Worcester on the
2sth August,
Stanley Is expected at London to.
morrow.
daniel Chase, "a prominent merchant
died Friday at Baltimore.
Postmaster General Creswell has
gone to Michigan, where he will make
speeches in reply to ex.Gov. Blair.
Christine Nilsson was married in
London Saturday morning.
The Nicaraguan exploring exnedi.
ton, who have arrived in New York re.
port the construction of canal "a be
very impracucable.
The German band sailed for homo by
the Bremen steamer Saturday.
Tho doorway of the rooms Of the
United States and Mexican Commission al
washington is draped in mourning in re.
spect to the memory Of Juarez.
"A circular will soon be issued calling
an Irish Republican National Convention
10 meet at Philadelphia the middle of
September in the interest of Grant and
Wilson. ~"
Edward +. Foster, editor of the ORA.
matte NesoS, died at Boston Saturday even.
ing Of heart disease.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-29

THE Republican Congress Convention
at Piedmont, on the 95th, adopted the
following resolution, offered by Mr.. su1NN,
OF the Vest Nt'yinian!:
ReSoIged, That we, the representatives
OF the Republican party Of the I'd Con.
gressional District, tender Hon. ]. G.
McGrew, our present efficient Represen.
taliVe, our unanimous expression Of con.
tdence and esteem, and that we heartily
endorse his course as such Representa-.
tive. And be 1t further resolved, That
Mr.. McGrew deserves the gratitude of the
Republican party Tor his integrity and the
ability which has marked lis course in
the interests Of his constituents.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-29
The Geneva Arbitration.

GENEVA, July 27.-The recent inter,
ruption in the sittings Of the Board Of
Arbitration occurred through necessary
re'examinStion of the English law, on
questions regarding the construction Of
priVateering vessels in British ports, and
also the investigation as to whether the
British Admiralty used sufficient diligence
In preventing these vessels from going to
sea. OF the four cases advanced the
English repudiates three and in the fourth
she contends that the Admiralty acted
promptly, although the police hesitated to
take proper steps TO prevent her dcpar.
ture. The court is also considering the
question Of allowing interest on the
amounts awarded. II is stated that the
Board are unlavorable to such allowance.
1t is regarded as probable that after
careful investigation of each case the Tri.
bunal will fix the amount of indemnity 10
be paid by England in a gross sum. Chas.
Francis Adams preserves a firm attitude
in maintaing the claims of the United
States. The Conciliatory disposition uni
versally manifested by the American rep.
resentatives commands much admiration,
as also does,their assiduOus labor in behalf
OF their cases.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-29
The Barnard Imneachmen,.

SARATOGA, July 27.-In the Barnard
trial to-day Thos. G. Sherwood testified
that at the time OF the election of the
New York Pier Warehouse Directors,
he was released from an order of ar.
rest made by Barnard on his (Barnard)
learning that certain stock stood in the
name Of Ancel Packer. Fred. Lane op.
posed the release.
Chas. Tracy, counsel on the part of the
Union Pacific railroad in the suit brought
against that company by Fisk, testified
that Judge Barnard issued an order di.
recting the Receiver, VIM. N. Tweed,
Jr, to break open the safe ofthc company
and take possession of the bonds, though
the witness told the Judge the case had
been removed to the United States Court,
out of his juri sdiction, but he paid no at.
tention to the statement.
New YORK, July 28.-ssratoga letters
state that Barnard's impeachment trial
will probably be concluded in q week.
Barnard had been on the witness stand
during the week, as well also Thomas G.
Durant, and Stokes, the murderer of
Fisk.