, 1872-10-16
NEW YORK.,

remaining performances Of the week will Justify.
NEW YORK.
Special Despatch to The Chicago TJi6unA
sTocKs.
New YoRK, Oct. 15.-The stock market to-day
vas excited, with wide and frequent fluctuations.
The advance in prices early in the day ranged
from q tod per cent, Panama, Wabash, and Erie
being the strongest. The 6rst-named rose from
143 to 147 Wabash from ~ to tx, and Erie
from so to 523}G. Western Union fuctuated be-
tween 7715 and 7619 Northwestern, New York
Central, Lake Shore, ohios, Rock Island, and
c. G. & I. G. each advanced about 1 per cent.
Tho other fluctuations during the morning were
Il to 9< per cent. Late in the afternoon, and
after s p, M, the market became weak
under realizations, and declined / to ~ per
cent in leading speculative stocks. There Was
considerable pressure to sell for q time, chiefly
in those stocks most prominent in the upward
movement earlier in the day. In the final deal
ings the market rallied from Il to / Per cent
from the lowest point of the afternoon, but was
unsettled.
very easy for call loans, and closed at to S per
cent. It was currently reported to-day tina
0O@A1ta4S AOUtnG1 44aA aA6a44 .45Hue4 ADDUt
$1,000, 900 Of the 94, 600, 900 legal tenders con-
tracted by Secretary McCulloch.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
weaker in the morning, but cloacd with q frmer
feeling at 1885 to 10sN for 60 days, and u016
to 11oh for sight. The asking rates OF bankers
are still 1o8X and 1905.
GOLD
dull and steady throughout ut 11255S to 1l21ss. =.
GOVERNMENT BONDS
quiet aud steady. Central Pacific bonds closed
at 9916@99N Union Pacific tirsts 8s@s81 !;
land grants, 8636@S7; incomes, 8011S@s0A.
BnEADsTuFFs
Flour quiet; low grades firm; medium grades
irregular, and better grades firm and fairly
active; good superfne and No. in
fair demand and firm. At the close
the market was better and more active
and fairly active for high grades. Holders Of
wheat we're disposed to meet the demand
promptly. Shippers hold back, and millers
operate sparingly. Choice wheat much wanted.
The market closes firm for good spring, and
heavy for common; demand chiefly for export
PROVISIONS.
Pork fairly active and firm for future delivery.
Sales of 1000 brls meag, seller this month, at
$1455; 500 brls, seller this month, at s14.55;
$50 brls, seller November, at $14.50. Cut meats
firm and in fair demand. Bacon plenty and
firm; demand Light. Lard easier, and quiet at
the close.
ITO The Associated Presa]
THE B1ENy1LLE INVESTIGATION.
NEW YoRK, Oct. 15.-The investigation into
the circumstances attending the loss Of the
steamer Bienvi11e, is being continued. It WAS
deposed that o number OF boxes Of arms and
ammunition we're atored on board with the
character Of the goods marked on each package.
Counsel for Mrs. Davidson, OF Philadelphia,
daughter Of Mrs. Bishop whose will is in contest,
objected to the diBcontinuance of the suit to-
day, on application Of Mrs. Johnston, another
daughter, on the ground that they desired q
Mrs. Bishop was sister Of Matilda Heron.
RELIGIOUS PRESCRIPTION.
Doctor MoI1nonieIe, Resident Physician Of
the Brooklyn Homeopathic Hospital, has been
that be is Roman Catholic. Six of the eight
physicians attached to the institution have, in
Consequence, resigned, and Henry Ward Bescher
has uttered an indignant protest against the act
OF the managers.
Counsel for Tweed moved to quash the indict-
ment in tbs Oyer and Te1miner Court, on the
ground that, under the statute, the other indict-
ments superseded these in this Court, and also
Rseaqse ct Irregularities and DEFECTS It, IN them
make reply, which was granted.
AURoRAL.
Early last evening there WAS e. magnificent
aurorA display, which first appeared in the
the whole aky from west to east. The color WAS
OF q deep crimson. The spectacle attracted
thousands to the streets.
RESULT OF FRAcAs.
4 few days ago Dempsey, Clerk to the Assist
ant Board OF Aldermen, in fracas, beat q
a. bAG11In yh0Ea fifa Ia al yrua
deBpaired Of.
REORGANIZATION.
Comstock, foreman OF the famous anti-ring
4cm one Il 5sReS se to amvsS tbat Sa
demand for intormation as to Irregularities in
the Grand jury room is an insult, and evidently
made in the hope that a bribe proportionate to
The amount stolen by Tweed would procure the
required information.
It is now stated that Tom Fields went to Ha-
yana on Thursday, to avoid the consequences Of
his trial.
In the Oyer and Terniner, to-day, Judge Brady
denied q postponement Of the trial Of Field, and
fixed his case for the 20th instant. Fields coun-
ael admitted that his client had left the city.
MARINE.
Arived-The Schmidt, from Bremen, the |
steamship Silesia, from Hamburg. and the Amer
can, from Bremen.
ing to Mr. Froude Among those present we're !
Rev. Doctors Bellows, Potter, Beecher, Chaplin |
Ind schenck, R. ". Emerson, George ": Cur
is, William Cullen Bryant, Professor
Woolsey, Of Yale; Professor Gnyot, of |
Parke Goodwin, George Il. childs,
md Robert Hoe who made short addresses. Mr. |
Curtis presided. Froude, in his remarks, e1~
planned the object Of his visit to be to contrib
1te to the formation OF public opinion in this
country regarding the relations between Eng !
and and ireland.
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