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with the exception OF Northwestern. and when
their messenger came, down from Court with the
arrest. they commenced fearful onslaught on
Northwestern, thinking everything was all right,
and expecting % o. course % 20 break mo AZ neces,
the market. creating panic, in Which they would
cover these short sales ct q large profit.
HERALD REPREsENTATIvE-H0wd did y0u act when
you found the turn things had takenf
jar G0ULD-I simply stood my ground and took
all they wanted 70 SELL
HERALD RBPREsENTATIvE-Hew do you think
Uncle Daniel has come out OF this little nutter In
Northwestern Did he cover all his shorts to-day 2
When the bear clique found things did not work
they made scramble to get back their stock, and
as there was no stock to sell this maneuyre re.
suited in the quick jump the stock took When
lett Wall street to go up to the Sherin's ONCE to
give my bal the stock was at los. and when ! got
probably, has covered half his shorts.
HERALD REPREsRETATIvE-Is 1t true that Mr..
Trayers Is numbered among the shorn lambs OF the
flock
JAY GoULD-Yes, ne stepped up to the captains
ONCE and settled His sales made ut 30 will proba-
bly, cover about 166.
HERALD REpREsENrATIvE-How viii the smaller
operators get out 2 This sudden rise will probably
break some OF them, will it not
l settled with them according to their ability to
pay 80 IS not to Interfere with their credit or their
HERALD RspRxsENrAr,vr-The said down the
street this afternoon that Henry Smith had not vet
msas & saA attempt TO cover his shorts; Is that SO,
JAY GouLD-Ko; he has not covered yet, and
there are several other large speCustOrs that have
still to settle. -
HERALD REpKssENrArrvs-Is there any truth in
that story, that Henry Smith owes you grudge
for bulling the market one day during his absence,
and leaving him to cover his shorts the best way
he could
Jay GoULD-There is not much truth in ir. Mr..
smith was largely short OF Pacific Mail short
time ago and was caught in that fix by Mr.. Stock
well. who intended to run the stock up on him, In
return for some lawsuit that Smith then had
against the Pacific Mail Company. was In q posi-
ti0n however, to get Mr.. StOckwell to let him out
easy, and thus saved him from ruin. His gratitude
has been fully shown In the events that have trans
pired during the past few days.
HERALD REPRESENTATIVE suppose confidence
IL pretty generally restored now, so that there Is
no danger OF panic.
JAY GoULD-0h, yes; as soon as the bears had to
beat retreat that saved panic
HERALD Observation-Disclosures were the total
losses Ol the bear party In the whole campaign
JAY G0uLD-They will foot up pretty close to
twenty millions
The HxRALD's representative then seeing that
Mr.. Gould was nearly worn out by the fatigue and
excitement OF the Two past days, after thanking
him for hts courtesy. retired.
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FINANCIAL And COMMERCIAL.
Maintenance Of the Corner"
in Northwestern.
THE STOCK CLOSES AT 23O.
A Day of Settlement with the
Little BEARS"
The Wealthy ''ShOrtS' Refuse the
Offer Of Compromise.
AGONY OF DANIEL DREW.
That 'Bad Boy" Jay Gould, Does
Him Out cf Over Half a
Million Dollars.
DANIEL A POORER, BUT WISER, MAN.
The Scenes and Excitement at
the Stock Exchange and
i'm Wall Street.
JAY GOULD RISES TO EXPLAIN.
Opinions and Statements of Other
Leading Operators.
A Smart Advance and Subsequent Reaction
In the General Stock List.
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Opinions and Statements of Other
Leading Operators.
A Smart Advance and q Subsequent Reaction
in the General Stock List.
A BAD BANK STATEMENT.
Money Stringent and Gold Weak and Lower
Government Bonds "Of" with Gold
Rise in Missouri Skies
STREET,

SATURDAY. Nov. 23-6 l.. NJ
On Change to-day cotton was in moderately fair
demand and frmer, but not quotably higher.
Flour was steady. Wheat was more active and
easy, and corn was lower.
THE IMPORTS OF TEE WEEK.
The total imports OF foreign goods at this port
during the past week were s6,G25.579 made up of
si,-2J.O90 OF dry goods ana $j,3994so of general
merchandise. The amount OF dry goods marketed
during the week was sl27o,45l.
THE COTTON MOVEMENT.
The receipts OF cotton at all ports for the past
week were u.s. 565 bales, against ll0,6 ,6lo bales the
previous week. The total receipts since Septem-
ber 1872, l,006946 bales against 770274 Tor the
same period Of last year, showing an increase in
the present crop OF 236,6y2 bales The exports
from all the ports lor the weeA ,7,A0e bales.
against 81, s25 last year. The total exports Tor the
expired portion or the cotton year are 456, AS
bales against s35, ,li5 last year. The stock at all
the ports is 37o923 bales against S5o,sls for same
date in 1871.
THE BANK STATEMENT.
The weekly statement of the associated banks is
uniavorable, owing chiefly to decrease OF about
million and hall OF specie, the loss OF which Is
attributable to the locking up or coin by the pool
In the gold market. loss OF ss0o,oo0 legal ten
ders, is net so easily explained, because the do
nestle exchanges have ruled in favor OF New
York and conSideraDle amounts OF grccnDackS
have been sent here from the West. From this
fact, and the dismemberment and dissolution OF
the gold pool by the corner in Northwestern
stock, 1t is lairly inferred that the statement is
made on rising averages, and thar the banks are
really much better or than represented. There is
q small contraction OF loans and decrease in de-
posts of nearly five millions, the latter being the
result doubtless OF the
LOCKING UP OPERATIONS
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registered January and July, ll4N us; DO. do.
1865. coupon, do. lI4K 1l5 do do. 1867. do. do.
lis ll5%; do do, 1868. do. do, li4N a lis; do
ten-forties registered. l07z l0s; do. do. coupon
1O7& loS; do. fves OF 1884, registered, 1O9k ITO;
do do. do, coupon 109h no.
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Government bonds were lower with the decline
in gold, and steady closing as ows:-Untcd
states currency skies, l1sK 113x; do. do- 1881,
registered. 1lsx 115K; do. do. coupon, 1ls.
l1s.; do nvs.twenties. registered, May and No
vember ll2X . ll2x; do. do., 1882, coupon DO,
11st. ll2x; do. do., 1884, do. do, IisH lia1s;
do. do. 1895. ao do. 112K floxs d -. 1907.
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SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
10 A. m.-Before Cali.

Saturday. Nov. 23-lOs15 A. n.
$1,000 Us SO S3 n. iaH $3.50 US ssoc 81, sn ll4x
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THc IoiIoWInB 1uUic S"v"s sno HiBuest auu iVwe5'
prices of the principal stocks during the day.
GOVERNMENTS L0wKR.

In Philadelphia to-day. Reading was strong and
advanced to 116.
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$1,000 Missouri 6's. .....-.c
500 do. &C
10000 90. .............
1000 do. -.
10000 Tenn 6's,old.b c.s3
y)O0 do. -.
20J00 N G 6's, spec tax.
l0O0 q, + h A, old. -.
4000Cen Pac RRgd bs
1000 I'm Pac lst m. So.
10000 do. 80. -.
1000 Cli&RI 4 Pac rs.
1000 M a st + rs, gold
1000 ME- StP. 10 div.
1900 do. -. ......c
1000 Il, ii d I. lst. &c
5000 Chi 4 N w LIST. 80.
1000 Fl Il STD 8's, con-.
5000 G, G a / G lst. -.
1000 Bur. @ X d NJ lst.
30 shs Bank COm'wlth
20 Am Ex Bank. ......
1900 West Un Tel. ..b c
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surplus reserve OF the banks now stands at
81, 1893 4O0-a decrease since the previous week of
81, 97,425.
GOLD wEAK-113's 112S.
The price OF gold opened at 1122l, quite decline
Is compared with the average OF the previous day,
the weakness Of the market being due TO the
general dstrust OF the ability OF the clique TO
themselves from the demoralizng influences OF
their failure both in stocks and gold. But the
clique retained vitality enough to give cash gold
another squeeze" and by advancing the rate for
its use until Monday to X per cent they caused a
sudden upward turn in gold to 1872. AS soon,
however as they had supplied the last "bear" with
gold for his deliveries, and found themselves
unable to maintain the lending rate on the borrow
ting side OF the account gold broke to 1l2s rallied
to 113 and closed at 112T. The Sub-Treasury paid
put $s32 on account Of interest and $1,000 on ac
count OF
RED EBMED FIvE-TwENTIEs.
The specie shipment was $5s,3e7, all silver. The
course Of the market is shown in the following
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-08-01
Whole No. 1883.
An Erect Position.

A writer on health very justly
condemns the habit of lounging, in
which a large number of persons
lndulge, as injurious to health. He
says; "An erect bodily attitude is
OF vastly more importance to health
tnan lsgenerally imagined. Crook
ed bodily positions, maintained for
any length of time, are always in
FURIOUS, whether in the sitting, STAN
ding or lying posture, whether
sleeping or waking. To sit with the
body leaning forward on the stom-
ach or to one side, with the heels
elevated to a level with the head,
IS not only in bad taste. but ex-
ceedingly detrimental to health.
1t cramps the stomach, presses the
vital organs, interrupts the free
motions of the chest, and enfeebles
the functions of the abdominal and
thoracic organs, and, in fact, unbal.
ances the whole muscular system.
Many children become slightly
hump-backed, or severely round
shouldered, by sleeping with the
head raised on high pillow; when
any person finds it easier to sit or
stand, or walk or sleep in a crooked
position than straight one, such
person may be sure his muscular
system is badly deranged, and the
more careful he is to preserve a
straight or an upright position, and
get back to nature again, the bet
ter"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-08-01
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 16.

We arrived here via the o. & M.
R. r. from North Vernon. The
speed at which we travelled made
me rather nervous. Sirty miles in a
little more than one and a halt hours,
and made eight stops and crossed
the great bridge in the bargain!
Since the accident to the Short
Line not long since, by falling
through bridge, the travel from
Cincinnati has taken to this route to
a greater extent.
Barnum's great Humbug and Cir
Gus are advertised to visit this city
soon; No doubthe will coin money
for he makes a "bigger" 6lOU than
any show travelling, and l notice in
my travels that all animal shows
and circuses appear to be we'll pat
ronized.
Barnum certainly understands
the art of advertising, and most as
suredly there is much more in adj
vertising than most people imagine.
L have become so perfectly convinc-
ed that extensive advertising pays,
that should l go into any kind of
business now 1 should devote all
the profits for the first year to ad-
vertising, and part of the principal
for that matter.
The weather is still very hot.
Concluding TO buy me a thinner
coat, I hunted up a firm whose ad-
vertisements I had read all along the
line of road as l came in, and the
first to strike my eye in the morning
paper when l got here. Don't know
why 1 did SO, but 1 suppose because
the name had become familiar to me
by its repetition TO my sight.
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Southern SentIm ent.

We have been permitted to copy
an extract from private letter re-
ceived by a gentleman in this city,
from a thorough-going Unionist in
Alabama. The letter is dated Mar
ion, Alabama, July 4, 1872:
"We have a majority of $500,
and we expect to increase it to 5000
or $500 in November. There is
much discomfort among tho rank
and file of the Democracy in this
section of Alabama at the thought
of having to support their ancient
enemy, Horace Greeley. Very
many openly declare they will not
vote for him under any circum-
stances. A most intelligent Demo
crat told me yesterday that at least
one~third of his party in this large
and populous county would not sup
port Greeley, though nominated at
Baltimore. Here was the cradle
and hot-bed of secession, and the
old secession leaders are all, to a
man, rampant for Greeley. Their
idea is to beat Grant and the Re-
publican party this time, and the
so-called Liberal Republicans here
after, and thus install the disunion,
secession, Democratic party in pow
er. Their idea is to divide and
then conquer"
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why Fred. Douglass Opposes
Greeley.

In the leading article in this weeks
New National Era, Mr.. Frederick
Douglass speaks of his personal re-
gard for Horace Greeley, and then
proceeds to explain why he cannot
aid and encourage him in his eager
pursuit of the Presidency. He says:
"He has united his fortune with a
party, based upon personal grievan-
ces, and not upon broad grounds of
national good. Personal disappoint-
ments, personal envy, personal re-
sentiments, personal ambitions, have
united in personal opposition to
Grant and in personal favor of Hor-
ace Greeley. Now we are utterly
opposed to this sort of personal pol
itics. A man who abandons a par
ty because his party has not the
same sense of his personal merits
that he has himself, and who joins
another, hoping for better luck with
the new than with the old, may be
courageous as well as cunning, but
it is impossible to commend such a
one for political wisdom or virtue.
He acts upon the principle that what
is good for him must be good for the
country, and makes himself greater
than the nation, and affirms that a
part is more than the whole. He
puts himself first, and country last.
He may not always do this conscious
ly, but, whether Intentionally or
not, the thing is done, and the
whole Cincinnati movement has its
foundation, its starting point and
handspring in this sort of personal
politics. They accuse General Grant
of personal government, while ev-
cry department of it is as indepen-
dent to-day of the Executive as un-
der any Administration since Wash
ington."
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A GREAT FINANCIER.
GreeIey's Plan of Resuming
Specie Payments-What
Would Come Of IL.

In speech in Indiana the other
day, Senator Morton thus clearly
showed the absurdity of Mr.. Gree
ley's favorite plan of resuming
specie payments, by first selling the
gold in the treasury to reduce the
premium, and then announcing that
the treasury will redeem all its
"greenbacks" in specie. Senator
Morton said l.:
"But it can very we'll be under.
stood that the sale of gold in the
treasury, whether for the payment
of the public debt or otherwise,
would put it out of the power of the
Government to resume specie pay
ment. The sale of gold in the
treasury, forcing down the price
unnaturally, would stimulate i'm
ports from other countries, increase
the balance of trade against us,
create an unnatural and excessive
demand for coin, and ultimately ad-
vance the price of gold for the ben
eft of spectators and gamblers,
but to the great injury of the coun-
frr I An hac;fofa 70 1ooIoro
that this policy, which is the only
policy in any department of gov
ernment to which Greeley has ad-
hered for even three years, would
end in disaster, such as the country
has not witnessed since 1887, and if
Greeley is pledged to anything it is
to the Inauguration of this policy,
if, unhappily, he should be placed at
the head of affairs. The way to re-
sumo is not to resume arbitrarily
and without regard to facts, but to
place and keep the country in that
line and condition of prosperity
which shall enable it to meet all its
obligations and it is for this reason
that the Administration has believed
it to be wise to retain an amount of
gold which should be sufficient,
when the appropriate moment ar
rived, to enable the treasury to re-
sumo the payment of our national
liabilities in specie, without going
into the market to borrow, and
without making special effort for
an undertaking which would cer-
tainly result disastrously, if the gov
ernment were not strong enough
to move free of all dependence on
external aid"
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General Logan.

When some one said to President
Grant that Senator Logan seemed
rather inclined to complain of the
Administration, the President smil-
ed and answered that he knew Lo-
gan well. He is critical by nature,
he said, and always speaks his opin-
ion. "During the war;" said Gener-
al Grant, "while we lay in camp,no-
body commented more sharply upon
the little slips and blunders that
John Logan; but when the order
came to march, no corps was in
more perfect order, none moved
more promptly, and none was more
bravely led than John Logan's
He will criticize the Administration
Just as often and as sharply as he
chooses; but he will give no aid OF
comfort to the enemy"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-08-01

Mrs. Eliza Barnsley, a young war
widow, residing near Hartford, Conn.,,
had been courted and won by young
lawyer from Providence, who spent his
vacation in the neighborhood. The day
for the marriage was fixed, and all the
arrangements made, but at the appoint
ed hour the bridegroom came not. He
had gone from the town in an early
train. The bride was disconsolate, the
friends outraged. Worse than all, the
dinner was getting spoiled by waiting.
Seeing this state Of affairs, one of the
invited guests, a middle-aged farmer,
who had been a secret admirer of Mrs.
Barnsley, and whom she had encourag-
ed before the lawyers advent, stepped
up, offered to take the greom's place,
and was accepted. They were married,
ate their dinner, and promise to make a
very happy couple.
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Social Honor.

Every person should cultivate a
nice sense of honor. In a hundred
different ways this most fitting ad-
junct to the true lady or gentleman
is often tried. For instance, one is
the guest of a family where, per-
haps, the domestic machinery does
not run smoothly. There is sorrow
IN the house, unsuspected by the
outer world. Sometimes it is a
dissipated son, whose conduct is q
shame and a grief to his parents;
sometimes relative, whose eecen-
tricities and peculiarities are a cloud
on the home. Or, worst of all,
husband and wife may not be in
accord, and there may be often BIT
ter words spoken and harsh recrim-
nations. In any of these cases, the
guest is in honor bound to be blind
and deaf, as far as people without
are concerned. If a gentle word
within can do any good, it may well
be said; but to go forth and reveal
the shadow of an unhappy secret to
any one, even your nearest friend,
is an act of indelicacy and mean.
ness almost unparalleled. Once in
the sacred precincts of any house,
admitted into its privacy, sharing
Its life, all that you can see and
hear is sacred trust. 1t is really
as contemplate to gossip of such
things as it would be to steal the
silver or borrow the books and forget
to return them.
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A STORY WITH A MORAL.--An
old man, who heard one of those
foolish remarks that are so often
made by the unthinking and those
who are ignorant of natures laws
81 drink to make me WOrk"-re-
piled: "That's true; drink, and it
will make you work! I was once a
prosperous farmer. L had q loving
wife and two as fine lads as ever
the sun shone on. We had COM
Portable home, and lived happily to-
gether. But we used to drink to
make US work. Those two lads
have laid in a drunkard's grave.
My wife died broken-hearted, and
now lies beside her two sons. L am
now seventy years of age. Had ii
not been for drink 1 might now
have been an Independent gentle
man; but used to drink to make
me work, and, mark it, it makes
me work now. At seventy years OF
age 1 am Obliged to work for my
daily bread. Drink! drink! and it
will make you work."
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Select Miscellany.
PLAIN LANGUAGE FROM TRUTH
Full KARL.

AAhb.
CINCINNATI, ONO, May 5, 1872
Which ] wish TO remark,
And my language is plain,
That for ways that are dark,
And for tricks that are vain,
The Chappaqua Sage is peculiar
Which the same would rise to explain.
Horace G. was his name,
Aid win not deny
In regard to the same,
How he stood In my eye,
Though his smile it was psnsive snd childlike,
He was far from what that might imply.
1t was Friday, May third,
And quite soft were the skies,
Which 1t might be inferred
That "H c." WAS likewise.
But he played 1t that day upon Adams,
And me, In a way despise.
Which we had a small gsme,
And "H. G." took hand;
1t Was "BoIting"-the same
Greeley did understand,
And he smiled as be telegraphed Whiteiaw
i'm tue stnlle t0at Wae Culiuiike anu olhuos
And the cards they were stocked
In way that grieve,
And my feelings were shocked
That Old Horace's sleeve
Should be crammed full Of aces and bowers,
And the same with intent to deceive.
For the hands that we're played
BY that Farmer, "H. G."
And the points that he made
We're quite frightful to see,
Till at last he layed down his right bower,
Which the same was that duffsr, GrAtz B.
Then heaved great sigh,
And White looked up at me
With q tear In his eye,
As he said: "Can this bel
Sold out to the Blairs and old GreeIsyi
Busted up and gone to the B"
Then sadly 1 rued
That I'd taken hand;
And curses were strewed
Like the leaves on the strand,
At the game that 81. G." had been playing
how II was I could not understand.
Which is Why remark,
And my language is plain,
That for ways that are dark,
And for tricks that are vain,
The Plowboy "H. G." is peculiar
Which the same am free to maintain.
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Billings, AdYice to LOe.

By awl means, Joe, get married, if you
have got fair show. Don't stand
shivering on the bank, but pitch in and
stick yure he'd under, and the shiver is
over. There amt emmy more trick in
getting married after you're ready, than
there is in eating peanuts. Many a
man has stood shivering on the shore
till awl run out. Don't expect to marry
an angel; them have all been picked up
long ago. Remember, Joe, you amt a
saint yourself. Don't marry for buty
exclusively; buty is like ice, awful
slippery, and thaws dredful easy. Don't
marry for luv neither; luv is like cook
ing-stove, good for nothing when the
fuel gives out. But marry a mixture.
And let the mixture be some buty be-
comingly dressed, with about $3.50 in
her pocket, a good speller, handy and
neat in the house, plenty of good sense,
tuff constitution and bylaws, small
feet and a warm heart. This mixture
will keep in emmy climate, and not
evaporate. If the cork happens to be
left off for two or three minutes, the
strength amt all gone, Joe. For heav-
ems sake don't marry for pedigree.
Thar amt much in pedigree unless it is
backed by bank stocks.-A family with
nothing but pedigree generally lacks
sense,