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DOMESTIC MARKETS.

GALVESTON, August p, 1873
l SSs'Un is receipts q bales Sales 2S Stock
vow NEW oRLEAss, August u, 1873
Cotton-Demand fair; mddlngs, is,lc; Net receipts,
the Coniine nj ~ Sales lO0 last evening, 4Oj Stock
MonILE August 81, 1873
Gotten dull mianss s Net sdcS 80 bales
SAVANNAH, August 81 1873
Cotton bare mddlings l716c. Net receipts 81 bales
CHAnLrsros, August 81 1873
EGsor. ssssxs @ se &
WILxscros \ G., August n, 1873.
s. Is tor extra pale Crude tarpentihe steady al
hard, s. tor yellow dip and virgin Tar dull 81 So
TOLEDO. August Il, 1873
higher sales q No. Whit, @ Wabash at 3 No. white
seller August, s. w; ;elsT sspis@bss 80 Il *
sIn 70 sred, j rejes!ed red 81 rs No. amber
esr %h hsa sSs
at Sc s srG' Sc s a s o4 ScS Ss sS
soT rreshts firm and a Receipts
soSo do oats. shlpmehis~SsooO bushels wheat. H.ooo
oswEco, August 81, 1873
Flour IN good demand and the market steady sales OF
Winter for double da s an0e OF
S s .s sysSsss esG :: at
as 70 quality Corn mss;s 70 for bolted, 81 10 Tor
s sSlsss Ss5 mSans on s
y B Ss Sssa ass New f ssx r Ss
road freighs-Flour to Philadelphia, 0c to Boston, Soc
TO New York, 40c. to Albany, Soc Receipts by lake
1,5sOO0 feet OF lumber shipments by canal- s3
OF lumber
CHICAGO, August Fl, 1873
Flour nominaily UNCHANGED and quiet. Wheat firm;
sales OF No. spring at 81 III 81 ~ seller August
81 ia No do, 81 10; rejected. ssc 96c Corn hrm;
sales mostly OF utures sales OF No. mixed at Sc
40c., october rejected 3c high mixed, sotc. a
33lzc. Rye easier and in Iair demand; No. at &c;
rejected nominal Barley Irregular and lower for
September selling at 81 81 20 closing at 81 cash
rroyisiens-Litt!e dong buyers and sellers apart
easier at SIS IS a.. SIS s., September. Lard
pickle. Dun and quiet al "a igsc Dry salted meats
quiet hrm shoulders TIC &c.. short rib middles
yhc q CSC. tor loose. Bacon-Not much Inquiry shou
ders, sac; clear sides i0c. Sugar cured hams lac.
ssc iron bound Rcse,pts-Flour, 100 Sss; wheat
l7,O00 do barley, 1000 do Sbpmenu-Four, 1000 bbfs
wheat 1873 00 bushels; corn 207OJ do oats, b. 900 do
rye. lm do
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EUROPEAN MARKETS.

LONDON Ios.1 MAnxxr.-LoyDos August Ala 30
p. M-Cned states hve twenty bonds OF 1865, old, %;
is6's s5 tenores, 90; new nyes 9o Consois for the
sGonsols for money 9s 6.United States nve-twenty
PARIS BoUnsE.-LoNpoN August ais p. M.-Adviccs
frsm Paris quote rentes at 5s, 6Paris advccs quote
rentcs 1t 57L SIC
FR1xKronr BoURsK.-LoNpoN, August 21-5 p. M
Frankfort advccs quote United States nyetwenty bonds
at 97H tor the issue OF 1862.
LONDON PRODUCES MARKET-LoNDoN. August Eleven
ing-Linseed oil, Es per ton Calcutta linseed6 2s Cd
LIVERPOOL COTTON MAKKEr.-LvERroOL, August 81
n M.-The market is quiet The sales OF the day are
estimated at L. bales including zoo GALES for specuIa
ton and export Sales Of cotton shipped from savannah
at ulsd deliverable IN September and October at
not below low middlings at lied new crop deliver
able in December and January not below good ordinary
at SID OF the sales OF cotton today 1870 bales were
American, and the sales Of American yesterday were
6O oales sales of cotton shipped from savannah
Charleston deliverable in August not below low mid
dngs, At SGD.
Pip M-Corn 29s. 3d. q EOS Cd. quarter. The market
Is quiet
LrvRRrooL Provision MARKKr-LIvRRpooI. August
N-P M-Cheese SOS. per cwt. tor the best grades of
American. Pork Cos I'd. per Dbl tor new mess. =,
PErHoLRuM MARKET.-LoNDos August H-6 r. M
Antwerp advices quote petroleum at IS francs per Dbl
for standard white.
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FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
THE FOREIGN MARKET.
Further Reduction of the Rate of
Discount of the Bank
of England.
ENGLISH IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
Active Bidding at the Sale Of Govern
ment Gold To-Day.
GOLD FIRMER--1l5 SIS
Money Easy, but the Market
Sensitive.
RAILROAD BONDS STEADY.
Suggestions Concerning the Weekly Bank
Statement.
THE STOCK MARKET.
Moro Activity and General Improvement
in Prices
RAILROAD BONDS STEADY.
Suggestions Concerning the Weekly Bank
Statement.
THE STOCK MARKET.
Moro Activity and General Improvement
in Prices.
WALL STREET,
THURSDAY. August 21-6 p. MI

THE FOREIGN MARKET.
London advlces to-day report further and un-
expected reduction Of the rate Of discount Of the
Bank of England from 81 to per cent which
probably nearly, II not quite, corresponds with the
outside rate for money, although three months
bills are quoted u per cent below the Bank rates.
The bullion In the Bank has been increased during
the week by the sum of 8235, 0oo The cable quota
lions show firm market for consols. while Ameri
can securities lower ve-twenries Of 1866 being
down u per cent, ten-forties u u, and new nves
Ma per cent The latest prices are as follows:-
.Conssls for money, 92E; consols for account, 92x
Q 92X; fve-twenty bonds of 1855, old, 95 9ST;
nve-twenty bonds Of 1867, 95 95H; ten-forty
bonds S9X a 90; new flves, Of 91K; Erie Railway
shares, 46X Al; Illinois Central Railway shares,
"a SO. In Paris rentes are quoted at $751; There
has been no change in the condition of the Bank of
France as regards gain or loss Of bullion since
the last report Advices by mail show that the
following the latest discount quotations in the
leading Continental cities Of Europe:-
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-Wheat-The market opened quiet and steady, But SUP
sequentiy was active On good part for uurel az ae
cnne of from &c &C.. the sales foot up fully AuvO
bushels at 81 40 tor NO. Milwaukee last evening, for
0ctober; 81 IS Tor amber Michigan, fer septe TO-
day ut ~ 81 for No. Duluth spring 81 81 81 ~ Tor
spot No. MiIwarkee Spring, cosng at 81 50 AZ 81
spring spring g Hh Tor No Spring; 81 20 for oG RED
Der for No Milwsukeei 81 $50 81 SSS for
amber Winter for October 81 IS tor amber Michigan
for ssptsmber 81 "a for red Winter October Market
isIy active and the market steady Notwithstanding dir
there were large receipts The sales aggregam iuy
SIC for sail mixed choice at 5sc &C. SEC Tor Kiln dried
and TAG. tor white market closing oats were only
in moderate request and steady The sales foot up about
1900 bushels at 4Oc t2Ic. for mixed, and 4c Ole
for white. Charley and rye inactive and nominal
Peas were quiet GOD bushels OF Canada tree sold az w
FnEIcnrs-Ihere has been less doing in perth lreE hs
today owing to the scant supply Of room available Inc
market was strong and for grain accommodation rates s
tribe higher vessels for charter were In goou
demand chiefly from the grain asd petroleum trade
with rates higher for craft adapted to the grain ane
bushels Of for Saturdays steamer a l2xd per
steamer al a sd lskd Loo boxes cheese h.s..
81 5s. tons leather atsos To London, BY steam ls9oo
ssi. W bbls, -four at u, and AoN sAyss on private
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Most OF the loans on can to-day were made on
the basis Of per cent, although for time was
offered. The market closed at the former figure
No change Is recorded in time loans Of currency.
fair business prevailed in discounts, with prime
sixty and ninety days. acceptances at 6H to per
cent, and three and four months acceptances at
TX to 81. A feeling OF extreme caution is observ-
able in the market resulting from the uncertainty
which attaches to the near future of currency,
and from the experience of the past three or four
days in sudden and somewhat artificial fluctuations
Foreign exchanges were lever, with little business
doing but with increased steadiness at the close.
We quote as nominal rates, with concessions OF e
per ce Mt for actual busness:-
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Bank Rate. Open Market
Per Cent. Per Gent.

The imports Of cotton by Great Britain for the
month OF July, 1873, amounted to ca, 900. For
the corresponding month last year they were
60, 2OOO being an increase Of e. 900, or sew
enty per cent.
The imports Of wool in July, 1873, e. $4,000
and in 1872 g. ooe increase OF about 100000
The British imports and exports Of the precious
metals for seven months or 1873, compared with the
corresponding period OF 1872, were as follows:-
Imports OF gold in 1879 ell, 5oos14, and in 1872,
fl0656 7oa exports Of gold in 1878, and
In 1872 S11,6s1, Os3; imports OF silver in 1873,
e7,6ls,97s and in 1872, 4s,s54,s71 and exports OF
silver in 1873, S61es5a1, and in 1872 GO, 236 $685.
The Bank of England return for the week ending
August shows the following changes, compared
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MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
Married.

MCGUIRE-DENMARK.-On Saturday August 10,
by the Rev. John ). Haugh, FRANCIS A. MCGUIRE to
EMMA L. DENMARK, daughter OF the late Alexander
Denmark, all OF this city.
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GOLD l16x ll5x.
The gold market opened with the price at 1867,
between which figure and ll69S it vibrated until
near the close OF the day, when it suddenly ad-
vsneed TO 1857, with y bid. 1t is said that after
the Gold Room adjourned sales were made at the
latter ngure The fluctuations arc given in the an
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NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY o. ls7s-TRlPLE SHEET

rG &c steam Ds 8 Ga IT,
n sa ss
ss.ss "a Usss s kpa saa
hence same voyage 500 quarters gram o. an
Sts a asass an
Ss s . q dSas.p d As Aea
sd a &ss sn'n and possls ssssS,.y case
IRON fSilsd.pSis SSntn.nss pS!s 500 SSis q
ssn s.rf
vessel 70 Continental port with $500 bbls OF refined
in this branch Of trade continued
unmporans and confined principally g tie IsquWss s
1Sss s0Sf
do rSSIS
quote TUBA. centrifugal and mixed isc. &c. do
sesrs AL sc6 % e.
& .p. 81 the
was consideraby more active and prices were about &c
4 4sc bDls. to arrive .c cost freight and
az 81 ESsn vas asst and eSse p ID
SSsis 81 cost freight ana in.sranes ana sSS ses
Were neglected. but but R Ro@ina y steady anu
marnct for refined as well as other
s lSfs @ ~ as aaa
ana b1ac tor tuture delivery; cases, 2O1ac .lc, the
aster price for small LOTS naphtha, l0c lOac tor city
nepor from the oil producing points were OF dull mar
ket with about previous figures Two new wells
were struck to-day In Butler county which yields
20C and the other 70 barrels per day The Philadelphia
market was dull and nominay steady; refined quoted AZ
ioc loc Later heard OF sales In New York 0s 2oO
bills OF bulk crude buyers. for october, November and
December, at 6xc.
PROVISIONS -Eeceipts-Pork. sc. bbs beef 20 pack
sses cut meats $40 do lard $40 bbs and terces Tue
was bii Tor August and 10 asked September offered
seE Bacon
quiet but firm; quoted 1t &c. for long clear, ana 9c.
Beef remained quiet and unchanged. In job6ing way
about packages were placed prices within the range
Of the appended quotations We quote plain mess
bbls, $9a $40 W. extra do, bbs $li " $l2 5o prime
extra India mess, SIS SIS Beer hams remained ne
elected, but were quoted noinally steady at from SIS
$S rs extremes for Southern to choice
Cut meats continued quiet butthere was noticeable
picked shoulders at sac. Sc 100 smoked shoulders
at 9ec, LO do hams at 4xc l5c. 30 boxes dry sacd
shoulders heavy averages, al SIC 5000 lbs OF picked
4%enes ~ lbs average At slc Lard-Ihe market iSr
the decline. Sales 10 tcrces for August at S3c Nl
do for september, At 8Mc; 500 do, tor October, ~
sl6c nett city lard closed firm at sc zoo uerces sold
RIoK.-iie demand in jobbing way continued fair.
with prices ruling steady. We heard OF sales OF 70
terces OF Carolina at SIC 8Sc 100 bags Of Patna at
7hc a7Ac and 100 bags OF Rsngoon at 69sc. a6Hc.
SUGAH.-The market tor quiet to-day, but
refining The sales include $50 hhds OF Porto kico at
Ssc and 200 hhds OF barely fair refining at &C. Refining
in fair request with prices showing no essential
change. Mcssrs. Wait Creighton Morrison report the
RAas Bsres. Bags Melado.
Stock (ascertaincd by actual
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Birth.

WIIIAMs-In Greenfield, Mass, on Monday, Au-
gust Is, q daughter to GORHAM ID. WILLIAMS, Esq,
and granddaughter to r. X Taylor.
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l03,6S 47,M 2l6.5SS S,18
2k,Oi3 12,776 1910 6i5
l25,724 $3.50 22z, 6oo 1908
22,SS9 Ii, 99S l,65S
lU.S3 2,0l4 2z2,65S 1876
1850 Sl.444 5000 aCl9
u
76,44 1884 326,25} 1911
TOTALS. .....
Sales since August l......,

We quote :-Guba-Rehning, inferior to common,
5Ae, a. rs; fair s, TO good fair Sic :o So
70 good, SIC. ss4c.; PRIME. to choice sac.
&C. Centrifugal hhds and boxes SIC ay7ac; molases,
yana. Dqich standard Scs; 7so ~. asSs dcs,
sc. Ofc do ~ to 20 1890 lJ2sc. white, l0c lie.
Porto kico--R ennins common to prime, 7Ac. S,ac;
grocery, lair to choice, Sac a J'4c Brazil-DutGh
standard, Nos Sto IL 7c. SIC Java-Dutch standard
Nos 10 70 II, SIC. = Sc. Manla-superiOr and extra
superior. 7ssc. y SIC.
srEARiNE continued quiet aud unchanged. Sales 100
tierces on the dock at SIC.
TALLow only in moderate demand but the market
steady Sales iOO hhs 1T Sac and Io0J lbs Oh private
WmIsKHY-Recepts $50 bbls. The market was tribe
easier during early hours OF Change, but closed
about steady Sales lO0 bbls at &c. and 5v bbls 81
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The following table shows the highest and lowest

The following is the last oficlal report OF the
earnings of the chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way
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The rates paid for carrying to-day were 8, 2, IN,
Bx, T. s, and per cent to fat. Gold loans on time
IRE quoted X y per cent for the use OF gold for 80
days, n ak for 60 days, IL a 1at for four months
and all the year, and IL Ia per cent for emsnths.
The operations Of the Gold Exchange Bank to-day
were as iollows:-
Gold balances ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 62, SIC
Currency balances ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1855, 9S3
Gross slearances. 2o,962,00O
The steamship Haramonia sailed to-day with
e12S,OO0 in silver bars
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THE UNITED STATES TREASURY.
Twenty-Five bids were made for the government
gold announced for sale to-day, amounting in the
aggregate to $9,e2 ooo and ranging from 1140S TO
tlo4o 1t was thought BY many that the Secretary
would include in the sale the balance LEFT unsold
last Thursday, but 1t appears that he strictly ad.
aered to the programme and disposed OF only
e1,soo,oo0. The award was made at from ll5.26 to
u5ao The receipts from customs to-day were
tS72ooO. The Assistant Treasurer to-day paid out
$4,000 on account Of inserest and nothing in re-
demption OF nve-twenty bonds
RAILROAD BONDS
were comparatively nrm. We note sales OF Chi
cago, Burlington and quincy eights ut no. Michi-
gan Central sevens 1T 99k, Morris and Essex frat
1t 1o5x, Union Pacific tens at 6aX Central Pacific
gold bonds at 9sss Burlington and Cedar Rapids at
B6h soh sc, st. Paul sevens, gold, at sly, Chi.
cago and Rock Island sevens ut 1o2x, Alton and
Terrehaute second At IS, Lake Shore dividend
bonds at ssx, chicago and Milwaukee ilrst at %,
Nortf Missouri nrst at 81 G.. 6. and LG' Eat a. o.
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$1,000 Mo G's, II 4 Stills
500 n Y $ rs, b l., r.. l
1000 Cen Pac gold b..
bU0 U Pac los inc. -.
$500 Nor 4 Els LIST m. :. l
% shs Am Express.
, 1873-01-29

One Of the best lessons which has been drawn
from the Congressional connection with Credit
.dobi1iet frauds is, that the General Government
should mover dabble in speculations. The de-
vclopments in the case Of the Government con-
nection with the Union Pacihc Road is at the
same time an argument against the Government
assumption Of the telegraph lines Of the coun-
try. Had the Union Pacific Railroad been the
work Of private enterprise, the frauds which
have been committed under the name of Credit
Mobi1ier would have been almost impossible. II
they had been committed, there would have been
nc. occasion for drawing Congressman into tho
Transaction. The truth Is, TINT Government
interference with railroads, or telographs, or
canals, OF farming, or any other actual business
pursuit, opens the WY for official corruption,
which is hard enough to control in republican
form Of government without Attending it special
facilities. We have industrial enterprises which:
hare been accomplished by individual effort that
are more magnificent than anything which Gov
eminent has ever done. The interference Of
Government Is, consequently, not necessary to
satisfy the business wanta OF any community !;
and Government cannot itself 60 into business
On its own account without rendering Credit
Mobiliers and their counterparts permanent
Institutions.
, 1873-01-29

There has never been SO excellent an oppor-
tunity Tor Congress to azsure the country honest
legislation, for many years to come, as will be
Afforded BY the conyiction and punishment Of
its members who shall be proved to have been
corrupt, whether in Union Pacific, Credit Mo-
bilier, Senatorial elections, or other matters
which are now, or shall be within the next few
months, subjects Of Congressional investigation.
A failure to make the disgrace correspond to the
enorrnity OF the offence would be to hold out an
inducement for future corruption that would in
crease it's extent and bo1dness. The thorough
and uncompronising punishment Of the guilty,
on the other Iland would do moro to purify cleo
tions, and to render Congressional places unat-
tractiys for money-making purposes, than
dozen reactionary movements among the pooplo.
Such action would show that Congress will guard
it's own integrity, and not 1eaye to chance, to
po1itica or to the raah and unreliable judgment
Of the people, the providing Of honest men for
Congressional places.
, 1873-01-29

Vice President Co1fax asked tho Senate, yes
terday morning, to appoint T. Committee to in
vestigate the grava charges against him in con-
nection with the Credit Mobilier corruption.
"a majority Of the Committee" eaid no,
"shall be OF Senators politically op-
posed to mc."Aan unpleasant form OF speech,
open to the interpretations that his political
friends would not act fairly in the inquiry,
or that his political opponents would havo
a bias against him to be overcome only By
the Irresistible character OF his case. But, as
Senator Thurman showed in few terse words,
the Senate should not have been asked to under
take any such examination. II they had power
to e1pel or censuro the Vice President, they
might investigate; as it WAS, he was not mem
her OF the Senate, but an officer Of the Govern
ment. He could be impeached only by the
House OF Representatives, and the real duty
OF the Senate was to ayoid forming any opinion,
aud sl1np1y to hold themselves ready to judge
him if brought before them by impeachment.
This view Of tho case Was so unanswerab1e that
the resolution for Committee Of Inquiry got
but one vote, that OF its mover, Benator Pratt,
Of Indiana. It is plain, as Senator Thurman
said, that Mr. Colfa1 has made mistake.
, 1873-01-29

The Chicago produce markets were rather
more active yesterday. Mess pork was quiet
and 10c per barrel lower, at 80@11.s5 cash,
and $11.20@1125 seller March. Lard was active
and 5t@10c per 100 lbs lover, closing at $1,000
7.25 cash, and s7.55 seller March. Green hams
were active and ]6@14c per lii higher, ut 72lc for
18-lb averages; other meats quiet aud easier, at
s5G@4c for dry aa1ted shoulders, 5N@Gc for do
short ribs, and exc for short clear. Dressed
hogs were active and . shLde easier, at 54.55@
485 per 100 lbs, the outside for light. High
wines woro dull and nominal at 8s@9s11c per
gallon. Flour was quiet and firm. Wheat WAS
moderately active, and 11@Zc higher closing
tame at sl.2433&@1. .24ss4 seller tho month,
s1.251z seller February, and s1,275G seller
March, Corn WAS moderately active, and 36@Ac
lower, closing at soA A@3oHc cash, and 81 sell
lcr March. Data wero rathor more ective, and
firm at 2514@2555c caah, and 26A@2G35c seller
March. Rye WEB quiet and steady at 68@694c
Barley was in moderate demand, and steady at
Zoe for No. 2, and CSC for No. 8. Live hogs wero
dull, and fully 10c lower, closing rates being
tie and sheep markets, and values Were noui~
nally unchanged There wAa in store in Chicago
on Saturday evening last: ~, ,s79 bu wheat,
,122, al bu corn, 1,1of,ss7 bu oats, 24s, lot bu
rye, and 924, ,523 bu barley,-en increase during
the week OF 5S3, ,GG3 bu.
, 1873-01-29

The later evidence in the Greeley will case
has developed two or three points Of public III
terest. The fact Was adduced thnt the Weekly
14ibune's circulation increased more than 50 600
copies during the recent campnign, while it was
popu1arly reported that the circulation Of this
and all other Republican journals which sup
ported Nr. Greeley he'd declined At fearful
rate. It has also brought out the fact that one
OF al1. Greeley's friends endeayored to take ad-
vantage Of his mental alteration to secure his
Tribune stock at about one-half it's actual value.
Mr.. Sinclair, another friend, and the publisher
of the Tribune at the time Of Mr. Greeley's
death, also stands accused of having made
every effort to divert tho course Of tho news-
paper from Mr.. Greeley's wiHhes and intentions
at the very time that 10 was q debtor to lEr.
Greeley's estate. II there are many more de-
ve1opments Of this nature, it will not be necos-
sary to attribute Mr.. Gree1ey's insanity md
death to the excitement aud disappointment Of
the election.
, 1873-01-29

The case Of Phelps, Dodge d Co. has been
compromised, that firm paying s5oo,ooo, or one
half the amount supposed to have been fraud
ulently withheld by them from the Government.
We suppose this includes free pardon for all
the persons who have for years committed false
swearing to false invoices, and practised = reg
ular system Of fraud. How can the Government
hereafter prosecute any petty otfender,-any
man who swears to false invoice; or engages in
petty smuggling ? II man attempts to SNUG
gle d box OF gloves, and is detected, he is COM
PEELED to forfeit the gloves and he punished
otherwise. This firm has been let off cheap1y,
and even-handed Justice requires that all other
offenders be let off in the same way,-that they
may purchase exemption from punishment and
penalty by small pecuniary gift.
, 1873-01-29

We do not think that attention can be called
too often and too earnestly to the first grand act
Of the Credit Mobiier Company. After 1855
miles Of the road had been constructed and paid
for, q contract was made by Ames, Alley, and
Durant, Of tie Pacific Railway, with Ames. Alley,
and Durant Of the Credit Mobiier, by which
the latter received the same pay per mile for
building this 13S miles that they did for the other
parts OF the road. This 1873 miles cost, first, to
build it al average OF $25,000 per mile, ana
WAS paid for; the Credit Mobilier WAS then paid
1000 per rni1e under the fiction OF rebuilding
the same piece of road. The profits on this 1873
miles ere admitted by Alley to have been s9,oo0,-
600. This is the corporation into which Ames
admitted Brooks, Colfax, Patterson, Kelley
Boyer, Dawes, scodeld, Bingham and the
others; and which netted altogether perhaps
s2o, 1000 profit in excess Of what was divided
among congressman.
, 1873-01-29


As member Of the Greeley Monument Asso-
ciation, respectfully request tho press and the
people OF tho Northwest to eend to me such
suna as they may wish to contribute to that OBJ
ject. It would be best to send the money by
check On some Chicago bank, by Post Office or
der, OF draft On New York. AL such sums re-
cci7ed will be acknowledged in the newspapers
Of Chicago. It is hoped that every newspaper
Office will contribute something, and that some
one who honors the name OF Mr. Greeley will
take up collection-be it over 80 small-in
every town and city in the Northwest, and for
ward the amount as soon Us possible. Probably
no man ever contributed so much to the settle
ment and the prosperity Of the Northwest as tlr.
Greeley. Her people will ba g1nd to contribute
their full proportion to honor his memory.
Address, WM. Boss,
Tribune Office, Chicago, III.
Jan, Is, 1873.
Northwestern papers please copy.