, 1873-11-06
Decline in American Securi-
ties Abroad.
Dry Goods Houses in Boston En-
barrassed.
More Failures in Missouri and
q. Iowa.

New YonK. Nov. 5.-Tho day in financial cir
ules WIS gloomy, aud although the markets woro
devoid Of panic and excitement, tho Bhrinkago of
values was gradual md almost uninterrupted
from tho opening to tho close. Confidence scotns
to pe shaken again by tho protesting Of tho Cali
fotnia l. Texas Construction Companya paper,
with Thomas A. scott's Endorsement, tho reports
about tho Reading d Philadelphia Railroad, the
decline in securities in London, and the rumorod
embarrassment Of firms there, md reported
railroad dofalcat,on hero.
MONEY
loaned up to M por day, but closed nt por
reat.
Foreign Exchange was. domoralizod; sixty
Commercial bills wero selling ali the way from
l02 to 10A]1z.
GOLD TOUCHED 6I,
the lowest since '62, and cloae1 at 77s.
Tie clearings were 327,000000.
Carrying rules nt 7t97 1-16 per cent.
The Treasury disoursoments woro e406,0 900.
The customs receipts 1yoro $3G0, 900.
Steamships to-day brought s15, 900 sterling.
Governments closed dull and heavy State
bonds dull, and nothing doing.
Stocks woro wcak, and declined ]1@41. Tho
depression continued until just before tho close,
when tho feeling became bottor, but the rccov-.
cry was nothing to speak OF. Now York Central
touched tho lowest point since tho panic. The
heaviest transactlons wero in Westorn Union,
Now York Central, Lake Shore, Wabash, and
Union Pacific. ERIC declined. in sympathy with
London. Tho following aro tho extromos Of tho
Pr1nepa1 STOCKS: Ne" YORK Gensfal' II' T1Hgtoo;
Lako Shore, Go5S@61M; Rock Island, 8411l @66k.
tby Mail
HISTORY OF THE spnAoUE FAMILY.
From the At1o York Times, Not. /.
When wc remember that two families Of
6pragues. unacquainted aud in no way related.
we're repreBentou i'll the earliest days Of the
NeW England coloniesTfrancls :, spraguo. WHO
a9Ilgea 9r a. ftyino4th IN lhe snlR Anne N July,
to2o. una Naipn, hlenaro, ena Nlliam eprasue;s
Enreo young men, sons OF Edward sptasuo. or
npway, Dorsetshire:; 1GS: England, WHO went u, to
Salem, alasa;, IN l629-lt 10 nos surprising tnet
ne TWO 1afnalos, from fusion, ot Nhieh ene
Spraeuee, OF i1oYldencc, ore desconaea snouiu
have SO marked place IN the history OF New
EnEand. me records OF Nhoas 1glana tcem
Win ehfoniclcs OF the epfaguo 1snl4y' one OF
whom represented Providence III the General
Assembly o. the oo!ohy IN l99o. A.. .....
william spra8ue. the 1ounder OF the fortunes
OF tho a. g ~. epraGhe ManItlao1uIlug COIL
pany, Was the 6ocona aon OF soth spFasuo, OF
Duxbury, who Waa the fruit OF the union OF the
two families Of which l. l hnye spoken. 6; 40
startea small MIL n Cfanston III 1ei1s hoon
als cotton mill. tho first ~ the United States IN
the nc1ghoorhood. III lime he enlarged his
business, and aided aaWmllls to MS other BUST
ness. Ae vas thoroughly prosperous man,
ana WAen ne qlea' IN 1851. no lois large
Rvo!n5orty Properly , to us two sous. Amass ana
william, the former OF whom was tic father .,, Of
s9e present men. Amasa spragne married Mlss g,
M1tcheli, OF May Flower parentage, thorony still
keeping Up the early colonial prestige OF tug
family. AIRS; sprnsue Is stlll alive. Iho brutal
murder OF Amaaa spraeue IN lo45' Whllo
luiatIy WAXING lfM an0nt nIs own farm WI no
nonpt m 90 n sliii Sly1dly called to mnd ny many. ~
no vas @ s1ot dead Dy Misc5eant WAo pala ne nc,
penaity oI h1e efamo on tho ganows, slmply
..sa necaQse a no haa opposea tho mans apphca.
uon 1of llconse 70 sell naoor. Mr: epfasue
a 3Sif s"o eons anu swo at, @ IN ano
Mll1am oprague ana MRS. Iae4am anu r,!ll3s Mls'
Doy!e, tno WHO OF tAe pfesent Mayor u EroVl-
aenGo. 1,;l1 mr: eprag4oa pertnor anu young93r
oro1ner William LOOK M actige pare ~ pnn.lc pear
Snalra. re vas oleGtea 70 GonSfeea eoS , ~ ln9o,
GoYelnor OF Nnoao dsla31a " 1898; ana onl!ea
slases senator " ioaz. Ao a1ea III !ooo: leaving
Pug s9n, pyton 9'. npiasuo. atu ono oausnteI, tae
iate !nIs. aoyt, potn q "lon S afo s1uce ueau;
nna Xii Il rnanoi ita ,,resont caInsan1 pronor
tiou4. ia too ,yoll known to need recnpitllution.