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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-27

brokers had bought up the rest for a
rise, silver would be entirely out Of circula-
ton and the Treasury would DO without its silver
serve" Silver is exported throughout the regular
y the OF three four five, and eight hundred
thousand dollars week. according TO receipts from
mines. The exports for last week amounted TO $4,000
in silver coin and bullion, most Of which went out In
SATURDAYS steamers after the intention OF the Secretary
OF the Treasury had been made unOlcally public. The
way specie payments was not by little experimental
schemes such this by fixing time I'm the future
and marking line OF policy, to which everybody
look with certainty, as the time and method which
the Government chooses for resuming specie payments
Then let tho Government proceed 0bud It's greenbacks
par with gold. and on the day named pay gold Tor
the greenbacks dollar for dollar Speculation could not
stand against that.
Colgate, said that silver selling pretty freely on
Saturday the trade dollars at 1854 currency the same
price gold and some small lots Of them even as high
no. There was an unusual demand for the smaller
from people small retail business, merely TO pay out
az ian advertisement The fractional currency out
standing exceeds s40,0O0,OOO. and cannot be sup
planted with t2500OO in .silver. There was probably
Wall-st including the amount I'm the hands OF the
Government. Silver Is selling In London now at
bsd sterling per 925 ne) equal TO sd per ounce
for American standard which Is 900 ne Al the present
rate Of exchange that equal TO 81 IL cents In gold or
81 23l in currency The SubTreasurer only pays 81 20 In
silver per ounce for bullion making - per cent dnerece
IN favor OF the London market. Alter allowing TOT
freight insurance etc. there would be an advantage OF
about 81 per cent IN exporting uncOined bullion TO Lon
don Coined silver, after having been In circuaiion
could not he exported in this TO London at profit
demand for 1t for export 90 the West Indies
and South America at from "a TO % per cent III gold
The present time Is exceptionally favorable 10 the re-
sumption OF silver circulation, because gold and eX
has been for years But there can be no general silver
circulation TIL gold Is down to l0i OF lO5
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-27
GRINNELL & CO.'S SECURITIES.
MOTION BY BLAKE BROTHERS q co. TO SELL I'll
BlNKRUPTs SECURITIES.

A MOTION BY BLAKE BROTHERS q co. TO SELL THE
BANKRUPTs' SECURITIES.
In the United States District Court on Satur-
day. Mr.. ChOate of counsel for Blake Brothers Co..
applied for permission for them TO sell certain collateral
securities for money loaned to Geo. Bird Grnne Co.
Mr. Choate that his clients had proven their claim
against the bankrupts that the securities had greatly
deprecated value and that they would probably de-
preclate stin further IL not sold soon.
Judge BatchfOrd said that there was no injunction
restraining tho sale of the securities In question aud
that Blake Bros Co. sold them before an assignee
had been Amounted they must themselves take all the
risk OF doing The Judge stated that he bad received
"a like application from bank IN Albany ana that ne
had treated IL in like manner.
The matter OF the application 10 have KENYON Cox d
Co adiudloatod involuntary bankupts was by consent
of counsel adjourned TIL next Saturday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-27
WALL-STREET DESPONDENT.

THE AIR THICK WITH STARTLING kUMOh ''
ALLEGED DEFICIENCIES IN THE LAKE SHORE Nr'
TOLEDO. WABASH AND WESTERN RuLhoND'
ANOTHER RAILROAD SAID TO BE UNABLE W -
INTEREST ON IT'S BoNDs-FINANCiAL Nv I'LL -,
Depression again marked operations III -
Oh Saturday. The startling rumors OF h"uu II
administration of the Lake Shore h','iO" -
the weakness of the New-Jersey oou'noi" "0io
reinforced with detailed reports oil oc"C'',,T'o9
,bo treasury Of the Toledo, Wabash and western
paiiroad and emptiness in that OF the chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad. The embezziemeiV Vi ii''"' -
the Lake Shore corporation was VaNouslS
estimated at from several hundred thou-
,and dollars 10 several million COLLARS
The officers of the Lake Shore Company denied that
,bore had been any defalcation and claimed that
.be books of the Company would show that thelr
sfatepcnts were correct. Inquiry, however, devei-
oped the fact that a large amount had been los' III
Tho failure Of George Bird Grinnell n Go. Inquiry
If q director elected the information tna'
only about $4,000 had been lost IN the
Grinnen failure, and this had ARISEN
from, transaction on a loan, the margin OF when
,,od RIM ont The stoppagc Of mills and reduction
oC the number of the employees and their hours oil
labor seemed 10 prosage a season of small produc-
zion. if not of total inactivity on the
mart Of manufacturers The stock market
,yas dcpresscd under these conditions Out
the decline was accelerated by the expiration oil
heavy time loans on Vanderbilt stocks when inc
hanks refused TO receive, and thus obhged theI
holder 70 force them to a sale.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-27
THE EMBARRASSED RAILROADS.

THE CHESAPEAKE AND ONO RAILROAD COMPANY
FINDS 1T DIFFICULT TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS.
The troubles which have attended the con-
suueton OF new railroads beginning TO eliminate
rapidly II Is now asserted that the coupons OF the
Chesapeake ana OHIO Railroad bonds which will fall due
November will not be paid unless some active meas
nret are taken by the directors Of the Company 20 meet
she maturing oohgations The bonds In circulation
amount 70 about n5,O0O.OOO. and the ss,ot-annnsl
interest Is $4,000 1t Is also uuderstood that
a large amount Of construction and eon;nrooD,
paper which is considerably overdue bas 40, -
paid. TRIBUNE reporters visited Coils p Huptiny+,
President OF the road and asked for inforn,a,to,
Mr.. Huntington said IL true that the treasury -
not full they would like TO have it, but n wa. nor
owing TO any fault OF the directors. These eenus,n
had already paid in money than they hat
promised the present time 1t difficult % an
tain great deal He hoped that the payment Of the
coupons would be satisfactorily arranged There wss
proposition the bondhoders and other creditors nov
under consideration. 1T 10 the effect that the Goat
ing DEBT several OF the future coupons should ia
funded into an income bond The floating debt was
about 100000 and would certainly require 10 De
funded. He believed that the bondhoders would also
fund their coupons He did not think that there
any danger OF foreclosure in default OF While
the Chesapeake and Ohio Road proper completed. II
was essential that an additional line OF road ~ miles
long, extending from Mt Sterling TO the Big Sandy
should be constructed for the purpose OF forming con
neetioDs with the Western system Of railroads. meet
Ing Of the directors will be held to consider matters
The directors comprise:
A. A. Low, c. p. Huntington, william H. Aspinwail
DaVid stewart, Jonas g. Clark, william WbeWrlgb
hew-Jersey; William C. Wickbam and John EchOis oi
virginia and H. c. Parsons OF West Virginia.
hh understood that there "a desre on the part Of
''e o. LOe Directors " Pay the eoupops oss director
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-27
Offering TO give $4,000 for that purpose while the others
would not respond
THE NFw-JERSEY SOUTHERN


THE NFw-JERsEY SOUTHERN.
The embarrassments of the New-Jersey
Southern Railroad Company st continue to attract tho
attention of the business community Prosper r. shaw
who and the plaintiff in one Of the snits
begun against Company questioned IN regard 10
affairs OF the road. He said that the Company was
owing than 81 600 and he believed that some OF
its notes had protest The cause OF the trouble
the the extension Of the road between the
Delaware aud Chesapeake Bays In which f0oooo
had expended year and the failure OF the Com
pany 10 sell its bonds the proceeds of which were ex
pected TO defray the OF extension The trouble In
selling the bonds was due 10 the general depreciation
in railroad securities He said that he had made call
loans 20 the road amounting 500 900. and, being I'M
able 20 obtain payment, had instituted suit for $4,000
attachment obtained against the property OF the
COMPANY. but could be served all the property
l. in w.Jersey. He brought this suit under ad-
vice, but now regretted having done 20, and In
tended TO take further steps IN the proceeding.
fuller investigation Of it's affairs since he was in
duced TO bring against &c. had convinced him that it
could be made 10 meet all liabilities and become profit
able enterprise After the line was completed he be-
eVed that the earnings would he large ana the roau &c
enabled to nay the directors who had advanced money
IL Is understood that the Pennsylvania Company win
not only meet all the interest upon the loans OF their
and connecting or leased lines but, according 70
the Philadelphia newspapers upon tho capital STOCK.
The road has earned III nine months sSIzJVO against
$l6,2l9,OO0 last year.
THE CANADA SOUTHERN.
The Canada Southern Railway, which was
embarrassed in the earlier stages of the panic is now
about to undergo the which has been pro-
posed for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad The float
ing debt road Is reported at 2O0OO0O while tho
treasury ia said 20 hold securities for $600O0O IL Is
proposed fund the floating debt and possibly some OF
the earlier maturing coupons. The matter VIII prop
ably be arranged within the next ten days
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-27
THE STATE OF BUSINESS.

FINANCIAL DEPRESSION IN MASSACHUSETTS,
HOW TRADE BECAME DULL-DoUBTFUL PROSPECT FOR
THE wINTRR-PARTIAL SUSPENSION OF WORK IN
LARGE Mills
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-27

The Board resoI red vt meeting July indemnify
all deposors who had placed money In the bank since
tho defacation was known. and not make them equal
with other creditors Twelve thousand three hundred
and fortysx books including st01 old accounts and
39Se accounts, have been examined and the de-
neieDcy has thus been reduced from 1l,717 IL to
400 co. and It Is hoped that by the examination OF
16 books, intending 1855 and 7s old, the denctency
Will be still further reduced by several thousand dol
lars The expenses " tho examination amount TO
G,+70 a. The report OF the managers closes win the
advice 70 depostors 70 be patient And wait for resump
ton rather than iDstute legal proceedings 10 recover
their money an In the former event they VIII most prob
ably he paid every dollar with interest and IN the latter
they will lie put 10 great expense, aud will suffer
materially by forcing the sale OF c0aferals held by the
bank The depositors 30 far IL known are likely
70 ABIDE BY tGis advice and await further Developments
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-26
FARM AND GARDEN.
Wnicring NcNIy-rlnntrI Tree,,

Very many who plant trees suppose ..a'
they mus, b. WMe.cl ut regular interval.
There could be no more crroncou, suppo'!'
lion. The ueo should ue set with care, Wa
,rrcG II 'H, ground b" dry, anu tie root, Gaze
FULLY covered uad the earth pressed carefully
ruunI them; thcnH.icrihe water mas cAtre,,y
-c.lc. away, The ground should DE cairl4i!H
,rrc... up amt the surface Thoroughly "GIcA'
.", There !, nothing further To Dt "'''-' SO
u.. as Watering Is concerned.
There /, only one pra'lce IN u'A-l"ot4E
I.es which j. more perhIclou' man pti"N''
go, W1terin---onu tiIoi - cutI!hE the 'lte 10
d bare poi" %. ,Ian7piahuA@: M"!c uty, are
1rcp.MA'N injured ~ 'Ais Severe cutting
'nau hy t'eI ,A' pEao"I' oil 'rli'AS mac, a.
10 the top "na mU,iIaiGA ~ me roofs, Tor Il
HE trees nave plouly oi D"dS 10 form leaves,
the roots VIII inh!rula'eiy ioIloW ouI i the
Top be so severely c,tI us TO present Out le"
caves the root GROWN VIII DC corresponding
j. weakened IN" Il me ieai surface De en-
'lrcIy destroyer 'Ae Tree must OF necessary
die, r,,
me pf!Ac4p.l d'iiIcui'y III watering Is tAaj
enough water = iol given at one tinc; Tor ~
nc process o' watering Nuperhcialiy ihc
moisture uoe' hot reach the roofs al an or Il
II 90, oA!l 20 'I'n "t@FGc is 10 inuu't inc
.not CROWN 20 uc'tiop ltscll near me surface.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-26
The WAY to Paint AN Old Wagon.

The first operation will be to wash every
part Of the vehicle thoroughly clean, as paint
will not adhere satisfactorily to any surface
hat is cOYcrcd with only Il thin coat of for
cigh matter that water will dissolve. If there
IRE any large or even small cracks in the hubs
or in any other part of the woodwork, let all
the halt.dcCayed wood and mud be removed
and let the soft places be scrapcd thoroughly
until Il hard surface is laid bare Let the
vehicle then be taken into some clean build.
ng where no dust will settle in the paint If
one has no better place than the open air,
AXE the wagon to Il clean lawn and let ii
stand on two planks few inChC, from the
ground But when painting is done in the
open air exposed to the full heat Of the sun,
he paint will frequently be filled with nu-
mcrou- b.istcrS, which seldom occurs in the
aade.
For filing the small cracks, prepare a sort
90 " modelling by putting, say half "A gill
of good boiled oil into dish, with about the
same quantity of lacquer, into which stir
white or red lead until the mass has become
ot the COnSistcncc Of thin putty. Let all the
cracks and open joints be filled with this ma.
,crial which will become very tough and
hard IL 4 few days. In most instances one
can work this filling into cracks with his
finger, with more facility than with some in.
>'rumcnt Such cracks are frequently filled
with melted resin, or resin mingled with lin
seed oil; but the grand objection to such ma.
tcrial /, want Of proper solidity RESIN Will
answer as u filling where little or no strength
IS required; but for the purpose alluded to,
gns.n and oil will be worthless, except for
filling the cracks of carriage of some pro.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-26

Tie English Swans have bee discussing the
potato, and give certain recommendation,
"ltL respect to the manner of cooking it that
IRE OF value. Everybody may not know that
The potato belongs to the same family as the
deadly nightshade, and partakcs to some cX.
tent Of the poisonous properties of its near
relative, illustrating the prOverb blood will
tell Potatoes should be boiled in sauce
IAN Lalf full ofwater, boiling, and not in one
sled with hot water Steam is thus engen.
Ccrcd, and the potatoes are steamed instead
Of aoilcd, whereby the poisonous element
which the potato has in common with other
,o.onm Is ncutralized The lid Of the sauce
an should fit closely. When the potatoes
arc boiled the steam should cvaporatc he
t2.c they are eaten They should not he fried
u utter, as the poisonous matter is thus re-
aimed, to the serious prejudice ofthe stomach.
William Goblet was wont to describe the
1otato as the "accurscd root" but as it still
coutinues'thc chef food for the lahorerS. il
~ Id bccoollcd properly
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-26
CarriaQr .Tart0rp,

(,Ai<HIAGE~, nUGGrE;S, &c.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-26

CHOPPED ChULrFLowER.-Tdkc fine
W. e head at eaulifOwCr, and chop il fine
'a' piece of butter "a large a. buttcrnul
.cty 4 shallow pan: add three or four table
- o-iuls of strong vinegar Stew the Cauli
sewer, covered over with fiat tin for twenty
minutes, or until it is perfectly tender. Serve
- sllceS OF toasted bread, or on a platter with
BIT. Ot toast cut into trianglCS, and well
Irovnei, then laid in points around the dish
t. +, nice supper or breakfast dish
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whisky diluted with seven times it,
-at"f water. b" treated with olrnized air
u. n q short time hc entirely converted
.. vinegar y single establishment in
'Iace Ia, manufactured ninety barrels ni
,".- .iun-Hr jay hr 'li, .-Hr.-,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-26
CARRIAGE FACTORY
THOSE IN WANT OF

G0od tmri"9eS, Top and open BuggteS, SLjde
Seat BuggeS Twoeated open bugges Democrat Wagons,
Suhles &c. can find them at this Factory, all of MS
nuke OF the hest HIteTdl and In the dprOrsd styles
GndEHih. ALL WIRRiN7ED, AID for sale at low prices.
Also make 70 oricy AHcb rnt.f. Repairing done
promptly Painting, Trimming. Wood ard Iron work.
ottawa. March lS. 1871.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-09-17
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/" SALARY GRABBERs. },

Salary Grabbers do not receive much mer.
cy from the press or from constituents, Of
either party. They presumed toomuch when
they supposed that the people would quietly
submit to have the government plundered -
The Patterson Guardian (Democratic) contains
the following - 1.s5a s..
FIVE MONTHS IN PuReAToRY.-We are
sorry that the Newark Journal deems it a
duty to severely criticise Mr. Bird for being
two months behind Messrs. Hill and Halsey
In refnnding his back pay to the Treasury
But it must be recollccted that they are q lit.
tie slower people down in Hunterdon county
than they are up this way, besides g five thou
sand dollars Is greet deal of money =
there, rs well as In other places. We know
this money has burned Mr. Birds fingers ev
cry time he has put his hands into his pocket
since he has had it. His fingers became bis.
tered every time he touched his pocket book
containing 1t, and which grew hotter and hot
ter, till 1t threatened to melt his keys4-it fin
ally burned hole through his pocket and
dropped down inside his trowsers leg, leaving
o red, burnt steak down his leg, until 1t went
down into his boots. These he kicked off
vigorously, shook out the red hot pocket book,
picked II up with the tongs and sent it right
on to Washington, to be cooled off in the
Treasury Department. Mr.. Bird may bear
some slight scars, on account of this little af-
fair, but he has made such manful, heroic,
and victorious struggle, that we are Inclined
to lot his wounds quietly heal over. Mr.. Stock
ton has managed to keep his fingers cool, per-
haps, by bathing them in the surf at Long
Branch, but he will learn that the whole ocean
will not be sufficient to stop the smarting In
the future, If he keeps that money. The pro-
cecdings Of the Pennsylvania Democratic Con-
vention in selecting chairman, should be in
teresting reading just now to Democratic
Congressman who have not lowered 2 their
back-pay into the treasury. This word "coy-
cred we believe is new term for returning
property dishonesty obtained.
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The Butler campaign in Massachusetts came
to rather surprising termination when the
Republican Convention met last Wednesday.
Worcester was crowded with politicians and
spectators who expected some fun. Ex-Gov-
e,nor Bullock was chosen chairman without
opposition, and business seemed about to 20
on smoothly when General Butler, who was
himself a delegate, raised the question as to
the eligibility of certain member Of the Con-
vention who had declared his purpose to bolt
in case of his (Butier's) nomination. This
gave rise to long debate, which enabled
Butler and his friends to command the at
tention of the Convention during the whole
afternoon. They appeared to have the best
of the talk, until James Freeman Clarke, an
anti-Butler man, boldly declared in favor of
the right to bolt in case of an unfit nomina-
ton, and conceded the right Of the other side
to do the same If they pleased. Then the
subject was quietly tabled. When the even-
ing session opened General Butler took the
platform and made short speech. He said
majority Of the delegates were in favor of
Washburn, and that he proposed to make no
factious opposition. He then withdrew his
name as a candidate, and asked his friends to
support Washbun. Gov. Washburn was
then nominated for third term by acclama-
ton. The resolutions adopted were decided
ly anti-Butler.. They strongly condemn the
salary-grab Of the last Congress- which was
mainly Of Buffers contrivance /; declare point
eddy against the right of ofice-holders to con-
troll the political action Of the people, and ask
the President to remove such as have at
tempted to do SO; demand q reduction in the
rates of transportation by railroads advocate
the ten-hour system in factories and present
the Republican party as "the party Of tenn
perance, order and law" and as indispensa-
BILE to the future material and social progress
of the nation. nst N
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-09-17

When at Long Branch recently, Gen. John
O. Breckenridge called on President Grant,
whom he had not seen since the Mexican war,
wnere they were fellow officers, and very inti-
mate. The President greeted Mr.. Breckin.
ridge very kindly, and referred to the last
time they met, which was when Grant was
slightly wounded in one of the Mexican en-.
gagements. They called up old memories and
traced the latter into after-ife. There is but
a years difference in the ages of the two
gentlemen, Gen. Grant being fifty-two, ant
Gen. Breckenridge fifty-one,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-09-17
cL4nx r1HRsoN, EDsroR,
PERYERSIOE,

If Americans have faculty for ono thing
above another, tits that of perversion. Hard
iy any undertaking is set on foot without it il
sooner or later perverted from aits Original
object to that which is of selfish, if not dis
honest, character. Illustrations suggest
themselves rapidly, but only three or four can
be named. The Constitution Of the United
States was designed undoubtedly for the defence
OF liberty, but for a long time it was used
by the pro-slavery power to bind the chais of the
blacks more tightly. Public office has been
prevented from it's object Of public service to
that Of party, and the patriotism Of the ,peo-
pie has too often been appealed to for solely
selfish and personal ends, The Pacific Rail
road was grand undertaking, but its leaders
made Interpretations the cover for robbing the
Government OF millions The movement
among the farmers of the West for cheaper
freights, &C., was good one, but from pres
ent appearances it has been "confiscated" |
by some politicians as pony to ride into
Office. Our agricultural fairs were designed
for the best objects, but they have been
perverted into simple horse races, in most in
stances. The idea Of physical exercised by
such outdoor games as base ball was good, but
it soon became a simple contest for success
and money, without reference to health To
name the last prominent exemplifcation Of it
the scheme to test the possibility Of reach
ing Europe by balloon was commcndable when
in the interests of science, but tho Indications
are that the Graphic Company really looked
at the effort in the light Of admission fees at
the Brooklyn Capotolinc Grounds, where the
ascension was to have taken place. Thus, in
the attempt to turn everything which we
touch into gold, or its equivalent, we turn 1t
to mire and dirt. 1t seems pity that even
our judicial machinery is too often perverted
to the shielding Of lawless men, instead OF
used for their punishment.
1t is encouraging, however, in the face Of
these abuses, to know that the public mind is
more active and wary than heretofore, and the
motives and designs Of men are more closely
watched and there is an inclination to hold
men to strict account for abuses Of power
and position.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-09-17

In Indiana 1t has been judicially decided
that the purchase of a railway ticket is also a
purchase of seat in the car. Otherwise, we
suppose. notice should be given to the pur-
chaser that no scat could be furnished. In
this case the purchaser refused to give up his
ticket until he was furnished with a seat.
His request was not needed, and it was in
evidence that 1t could not be complied with in
consequence of the crowded condition of the
car. The passenger was therefore elected, his
baggage being thrown after him, for which
injury he has now recovered $4,000.