The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-10-17
TEkEGRAPHIG.
Reported Expressly for the Bulletin.
FROM NEW YORK
woMANs CONGRESS.

| League hall and WAS numerously attended
Letters were read from Emily Faithful
and others, last evening. Mrs. Mary OIL
ivemore was chosen president, and among
the secretaries were Mrs N. LOOMS, Thos.
Plumer, 2. N. Sherwood, Rev. Eiva I.
Wilkes, Colorado; Mr. 4. ). Upper,
Iowa; Mrs. +. Emlard, Ills; Mr.. l..
Woods, Mrs. Frances Miner, Missouri
The executive committee Includes Mrs.
Augusta Chaplin, Iowa; and Professor
Maria Mitchell, of Vssscr college.
| STOKES TRIAL.
In the Stokes trial to-day, Thomas
Hart, doormsn at the Indies entrance
Of the Grand Central hotel, and the prin.
cipal witness against the prisoner, admit
ted on cross-examinstion that after the
last trial, being sick and out Of employ
ment he called on Chaplin * Co, Fisks
brokers, and from them he went 10 Mr..
Coner, Fisk's former managing agent
and was by him sent TO the private secre.
tary of Mrs. Fisk, from whom he received
"
idence was as on former trials.
Judge Friedman and jury, in the supe-
rior court to-day, tried The suit of Char
lotts Gilbert against the New York and
Charleston Steamship company, claiming
$4,000 damages for being excluded from
the sta.e-room Of the steamer Manhattan
in 1870. The plaintiff obtained a verde.
In her favor for $50.
Philip Spier " Co, Scott Strong &
Co., and Alcott Il Co., had tbcil
stock sold out under rule fol
thev ccount of Grinnel Il Co.
as follows; 5000 shares in the Union
Pacific at lss9i9, 300 Lake Shore q.
66!@e7J; 300 New York Central at s3i
100 Pacific Mail
| STOKES TRIAL.
Phillip Farley, hotel porter, contradict
cd the testimony Of Thos. Hart, as to
Stokes saying he knew nothing of the
shooting. Farley was the man who seized
Stokes, and no heard everything said.
|
the pistol in room number 2O7 about half
past four and found one.
MONEY.
Money closed at l-l6@l SIC, but Just
before this when the bank accounts were
made up, offers went down rapidly on
ANAL suouptGi05l e ant efg&f "tnat- i,
was regarded by some as having connec.
tion with current speculation in stock eI-
change, as prices we're bid up rapidly. At
the very close Of the market, green backs
were less active at AGA. At the final
close quotations we're t@i. The premium
demand for foreign exchange for months
at 81 to 6 for long and Ct to I for short.
Commercial bills in good supply and dull
at 43@5. Custom house receipts Sill, 900.
Gold heavey and lower, declining from
to u, which price has not been before
reached since June, 1865. When
the closing rate was &c. The as
sistant treasurer disbursed $40, 900. Gov
ernments firm early in the day but closed
lower in sympathy with gold. The
quietest decline was in 81 and Gss. RAil
road and miscellaneous spoculations ir
regular, but prices In main higher. Add.
ing, the Express says; "Thc question
of the banks re,uming greenback pay.
ments now being actively discussed in
financial circles, especially as it has al
important bearing upon tho general stu
alton, while the New York banks ar,
in state OF suspension the people in tn,
interior have good excuse for not paying
the debts to the Atlantic cities, and con.
sequently collections are much lower thar
they would otherwise b. In difYeren,
parts Of the country the national bank.
are gradually resuming currency pay
ment, and these banks could
make still greater Roadway if tn,
banks of New York, aud Philadelphia
should resume. The Philadelphis bank,
have about $500, 900 of their reserve in
this city, and they cannot remit until oul
own banks do. 1t does not follow tha
this money would be Withdrawn from
Now York in case Of resumption, but, on
the contrary, it would probably remain
rs the Philadelphia banks would no. draw
il as soon as it became apparent tina, they
could get it. Resumption by New York
banks is an important step in the restora,
ton of confidence, and this can only be
accomplished by giving up the presen,
system OF pooling greenb scks, which
has always been an injustice to strong
banks, ablo to take care of themselves
These banks have carried safely through
the recent panic about u dozen weak
banks, and its but right that they should
deserve resumption. These weak bank,
would no doubt DO called upon to hqui.
date largely in consequence of tho with.
drawal of deposits ard cancellation OF &C
counts, and possibly some might have &c
to be wound up, but our banking bushes,
would be placed. on q strange basis, and
moral effect and resumption would DO fel,
here though not in the country. Tn,
deposits Of our city banks now range from
hundred and forty -four to hundred and
fifty million dollars, and green backs On
hand are from ffty.avs to six million dol.
lsri. BY this II will be seen that the Per
cent. OF greenbscks on deposit 10 only
spout four per cent, and adding the city
bank circulation OF twen,y-eight million