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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-12
GROCERIES.

Under this head We report a decline in
coffee, fish, rice and candles. Sugar, which
is constantly rising in the East, was ex-
eeedingly firm here and tending upward.
We quote the grocery market as follows:
SUGAR-Demerara 114n12c; standard
hards 12t; A coffee 11sc; b do. lie; extra
G DO. lie; yellow G lOd10se.
MOLAssEs-New Orleans 6SRT5e; sirups
55d65c; golden strip 65d75c.
CoFFEE-RiO, common to choice, 2isH
2Slc; Laguayra 23s624c; Java 29td30Bc.
CHEEsE-FactOry, 16c.
NAm@10ds, per keg, S4.O0 and 25e adj
dItional for diminishing grades.
SALT bushel barrels, in store, 1925;
By car load in depot, S2.35.
CASDLE@Star 1Itc = d.
FIsH-Half barrels, Nos. IL and3 $3.50,
800 and $500; in kits, Nos. /, 2, and 3,
500, S1.75 and $1.5O.
RICE-ChOice new by the barrel, 9Ie.
TEAs-ImDerial 75cdS1.25; Young Hy-
son 75cdSl.25; Black 50c6S1.0O; Gunpow-
der 15cGS1.25.
PowDER-DupOut s7.25i Sycamore Mills
s7.25; blasting $500; fuse per 100 feet 65e.
SHOT-Pstent S2.I0; Buck S2.35.
LIQUoR@COmmOn recti6ed whisky %
gallon 90c6$I.0O; Robertson County S1.75
$500; Bourbon $1.25h5.50 Lincoln
County S1.T5G3.OO; Highwines S1.OO.
BsOOhs-Per dOz. al S2.O0d3.5O.
SoAP-Common T. fancy, 5dSc ~ n, or
$3.25f4.50 q box
BLAcKING-Mason's large, per dozen,
zoe; small, 35c.
CANDIEs-CommOn stick, lac; common
fancy 15e.
PEPPER-Per h., 27ic.
SPfCE-ler lbss 16G.
GNGER-Per h., 16c.
CLovEs-Per h., 6OR70c.
STARCH-Per H., SIC.
SoDA-Per D., DC.
PEcAN-Per ID, 10adl2ac.
sUNDAIEs.
Cotton TIEs-Per d. l0c.
BAGGINe-Hemp and fax, 15d16c.
CoRDAGE-Jute, 13c; grass, zoe; cotton
26A2se.
COTTON YARNs-Per H., 10c, 12c, lac
and 16c for T0O., 60Os, 500s and zoos.
IRON-TenneSsee bar &c y n; Ken
tucky do. &c; Tennessee band ShSBe; Ken
lucky do. SASS; Tennessee boiler plate S6
SIC; boiler heads &c; IRE box 93c; sheet,
common, 5d6c; 90. Kentucky, 6d7c; do.
TENNESSEE, S69c; cast steel and shear 2Oc;
American blister 12kc; English blister 1Sc.
Usual discount to the trade.
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TOBACCO.

We report the market firm and previous
quotations fully sustained.
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SAVINGS BANKS.
HOUSE
OF
Nashville Savings Company,

L. q. TARBOx, Cashier.
THOS. y. MARI, President.
Deposits received and interest allowed thereon;
Loans Negotiated; Collections Made,
snd General Banking Bust
Jsn1 iy ness transacted.
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Nashville and Chattanooga and st. Louis
Railroad, LIST mortgage, ............
Nashville and Decatuf Railroad bonds, sec
Ond morT0aOa So
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NASHVILLE MARKETS.

UNION AND AMERICAN OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, Sept. IL.
Cotton.
We have a very quiet market to report
to-day, and no change 70 note in price, ex-
cept a slight weakening. TransactioBs
wera rather Iioht-
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-12
New York Dry Goods Market.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1l.-BusineSs was
unsettled to-day by a break in the print
m arket. Package transactions were light.
The jObbing trade progresses iayorabiy.
American and Aliens fancy and sideband
prints were reduced TO sc; but staple are
unchanged. Cotton goods are quiet al cur
rent prices. Cotton and wool iannels are
active. WOOlens are quiet. Foreign goods
are in better demand.
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Memphis Markets.

MEMPHIS, Sept. lI.-FlOur steady; fami-
$50. Corn scarce and firm at y2c. Oats
j7a6Oc. Lard 16al7c. Bacon excited and
higher; shoulders 10sa1lc; clear rib la
1J3c: clear l6c.
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PREPAID POSTAGE.
Thc Papers that Burden the Mails
Every Morning 20 be Stamped I'm
BuIk-DetaiIs of the System 90 be
Adopted January 4.

Thc faPers That Burden the Mails
Every Morning 20 be Stamped i'm
BuIk-DetaiIs Of the System TO be
Adopted January L.
New York World, Sept. 9.
During the last days of the last ses-
sion of Congress was passed a law au.
thorizingthe prepaymentof postage on
newspapers and other publications,
particularly periodicals, upon some
simple system to be devised by the
Post-Ohee Department. In order to
expedite matters, the Postmaster Gen
eral was speedily directed to prepare
some plan. The work was placed in
the hands of Third-Assistant Postmas-
ter-General Barbour, with full author
ity, subject only to the revision Of the
Postmaster General. Gen. Barbour at
once set to work and puzzled himself
for some time before he devised a plan,
which he has now partially arranged.
He arrived in this city three days ago
with A. d. Hagen, chief of the Stamp
Division in his bureau, for the express
purpose of obtaining the views of Post
master James and others on the practi-
cability of the system he has arranged.
While the system is completed, all the
details are not yet finished. New
stamps have yet to be devised, and
Gen. Barbour will consider them before
returning to Washington and obtain
estimates for having them printed.
The system he has devised is simple.
1t provides for the preparation of re-
ceipt books by the department for each
publisher of a newspaper or periodi-
cal. The form of receipt at the New
York Postofhee viii be something as
follows:
Name Of newspaper 'No.-
Date. -N NEW YORK;
No. Received dollars and
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ChIcaEO Markets.

CHICAGO, Sept. IL. - Flour quiet and
unchanged. Wheat steady; No. 1 spring
SI.O2; Nc. = 95sc for spot; 95se for Septem-
Der delivery; g4c for October delivery.
Corn firm al T7.c cash; 7G.c for September
delivery; T4!c for October delivery. Oats
steady at 4S5c for SPOT; l1c for September
delivery; 455c for October delivery. Rye
steady at S2aS}e. Barley llal.Ol cash; 9js
ace f,r September delivery; 9Oc for Octo-
Der delivery for No. >; No. ; SlaSJc. Mess
pork nOminally So cash; sales al Sl7.@j
for seller all the year. Lard dull and un-
changed nj l4.c for spot. Bulk meats are
steady at &c for Septemberdelivery. Wits
XIV steady at SI.OI. Wheat-reeeipts l4o,-
OnO k,rsT,Is
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ST. LOUIS, Sept. IL Flour quiet AMI
unchanged; extra S~4.G0l4.S7i. Wheat is
4 fraction higher; No. 3 fall ~Sl.O6al-G7,
No. ? red winter st.IGaf.16i. Corn higher
at TTaSOe. Oats firm at 5OaG05c. Barley
quiet and UNCHANGED at SI.OTal.15. Rye
higher at 9Oa95c. Whisky higher ut Sl.O2.
Mess pork firm at sd. Bacon firm and
higher; shoulders 1OIalOic; clear rib la
l55c; clear t5sc. Lard steady; prime steam
lie for seller all the year. Hogs lower al
9Ia-Ip Cattle active nj 2ofc-
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New York General Markets.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1l-Flour steady and
unchanged; white wheat western extra
$5.35a6.4 40; superfine western and State
S~4.3ja5.OO; extra Ohio $.l0a6.S5; st. Louis
$~5.3ja9.OO. Wheat in moderate demand;
receipts 81, 600 bushels; No. 3spring silica
LIS; No. 2 Chicago ~Sl.l6ai.lS. Rye
Corn 9Oa97c. Oats 6ja6Tc. Coffee dull
nominal. Sugar firm and active at S.aSae.
Mess pork frmer; new mess S22.JO; middles
firm. Lard f-mer; prime steam IL lJ-lGa
Il l.lG. Whisky dull SLOT.
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LONDON Sept. IL, . P. M.-Consol,
for money 92S; for account so; united
States 5-2Os Of 'G5, 1OS.. 1867, lOS@i
1O-4Os lO45s; new 80, 1913; New YORK
Central, 96; Erie, 81; DO. preferred 81.
The amount Of bullion gone into the
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Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Sept. 1l.-Fi0U quiet; sup
crime $500; extra S4.25; extra family s.,
No. 1 $.IjaG.25; fancy S~G-JOaT.OO- Wheat
quiet and unchanged; red 9Oc; amber 81;
white Slai.n5. Com I0aI4c. Oats quiet
and unchanged at 45asS. Rye -. Mess
pork $3.50. BacOn-shDulders lOac; clear
rib 1jc; clear l5ae. Sugar-cured hams 14c;
plain 14c. Bulk meats higher; shoulders
94c; clear rib 14tc; clear lIic. Lard lG4c.
Whisky 81. Bagging, 2 lbs. Ky. hemp
14a14sc; fax and iute, as to weight, 145
aI5c.
The Portland daily press., 1874-12-24
NEW YORK.


The T1tOn.heccher Cuse.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.--In the city court OF
Brooklyn to-day, Judge McCue granted an Or
der requiring Tllton to show cause, next sat
urday, why he W as not precluded from giving
any evidence not bearing on the specific dates
and places mentioned by the complainant IN
his suit against Beecher. The order to snow
cause was applied for on the ground that the
bill of particulars had not been furnshed
within three days as ordered by Judge McCue'
although no stay of proceedings had been ep-
tanned by the plaintiff
rlf i. King David.
d King Kalakaua arrived at Jersey City at p
m. from Washington. As the cars entered the
enthusiastic crowd. On alighting from the
train the King was met by Mr.. Odell, the Ha-
waiian Consul. who conducted him to the Ia
dies waiting room, where the aldermani1 com
mittee were in readiness to receive him. stand
ing in a semi-circe formed by his party, the
King listened to an address from the chairman
of the committee, Alderman McCafferty, who
welcomed the guest of New York on the soil OF
New Jersey. The King replied in fitting terms,
after which general introduction followed.
The party then proceeded in carriages via
Courtland Street Ferry to New York. The pro-
cession was soon formed, and headed by troop
of cavalry and detachment of mounted po-
lice. moved through Courtland street, Broad
way, Ii street and 9Th avenue to the quarters
prepared by the city for the royal guest. May
or Vance rendered the hospitalities OF the city,
and expressed the wish of the corporation that
the King would make himself at home as well
as circumstances would admit. The King re-
sponded briefly. I'd t- r5.s
4I'f 47H Failure.
The Post says: The firm of Rose, Goodwin,
Walker & Co., whose failure has been report
ed several times during the last six months, has
succumbed under the pressure of bad debts
and the depreciation in the value of goods, and
an assignment of their effects has been made
to Charles P Crosby, of the firm of Fullerton,
Knox & Crosby, for the benefit of their credi-
tors. 1t is impossible at present to announce
their liabilities or per centage the creditors VIII
secure - e.. .....qtU t.l.
The Steel Tariff Exit -.
At a meeting of the board of trade this after
noon, the tariff committee on metal duties re-
ported resolutions declaring that it was the
duty of Congress to give the manufacturers in
steel every possible facility and to avoid any
legislation which might tend to give foreign
competitors any advantage over them. that the
total abolition of all duties upon steel would
enormously increase our exports and enable our
manufacturers to employ more labor and there
fore increase the domestic demand for our pro-
ducts which would enable US to build and
equip cheaper vessels aud solve the question OF
cheap transportation, The resolutions were
adODted, t .,s....-. lf .Fl .|..rI. ....
The Portland daily press., 1874-12-24
Brighton Cattle Market.


At market for the current week: Cattle, 76S;
Sheep and Lambs, 1881; Swine, 1000; number OF
Western Cattle, 433 Eastern Cattle AZ; Northern
Cattle and Mich Cows 15o Cattle left over from last
week SO.
Prices of Beef Cattle, ~ cwt live weight Extra
quality 81 25 70; first quality Sc rs 9 12A; Sec
ond quality Sc 90 @6 50 third quality S. 25 q Is;
poorest grades of coarse oxen. bulls, &c. at SO 30
5 90. AL ra .sr4 .T-ses-s 81
Brighton Hides = q cents P fb. Brighton Tai
C Country Hides q SIC p ib. Country Tallow.-@
&c $B tb.
75c a 25 each.
For the week the supply of Cattle has been the
lghtest of the season. and the trade upon all grades
very dull Western Cattle cost higher at Albany,
and the market here would not warrant an advance
in prices over those of one week ago. There were
but few extra Cattle in market and the attendance
of buyers has been very small. From Maine there
The supply, although SMALL was full as large as the
demand required. Many of the country butchers are
buyin dressed Beet at the commission houses which
is being shipped in large quantities from Chicago,
ami affects the trade for live stock materially.
Working Oxen-The supply in market from the
West was light, but enough for the demand, few
the market requires. We quote sales of pair, grth
feet 10 inches, live weight 290O bs for $685. pair,
girth feet 10 inches live weight 29OO lbs for $155;
5000; pair, girth feet inches, live weight 25OO
$500 lbs, for Si35 -
S15 q S27; three year olds S25 q $50 " head. Most
of the small Cattle that in fair condition were
bought up by butchers to slaughter ~
$3.50 $50; Store Cows SIS q $50 P head. Most
of the Cows offered in market for sale of a COM
mon grade, But few extra Cows in market.
Sheep and Lambs-From the West there was fair
supply, all owned by butchers, costing, landed at
Brighton from q &c p tb. From the North the
supply was light prices pas II ranging from y 70 P H.
Sc %S fb.
The Portland daily press., 1874-12-24
Daulesfic Markets.

NEW YORK Dec. 23-EvenIng.-- --Breadstuffs-Flour
receipts 3S O74 bbs; exports 16 791 bbls sales 6744
bbis; the general market is duh and steadily held ;
the advance on freights checks the export inquiry
1000 bbls sold at 10; common Buckwheat flour sold
at rs "a S5; good to choice 80 a 25 State and
Pennsylvania per 100 lbs, Rye flour closed at 40
for best Brandywne. n-Wheat-receipts 5000
bush exports liz 274 bush; sales ITO, 900 bush at H.
in store for No Chicago Spring; 12l "a 13 for do
ahoat; IA a 10 for No Milwaukee Spring in
store; IA for North Western aioat; % q 25 for
No Spring; % for Winter Red; 80 for Amber
Winter; 1 81 for extra White Michigan; held at rs
SO 10 for No Spring; range for Winter Red 25 q
%; Amber 20 a 81; White So a 81; market
closed with sales of No Chicago at 10 aOat. Corn
receipts 48 $50 BUSH exports 49, 361 bush sales 40
900 bush at 81 q SOC for Western Mixed 9Oc for
White; CSC for old Western Mixed; market closed
dull and buyers holding off. Oats-receipts of 1875
bush; exports none; sales $4,000 bush at &c for
damaged; 681 "a 69c for Mixed State, including local
light sale of Mixed at 69lc Toledo So "a 69Ic ;Chicago
69Jc; White zoe; market closed frmer and a 3c
better. Barley-receipts 500 bush imports by steam
er State OF Georgia from Glasgow 1908 tons; from
Rotterdam steamer Rotterdam 1000 sacks sales 5000
bush proved State 30; 5 cars of Canada at SO;
chiefly at 62 "a 63 for Canada. Rye-no receipts;
Canada held in bond at co.; Western at 93c; State
94 % 96c. The Inquiry is limited to local and milling
wants. Barley Malt-receips 100 bush; market dull
10 for prime Canada, which prices are general held
above buyers views. Seeds-receipts 648 bags; ex-
ports 1885, Clover held at 10 a 1O1c for Western and
Ill a III for State; Timothy is nominal at IS q
so per bush; domestic flax seed retail lots to drug
gist 25 "a 2 37I per bush. Corn Meal-recepts 10
bbs and 100 sacks sales 400 bbls at 80 "a S5 for
brandywine; 4 20 q rs or Western Yellow; 4 30 q
The Portland daily press., 1874-12-24
DOMESTIC PORTS.

SAN -FRANCISCO-Cld 21st, ship Austria. Gil
II" new ORLEANS oRIRANS-Ar 10th, brig Charlotte Buck.
Hunter. Kingston, J. 3
Ar 18th, brig Caroline Gray Plunket, Portland via
Sid fm the Pass 10th, ship Marcia CaDay. for Liv-
JACKsoNyILLE-A 1ith, sch AnnE Valentine,
PASCAGOULA-Ar 18th, sch Altoona, Fitzgerald,
BRUNSWICK. GA-Cld 2lst. sch Jas o'Donahue,
CHARLESTON-Ar 22d, sch ID Talbot, Amesbury,
Rockport.
WILMINGT0N-Ar 18th, sch Anna Shepard Ter
ry Providence. er-n
sid 21st sehs Walter Palmer. Randall, for Porto
Rico; Robt Palmer. Dennsou, New York; Seventy
b B4LTIMORE--Oid 21st inst, barque Ada Carter,
Ar 22d, brig Mary leighton, Wallace, Bona; sch
Ethan Allen, Blake. Portland.
Below 22d. brig Clara Adams, from Arecibo.
Cid 22d, brig Anita Owen. Upton, Belfast sch
Annie Chase. Poole, Barbados.
PHILADELPHIA-Cld 21st, ship John Baker,
Melrose, Griggs; Boston: schs A Dehart, Drisko,
Baracoa; w MOseley, Urann Matanzas
Ar I'D brig Richmond, Powers, Bangor; sch B
Gregg, Anderson, Cardenas. ass's7--
Passed Newcastle 2lst, ship Pleiades, from PbiIa-
dephia for Antwerp.
NEW YORK-Ar 21st. sehs ] Bentley. Williams.
Jacksonville; VIM Wilson, Jones, Turks Islands via
Newport; Mary Fisher, Lawr eDce. Boston for Bal
timore; Albert Jameson, Jameson. Rcckland viii
Cid 22d, ships Highland Light Colyer, San Fran
cisco; Neptune, Spencer do; Sumatra, Mullen Hong
Kong; barque Cardenas, Sundberg, for Havana; sch
Post Boy, Robinson. Brunswick Ga.
PROVIDENCE-Below 22d, schs Starlight, JONES'
from Hoboken; Howay, Bryant, from CALAIS
Champion, Lurvey. do for Pawtucket.
Sid 22d, sch Carrie Heyer, Poland, Savannah
In West Bay 22d, sch Mary Collins, Brown, Bristol
for Charleston. -.
FALL RIVER Sid 2lst, sch Leonora, Bonsey, for
New York.
NEwPORT-Sld goth, schs Nathan Cleaves, At
wood Portland for Virginia. Lyndon. Cassidy. do
for New York; A McNichol, Reed, Machias for New
York; Sammy Ford. Allen, Lubec for do; w ID b,
Pitcher, Thomaston for do; Maggie Bell, Carl Fall
River for do; AInomak, Flye, New York for Tho
maston. #EA
In Dutch Island Harbor goth, sch Nathan Cleaves,
I Atwood Portland for Virginia. FH# n :
West. Elizabetbport for Boston, c F Young, John
son, So Amboy for Portland; Hattie Turner, Hup-
per, Darien days for Kennebunk; Geo w Glover,
Perry New York for Rockland. .t-.
Ar 18th, schs Cherub, Fletcher. New York for Bos-
ton: VIM Freeman, Robinson, Elzabethport for do;
SALIVA, Kelley, HOboken for do; Sedona, Thompso
from Maryland for Portsmouth; Mary Lymburner,
Coombs, Newcastle for Bangor.
Sid 18th, brig l. H Kimball; schs Charlotte Fish,
Am Eagle, Young, Hattie Turner, Evene, Geo
w Glover, and others. IG "a '5f6IHf
Ar goth, schs Laura Messer, Gregory, Alexandria
tor Boston; H g Bird, Blackingtcn, Baltimore for
The Portland daily press., 1874-12-24
WASHINGTON.
Mr.. StoweIl,s Case.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-State Senator Gra.
ham of Va, in making his charges against
Representative Stowell, has involved himself
10 trouble, which fact he seems to have appre-
ciated from the fact of his nOn-appearance be-
fore the House committee on naval AFFAIRS
He has acknowledged that be received $l70O
for procuring the naval cadetship of young
Schoolcraft and Graham being state senator
the charges will be brought against him IN the
Senate of Virginia for accepting bribe from
Mr. Beatty, who he claims as constituent
Stowell declares that he had not received a dol
lar OF money from Graham, and intimates he
will make his condition very unpleasant.
-5Hee Irwin. '
Richard b. Irwin is i'll this evening with
nervous prostration and confined to his bed.
Orders have been given by his physician to ad-
NIT no person excepting his private secretary.
The Freedmen's bureau.
A communication from the freedmen's
bureau branch of the War Department says
that since the last report no new features have
been introduced. La,
and perfection of the resolutions originally es-
tablished for the conduct of the work uDder
the Adjutaut Generals Office With view of
facilitating and prosecuting the parties at
tempting the fraudulent procurement from the
disbursing officers of the freedmen's branch of
the funds in their hands for payment of boun-
ties etc to coloTed ex-soldiers or their heirs, a
request has been made by the Secretary OF
War that the Attorney General instruct the
proper officers to bring the guilty parties to
speedy justice The Attorney General replies
that he has given the proper instructions.
Treasury Balances.
The following are the Treasury balances for
to-day:-Currency, S13,985, ,455; special deposit
of legal tenders for redemption of certificates OF
deposit $50 620, 600 ;coin, $76 6S9 2S3 including
coin certificates $2l 551, 600; outstanding legal
tenders, $685. 100000.
-4u Various Matters
The custom receipts last week were as fol-
lows: New York $780,, 1872, Philadelphia $114,-
1862, Baltimore $75,141 New Orleans $52,867,
San francisco S83, ,S37. eg.
The postofice department has been notified
chat the next steamer of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Co., the Great Republic. will sail
from San Francisco for Japan and China with
the II. S.lmais on the I'd of January, 1875, in
stead of the one the 9th of January, to be fol-
lowed by the Vasco de Cana on the 10th OF
January.
The Supreme Court has adjourned for the
holidays after sitting about two months and
half, in which time it has heard and decided
finally some 60 odd cases and dismissed up
wards of 40. =
The argument before the Arkansas investi-
eating committee was concluded to day. The
indications are that Messrs. Poland and Ward
of ILL.,, will report in favor of Brooks, while the
other members of the committee will support
the validity of the present state government.
Four sub committees leave here on Satur-
day; one for New Orleans, one for Vicksburg,
and one for Montgomery to examine into po-
litical affairs, and subcommittee on ways
and means for New York on the Pacific Mail
Steamship Co.'S affairs.
The Portland daily press., 1874-12-24
The Wool Market.

BOSTON, Dec. 2s-IReported for the Press.l-The
following is list of prices quoted this afternoon
Domestic-Ohio and Pennsylvania pick-lock 81 @
6Oc; do choice Xxx 55 q 56c do fine x 50 q SOC; me.
dunn "a q 56c; coarse As q soc; Michigan extra and
Xxx so a &c. fine 40 q SOC; medium so a 51c; COM
mon IS q 47c; other Western fine and x 40 q sic;
medium 40 q sic, common 45 q 47c; pulled extra
35 q 55c; supertine 35 q 55 No l, rs @ 35c; comb
ing fleece 55 q &C.; California II q 40c; Texas 25
q 42c; Canada 40 q 55c; do combing go q 81; Smyr-
ma washed II "a 33c; do unwashed II q 23c; Buenos
Ayres 1S "a 3Sc; Cape Good Hope "a q 39c; Austral-
ian 45 "a SEC; Donskoi 20 q 36c; Mestiza pulled 30
q s2lc.
The demand for domestic Wool is steady and the
supply Of feeces is fast disappearing There is very
firm feeling with fair prospect that higher prices
will prevail at an early day. If the goods market
should take start and prices become more remuner-
ative, Wool would become quite excited on account
of the small stocks in the country. ,
In New York the market has been very quiet du-
ring the whole of the week. but with perhaps the ex
ception of fall California prices have been firmly
maintained Medium Woods continue to be inquired
for by manufacturers, but their demands cannot be
met, as the supply is SO light Foreign is still quiet,
but prices remain steady.
The Portland daily press., 1874-12-24
THE SOUTH.
The Election Retarns.

New ORLEANS, Dec. 23.--The sub-commit-
tee appointed by the Conservative and Demo
cratic paaties to witness the canvassng and
compiling of the returns by the returning board
to-day, promulgated the returns of the election
held Nov. I'd for Congressman, State Treasurer
and members of the Legislature certifying un
der oath that the statements and compilations
were made by them from sworn duplicate re-
turns in their possession.
The returns as compiled by the board to date
give the Conservatives 46 and the Republicans
AZ members of the House. The Democrats are
despondent and the Republicans jubilant over
ha raSult