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tary Of the Treasury to give any one a

contract or suggested anything in refer
ence to the per cent. to be- given. Re
terriDF tn the late testimony of Assistant
Secretary Sawyer, that he (Bamfield)
had solicited letter from him in behalf
OF DR.. Presbry, the witness stated that
he never solicited nEy such letter, and
that no such conversation as that de-
tailed by Assistant Secretary Sawyer
ever took plnce. he was quite positive
on this point.
Probabilities-For the Middle States
and lower lake region, cloudy weather,
increasing East to North winds and
rain, except for the latter section, parity
as snow. For the South Atlantic States,
increasing South to East winds, cloudy
weather and rain. For the Gulf States,
winds shifting 10 West aud North,
clearing weather aud falling tempera.
ture. The Cumberland nnd upper
Ohio will probably rise. Cuutionury
Signals will continue Mt New Orleans
and Mobile. and are ordered fur ,Iac!-
sonvi!le, Savannah aud Charleston.
BosToN. April S.-'ruo seventy ninth
annual session OF the New England Con-
ference of tho Methodist Episcopal
Church met today. Bishop Jones pre-
siding. A resolution protesting against
the repeal or mutilu.ion Of the proh-
bltory lazy, and nso against the enuct-
ment OF u license law, to sustain in any
way traffic in liquor, were adopted.
Fourteenth bslIot-Dawes, 96; Hoar,
70; Curtis, 70; Adams lG. Fifteenth
ballot-Dawes, 9l; Hoar, Go; Curtis,
u; Adams. 10; Sanford, IL; Washbnrn,
Z; Judge Hoar. g.
| -Four ballots for Senator were taken
to-day. The lust ballot, which is the
seventeenth from the commencement,
resulted: Dawes, 80; Hoar, 60; Curtis.
n; Adams, 16; Sanford, IL; Banks, Z;
Washbura, s; Devices, 4; scattering, 4.
New YoHK, April The New York
Methodist Conference commenced it's
eighty fourth session, to-day, in this
city.
The value of the steamship Europe is
about 81, $50. 600. She was insured in
the French Insurance Company for
about two-thirds Of her value Her
cargo was very valuable, consisting
chiefly Of silks, wines. snrdines, etc.
Her agents think that i'll this trip, she
certainly carried great quantity of
fine goods for the spring trade, ard tho
value OF the cargo was not less than
Sl,OO0.OOO Agrcater part Of the goods
was probably insured. 1t is thought all
the papers Of the ship and The mails
are saved, as from the tone Of the de-
spatch it would appear that there WAS
plenty of timc to transfer passengers
The baggage was probably LOST, as it
must have been in the hold q. The yes
sci. The loss of the Europe falls with
heaviness upon the Trans = ilautic Com
pany at this time, AS they had just com
pleted their arrangements to run weekly
steamers throughout the coming season.
.Ihe Greece. with TIE rescuc, passen
gers, is expected to- night or to morrow.
CHARLEsToS, April S.-Arrived-
Steamship Equator. Philadelphia.
srnphic-Comn,ercinl I,eports.
COLUMBIA, April 8-Sales of cotton,
to day, S3 bales-middliug loo.
LONDON. April s. -Eries 33isOn34.
PARIS. April 8.-Rentes 50f. $50.
LIVERPOOL, April S-3P. M.-Cotton
quiet and unchanged; sales 1900, in
Guiding 1000 for speculation and ex.
port; sales Of uplands. nothing below
good ordinary. shipped March. l-16
shipped March or April. 1-lG; deli,
verable Juno or July, l-i6; OF s,..cs tc-
day, 7,4O0 bales were Americana; sales
on basis of middling uplands, nothing
below low middling, shipped April aud
May, Sls; middl;ng Orleans, nothing
below good ordinary, shipped March,
s 3 Ii.
sLlvEnrocL. April S-Eyening.-Cot.
ton-sales Of ur!unds. nothing below
low middlins, deliverable in April. s
Orleans. nothing below low middling,
shipped in April or May, Si:.
New 1onK, April S-Noon. Gold
opened and continues ut 13'n. Stock.
dull. Money t. Exchange i. S5l.
short 1 SSi.. Governments strong
State bonds quiet. Cotton dull; sale.
SlO-nplands lie; Orleans liz. Fu
tnre; opened: April lGas. IL 7.lG; May
IL ll-lG, lGaA; June Ills, 17la; July
II 1882. II 2l-32; September l7;.Y
Flour, corn and wheat quiet md firm
Pork qniet-mess 100. Lard quiet
steam TO- lGIl0i.i. Frcights firm.
p. NJ. M.-Cotton-Let receipts Sl2
gross 3.7G3 Futures closed steady
sales 1880: April 16 932; May
IL II -: jane l7is, IL 5.32; JnIy 17li,
II 7-32. Cotton dull; sales 1,722, al
lI6GlIia. Southern flour quiet and
stcady-common to fair extra G.50(a
/. so; good to choice 1.35Wll.OO. Wheu
scarcely SO firm; export demand mode
rate-l. GG for red Indiana. Corn opened
u shade firmer, but closed du!l-SSW9l