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New-York tribune., 1874-10-21

Meal demand al sea0t ps'ss Se =" '"0 ''
sSsss Corr Me-: s ss9G e.. $ $50 SSs
corr corr :: 1s.i ~ssS 25S Is -, -
and ri s. 3 siTe'i 100 ;i5' b. ''"
PREIeHTs-rsere active inquiry for berth fIsigs % :,
Liverpool by steam 900 bush Gr,in 81 25 I'D, T'C. @ 1
b.is. s Co. SoH srossh a. i$ By sail $4,000
bush Grain The e9aIeH % S bss
with $500 sb Naphha It,,n bark to Cork & S es; %
& sia Flour cDG ss 8. vessel 70 United 1900
S1 S.psss a. a; a. S g. Sma Raaon &
Dsd Peum from psSePha 6P A1iwe.e AZ a. 'es y. !. 's t.
Trieste With 800 bb Petroleum terms
,,sr Ra.1, Ssc = at 5 1' sITe. Il so qa,s
- .o S"t.0 Lsys S y ne @ g oo Lssor co
$i Bnsf' 40 3Se Turkish P%Pe. io,.S Gi s fscSes sS
GRsSns wb.. market opened quite dull epee
ar request and unsettled ana IN 70. so;.Des
Sh hs '1S; SSsf y Hr ts 100000
S sfA os ~ 81 S Sa%sl % ' V'sSs cs s" spring i'' 81
S 1 S arsa.s 81 % 4 for 1881 sG a fiss 91 a
esdo sces & for Whit. Ms'5sG a gss Il S y for for XTSs, %S,
Sene.s SS Bssy P quiet but seaGys sales bush Pm.
..a .s, 81 81 s. Ds @ NJ s Ss S'is;
g 500 s a S s y w...trs s Ss2s Gr TO-
o, good @ @ and are T. sTs oSo No Ypt SEE
Sile Whites, 6Sa 62ic Black a6c Western Mixed I. ~
ae2 White at e2 g6S state s1s at ne % ass d
sos sss and jersey ii o. delivered Corn and .ns
@ Pp h@rsi @cI nv uS scarce
the OO0 bu Western Mixed igoc store fo on
sS gle .so,, 2, .Ssd IN. mIsS consider.
,I Buyers ss F,, s . ;ss r% Ss ss .aIg
to part dealers generally gives The ,.ass
a.. . % is% % nS e ST s .se c @ %
II i all go Bronze Good. are fai, ses m at an1s'se'
HAY AND srRAwrhe market remains steady Choice !. 81.
s.oss yss 's M eSsS5 sSs :"s sss loo ssi To- Glove.
and salt oSa65e sra. ',say sra %oSs,.s n S
BEAPMans in better supply but very dn f"r 70 rns
HDss-Tiere inquiry descriptions. .sd the
1.,eses m,s .s R.cp from ceu,rs per
from from e: ' s M Isl from r +,
roodels, 2iss from Nevors.ns per We.,s,s s Ms'p|m
os sS' s,lss SSs.le rea c.sa. per- seoS sales ssas
B1no, A ~ 2sasec se "SU,s n 40 o. s., ,,TsI. :.
scaon ss3c Dry Mou,eydso 22a2S 25se ssS 80 d,,;
selection 2lsS 3 ,s DRY a cs;S: ,S. & go as s, ss ss
selection i 22o Dry A. nOneySss and S Ss Sr,s1s s ks: 40
Dry sns,pC. Buffalo % private 100 D.. a,t.S''
.sS as :% sas % s,s
90 selected $50 Dry cCrpSs Christ 2, p:s .rs: ,.rs:
sss ss P,y S ris as.ssS kS: ss2
'H H.. ss' .as ~ s,;ss a.''rsjs * ss's
Try ssushs 6od7o 10 private tern; .ss i% ses.. v ,ss
s,ass;. e S.ss... O. % s.as ss'''ss' s 49,
We quote cows DR., Bsscs: A,rss % .ss.s Mss
.s .:s s'sS @ sc cc,.s',: =. 81 s.s
25c. voh selected. Mo Gsnae 2Ossx 10 zoe soSas "a
SS soia ,e.sssds J:";, ~ sss selected
sanpsan 22d24 d. 22e. sea ss.ss'.e s@Ss de So@
szs o. T:ss. s' ssss: ;:;'ss S acs
.s asss, a. .sg ss sssss r.
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New-York tribune., 1874-10-21
The TRIBUNE's SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

To fhe Edffor or INC Trt5une.
SIR: In the meetings of the American AS
socation have for years labored to have regular
senographer senographers appointed and paid 10 re-
port verbal discussions Your pamphlet for which
subscribed has reached II is worth much the
regular volume Of proceedings which costs 5O sin.
cerely hope will persevere in giving the general
abstract Of PROCEEDINGS and to suggest that double the
price would be as cheerfuly paid as the present.
Ciereiand, o., Oct. s, 1874. CHARLES WHITTLEsEY.
New-York tribune., 1874-10-21
State bonds were dull and without important
chanpe The following were the bids:

Railroad bonds were firm and IN good request.
prices having been well maintained. particularly for
the old and wellestabshed roads. Central Paciiics
advanced to 9. c. G. and |. C. tirsts and seconds
were weak at 7OI and 25. respectively The follow
ING were the bids:
New-York tribune., 1874-10-21
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

Sun n,es 5:12 Moon e.... "a
DAY.
Sandy Hook 355 Isand... 433 He'll Gate Ferry. 6lS
DAY..
Sandy Hook 423 Goys Island BOB Hell Gate Ferry GAS
New-York tribune., 1874-10-21

3523
SHIPMENTS
IBy special teles sms from Pnhy, Muir b Go
Gt Britain. Continent CT. Brit. Cou,iueDL
is. inclusive .....,..... 5000 1900 go 7.o
Previously reported. 3726sO 669O53 2O6z2T
Tot.l.............7s5.e5s 37e,eso G72.74s 205,91T
Bxcess Great Britain lZztlU
BIceA TO Continent
Receipts at Bombay 900 bales sr.ps. 900
year snost Bombay harbor. 1000 bales as'iVs
5000 time last year
psrRBurioy RECEIPTS
August Reed Since. Total. Exported stock spinners
1878. 1O6S5S 264 236 37i 09t Sl.O33 1G543l lZ60
lS74ll342S 365.9l5 479343 l06,366 252l70 l2o, ,3oT
yesterday the following Sales o. the
$4,000 bales OF which 900 bales exporters aud 5000
GAS 900 bales bales American This shows
bales the total decrease Of - O
The steady Sales IL oOO
Uplsnds Sd Orleans S closed quiet and unchanged Imports of
week. 81 900 bales including 1000 bales American Actual
bales The cearaBces have been follows Liverpool
China 09 bales City OF Richmond 9s5 bales Repabc.
l746 bales; The Queen, 1642 bse Msmng 20S5 bsles Ws
Deutcbssnd 800 bales Hermann. 100
bales; p. Casnd. so balsI; grand total ,62s bales
DRUGS AND DYES-Opum is lower with Only small jobbng
held AZ 81 375 gold In bond Qanne luies
So 80 Cream Tartar quiet and steady 8! p.
go Alum continues active demand s about former rates sales %
quoted Essential Oils 6rm and there fair Distributing
business pasng; from 81 50 Cass III 10 san
SO 81 adS3 40 and DO Bergano 80 75 all gof
dengsh Chemicals scarcely fm and the demsrd very eb
l5oi1f2 37; Sal Soda 81 70 Caussie S0s.
81 s7a$5 and Bleaching Powder at ~ j0ds2 56 oil god
New-York tribune., 1874-10-21

Money was in very good supply at ~ per cent
most of the day; toward the close better demand
sprung up. and the rate advanced to per cent
Discounts are unchanged.
Government bonds dull but strong at q
further advance in some issues The following were
New-York tribune., 1874-10-21

s..r. :., r. M october 100 i6c Novsmbe 400
i5e Ado is s2e December 300 l5 752e i9o iets Jan.
Mare March 40 500 isss; Nay 100 ID n s2e jaas 800 ie'
toi.l 200 bseS Closing prees-Oetober, lSc; November
Is DeoemSer IS 73@ai5sGi January Is 1532aloae
rebrus IS isi6dl5 2732ci March, lels April le 1896
loo i sls2ei 100 ,I. j. iS,ef ,,,n 29G i
900 ia 7s Dessmbsr ZOO 10 732e llOo l5 3lde loo
IL 5.s2c 500 l5y; 100. 10 SS2c 100 lS,,s 800 10
sa2c 400 lis Lee; 200 Is 332c; January lOO 10 l6c
100 is ISs2ai 800, ~ 7les; 200 l5Ss 100 10 iSSse
200 is ii.s2 100 10 68ci February, 200 ieas, loo
is IL los 100 10 2332e 500. 10 ll6c 400 10 ~ Sci
soo las: 100 is 2l-32e March, 2UO, ID l6c 800 10
isac 900 - iass 400. 10 lsas & 2op iSe @ SSS i,ss
loo ii 0J2e MAJ 500 l6 9l0c l0o l6ia; jane 100. 10
2J;ss, WV tVt@ toIs. aYY sAlsi Essa VIA JAW kAss
New-York tribune., 1874-10-21
THE MONEY MARKET.

ofHcLlL BkroRr n y. srocK sXcHASG1 SALES
--~ - - OCT 90 1874
New-York tribune., 1874-10-21
,2l OcIocK-sAIys BEFORE THE CALL.

GOVERNMENT STOCK DEPARTMENT. O'clock p. NJ.
Il & &, Coupon 1881 US So. 1881. Registered
900. ........ ....1182 1000. .......llls q
U s 520 Coupon, 1867
5000 ......bc H.
New-York tribune., 1874-10-21

Sine. J,, sls3 7O3I SO s23S,0o2,s ,s55 $685. ,9o2
Pic. Of gold ..... 1924 1881 Ho
The Philadelphia stock market is steady Penn
sylvana 6s III; Philadelphia and Erie Railroad.
IA: Reading Railroad. 5ii; Pepnsylvapia Railroad.
53I Gold. llUS.
New-York tribune., 1874-10-21
THE MARKETS.
lc.r.s.i, rsOeu.a ,os ras r.Isuus.I
RECEIPTS OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE
STATEMENT OF EXPORTS.
TuxspAr. Oct 20. 1874

following complete bss Of exports saspsi vssse vs'ea
were cleared to-day for foreisn
New-York tribune., 1874-10-21

Foreign exchange firm, with actual business at
slight concession from nominal rates. which are
annayad
New-York tribune., 1874-10-21

PIOIR AND MBAL-Tbe inquiry for Flour Is mied the se "
rival medium grades check the local an export demand
md pnc favor the No aud Supene not plenty aud @
d Minnesota steady, Guiet At the cose te market hesy o
medium hgh grades. and quiet sales oil iOoo"o' "'
New-York tribune., 1874-10-21
City Bank shares sold as follows Fourth Natiohai
at 97a96 Commerce at III, and Central Nationai az
mar The folIowing were the bids

The following shows the exports exciusiVe Oh
spccie from the port of Nsw-York to foreign ports
for the week ending Oct 20. aud since the peg'h-
ming of the year: - ,.-. ,s,a
seliii91;;s s7.as65ae s5b5sS53
pte,oo,I, Inor,ed III $50 100 230572l29 23Oos9ooS
New-York tribune., 1874-10-21
CALENDARS-THIs DAT.

SUPREME COuRT-CHAsBERs-LAwREScg J.
" spiefhnrgh aet Halock 100. Shaw Wilcox Co. agt
IA smith All Ioaf Islapd r.
New-York tribune., 1874-10-21
SECOND BOARD-1 O'CLOCK P. NJ
Sales Of State Bonds Railroad Boads-Bank and Rail

rOad-Frpress Siocks dc.
New-York tribune., 1874-10-21

crease ia 70 coupafed With u EO7O5 Efpofu IN o| on
with 7J l0l 679; Exports 10 73. s6,oo9 decrease 20 -
New-York tribune., 1874-05-16

taxes. So a man may be patriot whose eye
has never mOistened at the sight of the flag,
although Gen. Hawley thinks he is to be
pitied. A man might refuse to lend a red
eyed hummer dollar to drink to the memory
of his mother, or if his resources were limited
might decline to borrow q dollar himself for
the same purpose. without being open to the
charge of flial ingratitude.
Oratory, rhetoric, sentiment. are well enough
in their place, but they do not take mp notes
or pay debts The answer to all of it in this
case is simple, and it ought to be final" We
"cannot afford it, The defeat of,the appli-
cation for Government aid should be cOnsid-
cred as the end of that matter. There should
be no more hinging of hard words or indlg-
nant rhetoric at the opponents of the meas
ure. What is needed now is a determination
to carry out the plan independently OF Gov
ernment aid and to enlist friends for the en-
terprise rather than incense against 1T those
who differ with the projectors upon this sub
ordinate question. The people will sympa-
thize more heartily and assist more cordially
if the assurance can be given that no further
effort will be made to make the Exposition
burden upon the National Treasury.
New-York tribune., 1874-05-16
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III. ohout the qualifications of candidates.
No one, for instance, could accept what Is
called an imperative mandate-that Is, the
candidate cannot pledge himself In advance
to sustain this or that course OF conduct or
nolicy II he does so, the Chamber Is pounu
70 annul his election. II is hard to conceive
of 40 scnselcss proposition. IL w0ulu shub
ont of politics all men OF pronounced con-
victions. The only explanation which can
bo made of it Is that the BrOge candi-
dotos. during the last year, have rarely ever
made a clear declaration of their principles or
nurposes, while the Republicans have never
failed to pledge themselves frankly to
the support of the Republican policy.
The BOnapartists, in some cases have done
the same, and also ono or two Legitimsts.
The purbind members of the Commission
seem TO have come to the conclusion that
their defeats were owing to this difference In
practice, and therefore have resolved to abol-
sh the difference by law. At all events, the
clause has aroused the most violent opposition
on both sides of the Chamber, as well among
those who stand by the Republic as among
those who honestly and frankly desire the
restoration of the BOurbOns. The age OF
eligibility, thirty years, does not seem to meet
with much objection, although such pro-
vision would have deprived England of some
of the most glorious days in the life OF Pitt;
and if to command an army requires as much
wisdom as to sit on bench at Versailles,
similar restriction would have erased many
of Napolcon's victories from the history OF
France. But it is when the Commission
comes to define the eligibility of candidates in
respect to residence that the play of personal
interests becomes really comic. Heretofore,
anybody has been eligible anywhere. without
regard to domicilc. Any clever man in Paris
was sure of seat somewhere, and popular
personages, in general elections, were usually
chosen by several districts, from which they
could elect at their pleasure the constituency
they preferred. This plan has both its adj
yantages and its drawbacks, and much could
be said in favor of retaining or abolishlng 1T.
But the Commission could not make up their
minds to do either. They evidently wanted
some freedom of choice themselves in future
elections, and so, while pretending to do away
with the present system, they have given a
whimsical latitude to candidates. They can,
by the proposed law, stand for the district
where they live, where they were born, where
they pay taxes, or where they have held
office. This ought surely to give room and
verge enough for the whole FaubOurg st.
Germain But in fact, as it is reported, the
aristocrats of the Right are as ill-pleased as
the radicals of the Left, and it may be that
the coming debate will result in the overthrow
of the Ministry by the very measure which
was expected to keep them in place.
New-York tribune., 1874-05-16
A HERO.

. Tie Pittsburgh Despatch Of May contains
one of those commonplace histories OF hero
ism in the discharge Of ordinary dnty which
we note with emphasis from time to time, nos
only because of their own stirring meaning.
but for the indication they give of the toDe
and temper and the ruling motives OF tho
great under-mass of American society; tho
men and women whose names never lind theif
way into the papers; never even enter ih'"
calls for public meetings OF charitable SUP
scriptions who go through life with one uays
meals, and work with no better prospect 'han
to begin another the next mornings VINO kho"
nothing of the college graduates ioi.y
resolves or aims; never analysed their
own souls esthetically; would set down
LonCfellow's Psalm Of Life, or Carlyies
Thoughts of Living as sentimental bosh.
vet. when occasion demands, live and
die in their cheap homes, beside their
tools or their engine, simply and grandly al
though all tho years gone before had been .
solemn preparatory vigil Take this young
fellow Sutton, for instances subordinate OF
some kind or other on railway train.
" The CONDUCTOR Tho Despatch states. sent
4" him to the rear to flag another train coming
" up behind. On his way he fell on the
" track and was Kun over hy Ave cars and TIA
New-York tribune., 1874-05-16
TuR DIFFUSION.

The decision of the President in the Arkan-
sas case is what must have been anticipated
by every one who has given any attention to
the legal question involved in it. Gen. Grant
as not thought it his duty to examine the
alleged frauds in counting tho returns Of the
election. The State Constitution has estab-
lishcd tribunal for the settlement of issues
of that kind, and this tribunal has pronounced
in favor of Mr.. Baxter. When the President
had ascertaned that Baxter was regularly
declared elected by the final authority compe-
tent to decide whether he was elected or not,
he had no business to inquire any further.
Recognition followed as a matter OF course.
The opinion of the Att0rney-Gcneral sweeps
away with bold hand great many
sophistries and msstatements with which
the adherents of Mr.. Brooks have be-
logged the issue, and puts the case in
very clear and :satisfactory light. 1t
seems to us that tho decision has
been unnecessarily and unwiscly prolonged.
AS soon as the Governor of the state applied
for assistance to put down domestic violence,
alleging that the Legislature could not then
be convened, it became the duty OF the Presl-
dent to act, provided the emergency was
pressing. The President has waited however
nearly month, during which time Arkansas
has been in condition OF civil war, number
of persons have been killed, and the Supreme
Court of the State has lost what character it
may have previously possessed. 1t was not
right either to expose Arkansas to the daily
danger of q bloody pitched battle, or TO
submit the fragile virtue of the bench to
| perils which have proved its ruin. The orders
to the federal troops at Little Rock to prevent
bloodshed were abortive; and Col. Rose only
succeeded in Obstructing the lawful Governor
in the discharge of his duty, without mate
rally hndering the indulgence OF anybody's
| taste for fighting.
| But it is useless to complain now Of delay
for which there may have been stronger rea-
sons than we are able to perceive and which
| at any rate has been employed in careful
and apparently impartial hearing of the argu-
| ments on both sides of the controversy. 1t IS
of vastly moro consequence that the JudS-
ment should be sound than swift. We can
hardly congratulate anybody on the result 4;
for neither party is entitled to a particle of
sympathy, and neither has pursued the quarrel
with much respect for decency or law. 1t Is
better, however, that Baxter should remain III
an Office to which he was not selected than
that he should be turned out by an illegal
process. The Attorney General well says that
"it would be disastrous to allow the proceed
"ings by which Brooks obtained possession
" of the office to be drawn into precedent {;
" there is not State in the Union IN which
"they would not produce "a conflict and proba-
" bly, bloodshed."
New-York tribune., 1874-05-16
II RIP l. T. S II E E T.

The new Spanish Ministry will probably soon exhibit
Afonslst tendencies. Gen. Eo has been succeeded by
Gen Dorregaray Chief of Don Carlos's staff The
Government Madrid has issued manifesto soliciting
the support Of all sections OF the Liberal Party. -
Tho Car has reached Buckin CHAM Palace. Immense
crowds lined the Of the procession from Padding
ton Station 1t is now SAID TO be nephew and not
q brother of the Car who was arrested at st. Peters
burg. conspiracy lately discovered at
Khokand and 16 implicated in u were executed.
.- The Duke de Broglie introduced into the French
Assembly his scheme for an Upper House, and 1t was
referred TO the Committee OF Thirty. Efforts TO arrange
O compromise between the Government and the EI
treme Right have been Intellectual
Iu the Senate yesterday resolution Was adopted
calling the President for the correspondence relative
70 the Arkansas troubes after the transaction Of
other business the Senate proceeded to the consdera
tion Of reports from the Claims Committee. In the
House Joint resolution reported limiting speeches,
all cases TO hour after considerable discussion
the resolution laid on the table; the House then
proceeded to the consideration Of private bils-I
The President yesterday in conformity with decision
by the Attorney General issued proclamation declar
lug Elisha Baxter Governor Of Arkansas Great excite
ment was caused in Little Rock by the news. The
Brooks party are very ndignant.=-The Eew-York
Supply bill is said been tsmpered with. u.-Se-
disturbances occurred In Cincinnati during visit
OF praying Dand OF women.-aThe Mississippi and
Missouri Rivers have risen slightly.
The Council Of the Reformed Episcopal Church IN re-
vsng the Prayer Book retained most of the rubrcs and
orders but made important changes in the offices Of
Baptism and the Lords Supper. The womans
Suffrage Association addressed by the Rev. o. b.
rockingham. 60. The Erie Railway Company agreed
TO lease the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad the
basis Of percentage Of earnings. .- The report OF
the Receiver Of the New-York and Oswego Midland
Railroad Company accepted by the bondhoders
.- Stocks from to II per cent r.==z Officer
John Doyle sentenced TO State Prison for life for
numbering his sweetheart szGold. 1l2t, 1l2s Their
rDometer, 6lo, Csc, 4so.
New-York tribune., 1874-05-16

TIE PROPOSED FRENCH ELECUON LAW
1t is reported from Paris that there is
probability of breach between the Ministry
of Marshal MacMahon and their supporters of
the extreme Right, in relation to the new
electoral law which the Commission of Thirty
some weeks ago completed and submitted to
the Chamber. There is some likelihood
that the issue may be made promptly, as
NJ. de BrOglie desires the immediate con-
sideratiOn of the subject If any considerable
number of the Conservative Deputies unite
with the Left in demanding postponement,
the Government will be defeated and reOr-
ganizatiOn of the Cabinet may become neces-
sary 1t is doubtless in reference TO some such
contingency that the Premier insists upon
bringing before the Chamber his plan for the
construction of an Upper House, charged with
the power of checking q recalcitrant AS
sembly, or even of terminating its exist.
ence. This news, although not generally ex-
pected, is not at all improbable or unnatural.
From the time when the Commission of
Thirty was created it has been seen that its
duty was of the most difficult char
acter, as it was required by the
majority to bring in bill FOL-. which
should favor the Conservatives in future
elections, without Outraging the public senti-
ment by an open mutilatiOn Of universal
suffrage. Since it was formed, the majority
have been made still more nervous and un-
easy by the successive defeats the reactionary
cause has met at the hands of the Republican
voters. Every one of these disastrous elections
has increased the difficulties and dangers in
@J,o II L..
every day more important to do something to
stay the progress of Republican success, and
every day the task has grown more critical
and hazardous The stronger the opposition
grows the less easy to muzzle it becomes. 1t
was therefore hardly to be expected that any
plan the Commission should present would be
satisfactory even to the majority, and the
energetic opposition of the Left was of course
counted upon.
When the report was at last presented, it
was even less satisfactory than most people
had anticipated 1t was absurdly cumbrous in
its provisions, bringing into exercise at every
step the judicial, administrative, and execu-
tive departments of the Government. 1t be-
trayed in every clause the anxious preOccupa-
tions of politicians, rather than the common
sense of men who were trying to make laws
for the good of the country. 1t fixed the
electoral age at 25 years, because it was known
that young men are inclined to be radical. 1t
required three years. residence in a commune
so as to prevent thousands of skilled artisans
who are generally Republicans, from voting, as
this class change their residence much Oftener
than the well-to-do tradesmen and peasants
At the same time it admitted to the polls all
functionaries of the Government past and
present, all priests and clergymen of sects
recognized by law, without regard to the
length of time during which they may have
had their residence in the voting district
But there WAS something still more objection.