The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-12-31

session of the Arnim trial which explained
the policy of Germany in regard to the an
pOintment Of the successor of the Pope.
PMS December s4.-Reuer In the As
sernuly. insisted upon the validity OF the
elections which returned Imperial candi-
dates. declaring that the nation I'D ind
friends to restore the empire II iesired.
QUEENSTOWN, December "a the bark
Auity, from Philadelphia for Antwerp,
iouudered. Eighteen Otthe crew were lost {;
two survived.
BERLIN, December sS.-Bismarek has
moved in the Federal Council FOR an extra
dition treaty with the United States, max
ing il uniform throughout the empire.
Tie Imperial commission to the United
States Centennial consists Of DR.. Jacobs, Of
the Department of Commerce, aud several
other eminent men.
PARIS December 2S.-The .1graal e
4 Pays has suspended for two weeks
! LONDON, December "A. An express
l train on a branch of tue Great Western
/ Railroad was thrown from the track near
Woodstock, to-day, and precipiiated down
an embsnkment. Several OF the carriages
fell into the canal skirting the road. and
sixteen of the passengers We're drowned
HAVANA, December 3.-The bark ARA
/ bella, from Demarara for Liverpool, loaded
with sugar and rum, which put into st.
/ Thomas, November 30, disabled, was de-
stroyed by fire in the harhor while under
going repairs. The vessel and cargo is
total loss.
! The DiGri0, commenting upon Grants
message, warmly cOmmends his financial
recommendation, especially those which
look u a return te specie payments
The Diowio urges postal convention DC
tween the United Safes and Spain, which
will do away with the inconvenience TO
which Cuban communications with Europe,
/ principally by way of New York, are sub
/ ject.
LONDON, December est is unusually
/ cold. Many skating fatalities reported.
/ LONDON, December rs. The T,iH,ess Ber-
/ lin correspondent says the question is being
discussed at Berlin whether it is possible TO
punish Csrlists for the outrage of the seizure
of the German ship Gustav.
Advices from Sebastian are to the effect
that the Gustav is deeply imbedded in the
mud, and that the Carlists were busily en-
gagged in unloading her. The captain of
the Gustav was slightly wounded by the
Carlists. set H ftn4t
MADRID, December 2s. -Food is reported
TO he very scarce in Pampeluha and all
known Carlist sympathizers are being ex-
PEELED from the city.
LONDON, December 2S.-Three passen-
gers of the emigrant ship Copspatrock,
London for Auckland, burned off St.
Helena, with loss of 45G lives
Foreign.
LONDON, December 29.-Besides the crew
| the Cospatrick had four cabin and 424
Storage passengers, who had entered under
government registration, who are supposed to
have been lost. The government emigrants
were for the most part agricultural laborers,
who left England in consequences of the
operation of the recent labor strikes. Many
of them were maIried and accompanied 10y
their families.
| LONDON, December 29.-The burning Of
/ the Cospatrick has been confirmed. Dolly
three known survivors, the mate and two
/ seamen, who were picked up after ten days
out III an open boat, subslstIng in the mean
time upon their companions. IEf
! LONDON, December 29.-Two boats only
with thirty persons each left the Cospatrick
and were together two days, when a gale
| parted them.
The Markets.
GALVESTON, December 29.-Money steady
and unchanged. Gold = steady at lilo
11112, buying and selling Silver-steady
at 1071%@11091S, buying and selling. EX-
change commercial bills scarce and rates
firm New York sight, currency, q
per cent discount; do. gold, nominal;
| New Orleans sight, currency, Il discount; do.
gold, nominal; sterling, go days, $50; bankers
New York sight, currency Il discount; do.
gold, nominal; New Orleans sight, currency,
4 premium; do. gold, nominal; sterling, 60
days, $40
Bacon-dul and unchanged; clear sides are
selling at 14lfc; clear rib at 1910; shout
ders 1899. Begging dull and unchanged;
domestic, heavy, 141ac per yard; light 1319c
| Coffee-prices steady and unchanged; sell
! ling as follows: fair 1Slf@11S1&c; good 100
@95c per bushel; selling from store at 1.056D
! 1.15. Flour = market active and firmer;
XXX. $G.O0@6.50 per barrel choice extra
| $650@6.75; choice family SO. 75@7.25. Hams
dull; choice sugar-cured, none in first hands;
second quality selling at 14@14l5c. Hides
firm; dry flint, selected, 1S34c as they
run 1S@1S15c; wet salted selected, 916c;
! butchers green 51S@1Sc; dry sailed sold as
/ dry flint, with allowance for salt; glue stock
| &c. Lard quiet Molasses-new Texas selling
at SOC for prime and soc for choice per gallon
! job lots at 506155c per gallon for barrels
| Pecans-scarce and highs choice Western
new crop selling at 10@l2c; second
quality 900c. Potatoes-stock ample and
prices firmer, Northern $3.25@$3.50
Salt-stock small, selling out of store by car
load at $l.20@1.30, gold, coarse. and
$40, gold, for fine Sugar-receipts of new
Louisiana moderate; prices steady; fair to
| prime S12@.9c; prime to choice 9120lOc;
| yellow clarified 10@1lc; white clarified
| 11@1115c; refined, crushed and powdered
I1940l3e Tics = unchanged; arrow and
beard each &c. Wool-rcceipts fight prices
unchanged; medium, free of burs, spring
clip, 2S@30c; fall clip, 24026c; coarse
20@22c; Mexican 14@l7c; bury 5@l2c
less.
Cotton-marlet firm, good demand; ordinary
lac; good ordinary 13l4c; low middling
14c; middling 143sc; good middling 1870;
sales 1888 bales; receipts 1856 bales; stock So
900 bales.
LIVERPOOL. December 29-NOon. Cotton
New YORK, December 29-Noon.- Cotton
dull and nominal; uplands 1880; Orleans
1870.
Gold 1i194.
NEW ORLEANS, December 2g-CoiiOn-
demand moderate; sales 5000 bales; prices ir-
regular; somes sales of an advance OF &c;
others at offers which were refused yesterday,
factors asking an advance at the opening but
subsequently, meeting the demand freely at
| yesterdays rates. Quotations unchanged.
Gold 1ll2l. Sight 4 discount Sterling
5.4.
Oats dull and lower at 72@73c. Lard dun
l4@l4l4c; keg 14slc. Others unchanged.
WORM SropPIso TO THxK ABouE =
With the dying year we may well stop and
reflect, with the author Of this, that tie