Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-16

NEW YORK DRY GOODS MARKET-The
somewhat unsettled condition Of the cotton
goods market has induced extreme caution
on The part OF buyers, and less confidence was
expressed in the maintenance of values than
Tor some time past. The jobbing trade has
been spasmodic and irregular, but jobbers
nave been relatively much more actively
employed than commission houses, and a
large aggregate amount of business was ac-
complished during the week by the former
COTTON goods have been in limited reoueyt
from first hands, and there has been a marked
pressure to sell accumulations OF brown and
1hached cottOns, grain tags, &c, at liberal
cGheesslon from previous holding rates, in
which way some large transactions have oc-
CURED. The jObbing trade I'm cotton goods
has been libe raj in amount and the extreme
eheapness of many descriptions of brown and
Dleached cOttOns has enabled many of the
leading jobbers to place important lines of
these goods In the channels of distribution
aIthough at figures which leave t.em a very
sLght margin for profit, as "cutting" has
been unusually prevalent OF late There was
an increased demand for both staple and
fancy imported goods by retailers in the in
terror, and In volume the amount OF sales
effected by importers and jobbers has been
iairly satisfactory, II not entirely up to ex-
pectations. The dress goods jobbing houses
presented a greater show of activity than has
been seen hitherto this season, and their
sales were liberal in the aggregate amount
although Individual selections were gen,
orally small-Neeo York Bulletin, Sept. Is.
THE HEIRS TO SIS 900 WORTH OF AR
KANSAS AND MISSOURI LAND-The suit OF
the heirs of Don Joseph Valliere, who in
1893, as captain OF a Spanish regiment at the
port OF Arkansas, received a grant of six
million acres of land from Baron de Caronde-
let, governor OF the province of Louisiana,
which the heirs now claim from the United
States, was called in Jefferson City, Mo-, on
Monday OF last week by Judge A. Krekel,
and the government, through District Attor-
petition, and Joined issues on the questions
of law. Counsellor William IL. Duryel, of
Brooklyn, the solicitor of the forty heirs, ap-
peared for them, and is to argue the demur-
rer in Jefferson City on the first Monday in
November. The land covered,by the original
grant lies along the banks of the White
liver, and extends into southwest Missouri,
and the heirs sue for floating land warrants
Tor toe original number of acres.
INDICATED AFTER MANY YEARS
Some forty years ago Thomas Emerson,
president of the old Windsor (Vt.) was sus-
the loss OF which ruined the institution. He
Was tried. found guilty and was confined in
windsor jail for many years. On Monday
old brick oven In his house-which was form
erly occupied by the cashier kittridge-he
discovered somewhere between forty and
nifty thousand dollars Of the missing money
In brick vault under the oven. The bills
are quite decayed, but still somewhat legi-
BILE. The opinion is that the cashier took the
money instead Of Emerson, who, though an
innocent man, had to suffer for another's
crime. Both Emerson and Kittridge died
several years since. The discovery causes
quite sensation at Windsor.-AlboiW Argus
AN EXEMPLARY SENTENCE Edward
Conway, the man who entered the house OF
Mrs. Van Slyck under pretense of being a
sanitary inspector and then assaulted and
robbed her, was tried yesterday In the Court
OF General Sessions, and being convicted
was sentenced by Recorder Hackett to 20
years In the state prison.-M r. Tribune, 1afh
BANK RoBBER SHor.-A dispatcb xvas
received at Louisville, KY, yesterday stat
ing that one Of the men who robbed the
Huntington, w. Va, bank last week, had
been shot and killed at Crabb Orchard Ky
and that the officers were in pursuit Of the
remainder of the gang.
~Henry Ward Beecher left the Twin
Mountain house to-day for New York.
~General ]. G. Vaughan. OF Tennessee,
who commanded q concentrate Infantry brig
ade during the war, died at Townsville Ga,
on Friday.
~Mrs. Abraham Lincoln was expected to
ARR ye in SprinR60ld. Ill. ON Saturday morn