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tain A. Haycock IN charge. she leaves to-
day FOR st. Francis river. she is good
passenger boat and has just came OF tee docks
81. Louis Times seventeenth instant: THE
Mary Bell. steel boilers were subjected 10 3
hydraulic pressure OF Two hundred ana
twenty po1nds without lelkiug drop. The
boat was examined during the day by a large
number Of boatmen aud others
The George W. Cheek came in sunday
morning with 10 bales cotton, 10 bags seed
cotton, Ills sacks cotton-seed. She had a gOOd
passer ger trip, including 30 deck passengers.
She left last evening with big trip, having
225 cotton-pickers on deck for points below.
The Mary Bell left -. Louis Saturday even
ing with 800 tons freight, 30 cabin passengers
and 70 deckers and was drawiEg only 81 feet
wafer. She will arrive to-day from ST. Louis
aud leave tomorrow evenln- FOR New Orleans
and the bends. Give hers hearty welcome
to-day.
T e Phi! Alin came IN sunday night with
the blue ribbon trip of tire season. She had
So EBles cotton, bags Of seduction and
9)l4 sacks cotton eed. Sne hal a cabin full Of
people and 10 deck passengers. Ste LEFT last
evening with splendid trip for Friars Point
and the bends.
Cincinnati Tfulss, seventeenth: SwitIer Il
Loves iron steamer for the 1T. Louis and New
Orleans trade is the old monitor KickapOO.
Captain J. y. Archer, who commanded at one
time the Com merCtal, Liberty, st. PatrlcE,
and other steamers in the Memphis trade, is
predicting law in Washington City.
The Illinois arrived yesterday morning
from NlcksOuTg VITA splendid Trip She
brought z eat many orders 10 be hllet here
THIS lTLp- she Also Dal Aic lblO NlL ilcllls OF
freight: lj6 b les cotton, Is bags seed-cOItOn,
100 sacks cnttnu-sesd, % pack geI sundries
d head Of mulss she leaves tais evening
for ' cksburg aud all way landings, with Cap
tain NJ. Il. cheek IN command.
Flags.
A full set of CoiOrs arrived at st. Louis
fIom Memphis for the new steamer Mary Bell
FnCay, accompanied by he following note:
"messr-. Hicks & GriSsOm:
"GESTLEsIEN-Pi Please accept the accom-
paDying set OF cOlors for the new and magnih-
cent steamer Mary Bell, with the hope that
they may long wave over a boat whose sue
cess shah equal her dimensions. Yours, truly,
ONT MPHIS FRIENDS."
The Utah makes a trip to icksburg IN the
AnC&Or-line. She remains south during the
winter, and ~ IL pr ably Snt-r tho n CIV Or
leans and Arkansas IraIe.
The X lie Hegler left Cincinnati Saturday
night, d awit & fOTr feet and a half three hum
DIR d d fifty tons OF freight end u trty-hVe
CO bin passengers for this place.
The NJ. ancis Belle, from White river, Will
be- at the landI 6 this morning ready to re-
ceive FOR a return trip.
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COTTON MARKETS.



LOUISVILLE, Octo0sT ls.-CottOn quiet, but
steady, l3Lc.
ST. LOUIS, October IS Cotton active and
higher; miidlins, I354c; low middling, l31sc
good ordinary, IL g.
CINCINNATI. uctoDer il. Cotton arm,
1916.
MOBILE, October l. Cotton fiTmer; mid
dllog, l2}fc; GeL receipts, 23lb bales; ex ports
Goa twi- e, l4O bale ;sn. 5, l50J bales.
CHARLIE TOS. October iS,-Cot'oa steady;
middllnE l@Lc; net rece.Uts, 87Ii bales; ex-
, Its cO0stwi-e, li-6 Da e.; sales 1900 ba.'g.
SAVANNAH, october Is Cotton hrm
middlIng, l5f.c; net Tecej PTS, 5lUS bales; gross
receipts, 5ljl bales; exports coastwise, l7lO
bales; sales, 03 bales.
GALN STON, october ls.-COtton weak and
irregular; middling, lSl4c; net receipts, $500
bales; gross receipts, 1853 bales; oIts 10 he
continent, go bale exports coa-twlse. gt5
bales; sales, 3S5l bale.
NEW ORLEANS, october IS.-ll:5O am 49,
Cotton quiet and irregular, mlddltug 1870.
D m.-tasieT; middling, l3%c; sales, - o.
p-m.-Market closed witt fair demand; ;
middIing, l3asc; sales, $3.50; receipts mel
JJ1y; gross, 5G6I; stock, O. 7Z9.
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MONEY MARKETS.

BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW ORLEANS. October 1S.-Gold, ll6sL;
siglt, y discount; sterling, bank, so.
LONDON, October IS-Consols for money
and acc unit, "a 3-l6; SOS OF 3d. 1917; DO 1851
OS3z l0-40s, 1879 new 81, 1857; ew York Cen
trsI, -; EIie, l21s; Erie preferred, %.
NEW YORK, October ls.-The market =
easy st 2g3 per cent. Prime mercantile
paper, 6g7 Customs receipts, sil7 90 The
assistant treasurer els ursed $4,000 q Ii
opened ana cIO ed at 4lt1s, hlgnesi price OF
The dsy, the lowest being ll65s ties PAID for
borrowing, 3-32, 5-64, HE, nd finally = pr
cent. per uIem. Government bonds hTm aud
Ia god demand; coupons OF 1881, lE}tSi do
1864. ll9; do 1855, 1872; 1855, new, ll91s; DO.
1907, l211s do lSoS l2l1s; new 1ves, llIa; lO-iOs
regular, ll55%; coupons. III; currency Is, l&.
state DOpOs steaoy, exec pit Tenn essees, Whlch
are lower; Iennsssee Is, old 49,; Ten
nessee Is, new, as; Virginia IS, old, 3915;
Virginfas ne 20: Missouri 6g IUl%
high r, n ne early dea ing, Erie having been
the only exception, opening AT li52 against
lJ2s AT the close on saturday, the uec,4At ne
ing in sympathy with tue fall at London, but
the price afterward recovered 10 l5A Lake
80 ore AZ vanced from 54A TO So aud Michi-
gan Central from $50 to So. The strength Of
these two stocks waN due TO reported confer
encs betw. en- the directors, looking 10 an ad-
vance in rates. At the secoud call the market
was weak. During the last hour OF business
stO ks were weRz ana lower, the decline + ON
the highest point OF the day having been Z. ID
per ceaf. NOrthwes; ern preferred fell Oh
from 80 10 IS, common from 553s 20 5ilsi -.
Paul from 32t 10 81, preferred from 62lk TO Gl1
Missouri Pasidc from 1914 70 l51z OhIOs from
49, to l55s, Ham bal sLu -. J 'seph !rOm lSIa
10 l7t9 Mlchig all Ceu'ra from 80 to 5734, Pa
cihc Mail II IN 57Is % D5S WesteTn Union
rom ia 70 = 81, and Lake Shore from 55z 20
5ils. Erie reached from l5ls TO AZ. In the
nnsl dealings a stesdieT feeling prevailed and
prices recovered a to y per cent. The trans
actions on the stock exchange amounted to
ls4 900 shBres, of which 20Gg0 were Pacific Mail,
. 600 Western Union, Il coo Northwestern
common, 900 st. Paul common. 1900 Erie, Os,-
90 Lake Shore, 400 Ohios and 1900 Missouri
Pacific. Quotations were as follows:
western Union Telegraph a; Pacific Mail,
SIS; Adams Express company, l005I; Wells 4
Eargo's Express company 7S14; American K
press company, 565<; Uuitea states express
company, ~; New YORK Central, l025z; Erie,
l4s< Erie preferred, 81; Harlem l3l: Harlem
preferred, l30; Michigan central, 5s5s; Union
Pacific STOCK, coz; Like Shore, ~; niinols
Central, e5<; Cleveland and Pitt burg, ~;
Northwestern, S415; Northwestern preferred,
80; Cleveland, Columbus and Indiana Cen.
frsl, IS; y. j. Central. lCs5{; Rock Islsr Il,
los; st Paul 3; St Paul preferred, 81; Wa
bssh, 81; Wabash preferred, J; Fort WAYNE.
p5Z; TerTe Haute, 3; Terrs Hsute preferred.
lsS; Chicago and Alton, -; Chicsgo and Alton
Preferred, l03; Ohio and Mississippi, l5sk; In.
diana Central, 81; Chicago, Burlington and
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HENRY CRAFT, Trustee
Smith & Collier. attorneys. OcIs

EsHANCERY SALE OF VERY DEsIEAg
" BUILDING LOTS Just outside the city linz
It's OF Memphis, on Adams street and Bias sv.
enue.-J. l., Rice, eX'r, ct al W. Ewing homu-
Tenn.
BY virtue of an tntsrlOcutory decree in tne
ABOVE cause at the October term, 1874, o.
said court, entered on the 5th OF December
1874, / will sell TO the highest bidder at public
sale, within legal hours, on NJ luFdag FFrgfs-
Der AZ. 1879, the following real es ate to
wit: piece or parcel nf ground in the COuu.
~ Of Shelby, state OF Tennessee, giuuiI.E a
the northeast corner OF tie Intersection o.
Dunlap street with Bass avenue, adjoining
the east line Of the corporate limits OF tine CITY
OF Memphis: thence east WsTdly with Bass aT-
enus Isl feet, more or less, 20 alley ISL
feet wide; the CO with said alley north III
fset 20 an alley II feet wide; then vest with
said alley 240 feet TO Dunlap street; thence
south with DunIa street 80 feet 10 he begin
ming; being the same land designated ssIO.s
81. %, 80, "a, IS, 50, 81, 81, in the clan Of.ls
Thorn pson suB-div vision, registered iu the Re-
ister's once of shelby cOul ty, in Book S. paIt
l, page b35, etc. Also lots 3, D, 7 and 5, OF the
said sub division; each lot fronting - feet IN
the north line Of Adams street, by deuth, O.
l36 feet, extending nOrthWaTd between para
lei lines rom the front, to an alley. Terms
Y, Is and "A months, the purchaser 20 execute
notes with approved security, bearing inter
est at the rate of s per Ceat. per 8nuum fIOTu
date, and lien retained until hual payment
County Courthouse, I'm the city OF Mem lhIs.
IN the entrance nall on Main street, arCIrdiu -
TO plan Of 81 cd vision there 10 be exhibited
JUHS P. IRRELEVANT, Comm L--lOuer.
J. L. Rice Sol; -u. y iXt-r, 81.
SPECIAL EOTLCE-We ask he attention
OF buyers TO the rare opportunity offered 10
the above sale to purchase yery dHs.rau s
building lots just Outsl g IN eastern bound
" line OF he city, on terms unusually efs
sc SELF FREzEvANI s co.
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Opened steady ard closed barely
barely stssdy; sales 80 800 bales; de-
cline on all except November and De
Cember.
Receipts at the United States sespnrts
since last Friday, A. .374, 5sinft 4e, O78
last week, aud IS 757 at yesT.
Stock At the ports, 2Ss T34 bales, agsiUs.
235, 36l last week, Id 273 7S9 last year.
l. vgrDooi shipments-December ard
January, by Chsrle, ton or Savannah,
7.f: October aud November, ditto, sail,
II I'D: October, ditto, ri; January and
February, ditto, sail, 7sj. De.iveries-
Dscsmb Der, by Savannah or Charleston,
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DRY GOODS.
RY TELYGRAPH

NEW YORK, October IS. Business was quiet
with domestic commission houses and i'm
pOrt-rE, and the lObUiug trade wa moderate.
Cotton goods moved slowly, EXCEPT heunels,
which were IA good demand "a ID steady.
Prints we're quiet in agents hands, except
robes, " Mich were in request; kniC keI b Jcker
pTiuis reduced to nc. Wool hannels dun;
$50 pieces will be Ructioned without reserve
on Wednesday. Dress goods active.
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aaturdsy, NOYember 8. Sc.

within legal hours, the following describe.
property, situated in shelby county, Teuuss-
see, EO-Wlt:
Beng part of the John Ramsey grant for
500 acres, and part Of what Is known as the
Andrew Kerr division, and also being parts OF
the lot known on the plan of tho suOdIvlB on
of said Kerr tract, made Uy N. A. Kerr aud E,
> Todd as - 50 and 90 C-hs said two lots C. u
tanning - 3 To- acres, and being the northern
halves OF said two lots, and being tDar portion
thereof set aside and convey ed TO sarah G.
Wheaton, toe wife OF :. NJ. Wheaton. by the
deed Of partition Of said lots between her and
John Wild berger, registered in Registers Of
tes OF RtC C unity, in BOOK No. -, pages $50,
q and So8, being fsniusry known rs the
o. Wne4tog Place.
Terms OF sale On a credit OF twelve months,
UurC assr to give mole with good security,
lien retained to secure same; equity Of re-
CsmptiOn barred.
This OCtO sr IA, 1875.
EDMUND A. COLE, Clerk and Master
~ X. j Black. u. Z. and N
Vance & Anderson. RlIS. OcfI4 Il D uOv5-
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DIR Es. JOHN S =
PRIVATE
Medical DLspensarV,
Ma. IL -FFGsBSg sEaEEI
Mainlsnd'Fr1u street,
EG PEEs, THEE
E,la5Hrh.ei m I..-

4 NJ JOHNSON is Acknowledged Uy a.l par-
- ties Interested ,a7 by Tar tine most - CcE-
iJl physician Iu the treatment 10 pTfv ate 60
secret diseases. Quick, thOTu-L.. and perua-
neut cures guar nteed In every case, male nI
female. Recent cases Of GOurr.ea and -H-
pniIiS cured In Few DAYS. without the u-HU.
mercury, change OF diet or Lluur8urr fr1u.
business. secondary syphilis, the last ve-tlEr
eradicate without the use u, mar1ur-. ~
voluntary loss OF semen stopped b.. no. a.
time sufferers from imp feuc. or l1--J ~ = .
ual powers restored 70 ITee yigDr Sd t-rv W. = .
Victims Of self-sbuSs and excessive vrue-Er
suffering from ~pgf matOrTlest ana loss OF a..t-
steal and mental power, speedily and urlLE
neufly cured.
Particular attention paid 20 the Disease O.
women, and cures guaranteed.
Throat and Lung Disease cured Jy rev
remedies.
All consultations strictly CONF eut.at. -
Medicines sent by express o. all parts o.. Zoo.
country.
OMce hours from am. fo pLl. SUNDAY
trOm To- pm.
sapI-dw u. y. JOHNSON. NJ %
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MARINE CHRONICLE.
Weather and Rivers.

Sunday was clear and pleasant, and
so was yesterday, the thermometer cooling of
at So. The following is the official report of
the change and condition of the rivers up to
last night:
OFFICE OF OBSERVATORY
SIGNAL SERVICE U. s. ARMY,
MEMPHIS, 1ENN., October Is, 1875.
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IN frOnt of my ONCE, No. 10 Madison street,
Memphis, Tennessee, the effects Of the FOL .Cw-
ing named bankTuuts, tD-Wit:
Ci'y Bank Of HempLis-An BOOKS, Notes
Drafts, Claims, Etc.
W. 4. MiJchsll-Au Books, Accounts EJs.
J. h. CaTgill-Ail Books, Accounts. Etc.
J. c. Psge-Au Notes, CLAIMS, Etc.
Octi2 y. WOOLURID5E, A sSfanee.
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quincy, 10; Hannibal and 81. Joseph, IN;
Delaware and LsckRwanna, lle; Atlantic
and Pacific Telegraph, l71E; Central Pacific
bonds, lO5ts; Union Pacific bonds, 1919.
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NOTICE BAyKRUPTCY.

In the District Court OF the United states. for
the District or West Te4 nessee.-Lu ueInat-
ter OF Hector Coffin, OF Memphis, shelby
county, TennesSee.--in Bankruptcy.
FsNHE undersigned b r6oy gives notice OF mis-
/ appointment as assignee Of Hector Coffin.
Of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee.
o. WOOLn8IDGE, Assignee.
Memphis, October II, 1875. 70 oct ia
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Bankruptcy s.ale.
= ednesdal, NOEember 8, Is75.

DY virtue OF general order OF sale entered
ID by the United States District Court for The
district OF West Tennessee, I viii sell an pub
lie auction, AZ 10 O'Clock m, on
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CHANCEEY SsA
%
m g al hSCa ts

No. l5lU.-First CnauCery Court of Shelby
County, Tennessee ss. A. Anderson. adj
ministratOr Of \. ~. y hastOu, deceased, vs..
Waddy Thompson et al.
DH vtrtus OF an IuGerlOc ntc-- decree for
- sale, entered IN the above cause OLA L..s
18th day OF February, 1875, will sell, It yuBuC
auction, 70 the highest bidder, 10 front of Sac
Clerk and Masters once. new cOurt1Ou
building, aaln street, N en- phls. Tens z=e- on
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trustee s ale

OY virtue Of deed Of trust made 70 me a-
ID trustee By T. W. Ia q, for the benefit G..
J. 2 J. Steele, on the 18th o January, 1870, on
record IN book q, pages ll6 and III, and under
a decree of the FIrst ChsDCery Court of shelly
ccuaty, made July /, 1915, In thu cat Of HeCrv
& axe VS.. & J Steele aud Others, and atfirmea
By the supreme Court, snd with the cOuse.,r
snd at the request OF the benehctTries in said
deed of trust will, on
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The msTket c O~ed steady; sales were
300 bale, of which eXpar'Ers took $40,
sp,nuers 1850, -yeCulGiOrs 30 uaies.
The clo-l. 2 kilograms we're 3 follows:
New YORK steady and 3 Is, higher;
middling. I47-l6t; ssles, lGl7 bs!es.
New o leans ees..r st l3sc; sale, ZSCO
bales; receipts, 5y29 b. e. Liverpool
qviet at I'D; Orleans 7sd; ssles, 1000
balss; received, $500 Of which 500 wss
American.
The minor American markets Closed
as follow: Galveston, 133c; Mobile,
I2lc: Savan4sh. 1899; Chsrls ston, 1910;
WIlmingt0u, l33c; Norfolk, l3S9lSici
Baltimore. ] 4c: 3 s.ou, l4!c; s.. Louis,
I3se; Augusta, l3Gl3Bc
The following We're TIE changes in New
York fuI4gts:
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ThursdaY, NoYemher ID. 10.

in front or my ONCE, No. 81 Court street
Mem phis, Tenn es-ee, proceed 10 sell, az public
auction. TO the hiEhes- bidder, for cash, Ia.
land hereinafter desert bed, for and during The
lie OF Mrs. Janet axe.
The land Is situated in shelby county. Ten
ueseee, and described a. follows. 20 niue
and such part OF lot No. 4 Of the Origin Al rae.
ground tract az has heretofore fallen 10 an
been vested IN the said T. ". LaEe In the pa
utiOn between him and the other children ,
ais mother, Mrs. Janet Lake, SIS tine same
fully shown b. deeds ana plots now on recon
N the office of the iseRister OF Shelby county
Tennessee, In book Il, pages 81, o. and 81, Bu,.
book 50, pages 547 to So, and ia cook 20. pages
So, etc, all Of which conveyance and plot
are mere referred 70 for fuller description o.
the twenty acres, or there8bOuis, conveyed
me il said trust deed. The right of rsaeTnI.-
ton is waived by the deed.
The sale will Do between the hours Of 10 and
y am. l will convey ss trustee, anu will Sc.
and convey the land only during the life o.
said Janet Lake.
October s, 1875.
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PAINE g. PATRICK.
STAB COTTON GIN
No. 6S Union s.

COR. OF THIRD, Memphis Tennessee.
- AVIEG fitted up -ns most extensive con-
IA Germ in the city, with the latest Iu-
proved machinery f0r GINNING AND b IL
ING COTTON, we are pr PAL 81 10 furnish
better sample with larger yield an alE
similar establishments the South. " ~ wont
respectfully request those having cotton p.
yin to call and see our place before maxim -
perm snent Arrangement
S5-Wili pay the highest price for all grade.
Of SEED COTTON.
\. B.-Wln furnish bags Tor shipping 7ee-
cotton If consigned % Us aud ordered by rec
spOnsible parties. All cotton covered by In
3urence- EuD
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GIN REPAIkING.

PLANTERS can have their Gin avs Filed
1 in the best possible way, and their Gins
thoroughly Oyerhauled ana put in No. l order,
Oy B. ". HICKMAN. He can also furnish the
old styie HORSEPOWER of the best timber, With
iron bandwneel shaft. Builds Gins, Gin
Feeders, Linters and Filing Machines 10
order. Can fur ish almost any variety of Gin
material. a few secondhand Gins for sale.
EuY further particulars inquire of
B. W. HICKMAN,
VII No. 665 Main st.. Memphis, Tenn.
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PLaNTERY BANKOE TBENESSEB

10y qn Order0f he Chancery Court Of David
- sou county, Tennessee, the remaining
Assets OF the Planters Bank viii be foid, for
casa. in October and NOvemoeT next, TO close
th g trust. Sales Will take place as follows:
At the Courthouse door Nashville, at IL
O'Clock, October 20, 1875.
Al the Courthouse door Memphis, at IL
O'Clock, October o, 1875.
LANDS IN Texas, at Marshall and Galveston,
October 6, 1875.
Lands in Mississippi, at Vicksburg, October
8, 1875.
One tract of land in Kentucky, at DRnvile,
Kentucky, November 9 1875.
- For full particulars, spply for printed
schedule TO D. WEAVER,
Trustee and Receive
NASHVILLE, Sept. /. 1875. sepS-daw
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The COTTON MARK yest1rdsy
oyearf very quiet ,a weak. As ID
tel-gla ms "a L arrive it proved nat
cotton u.s. he'd higher in New York
aud at lengta t1at The prices advanced.
This hsd tie eff,t IF steadying the
market heIe a. saturday, quo atom,
but 10 ii-e ok plase - q e change J.,
lhe New YOTE ma yet w4s Regarded
general y 80 mare etTes o. q squeeze
OF . lie shorts The inquiry became C
tive IS the day prCceef led AMI little
maIued unsOld on the t4Oles at the clio 9
The demsud was principally from spin
u r., contrary to wat has usually been
tie case tbs season. Low middllng
cotton Vas more in GeI and aud harder
T. procure than middItng Ia couse-
luence OF which it occasionally brought
pricss above Inc quDtllions. The follow
tug v re ne closing Memphis official
New-York tribune., 1875-05-12
ALD1NT.
A CANAL RING SUIT.

THE srANwIX HAIL LETTINGS or lSot-THE ArtOh-
NEY-GHNE2AL's UT AGAINST JOIN LEAIiY AND
JARVIS LORD 10 BE CALLED THIS wEEK-A
WITNESS WHO WILL HAVE MUCH TO TELL
itbow THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBrSE.J
AtrAyY. NAY TO-. For the first time since the ex-
posure of the Canal Ling, some at least OF the
methods and operations are now likely to receive ju-
d;cial attention. Tie suit of The People against
.Iohn InaLy and Jarvis Lord, but really against
J,ryis Lorl-for Lcahy is only one of the myriad
dummies of the Lord family-will probably be
lied before Judge Westbrook, in the Supreme
Court. in this city. on Thursday OF friday OF
tbi. week This is one of At,Orney-GeneTal
Barlow's suts which Deputy Attorney-Gencral
F,;rcd is now pressing and is Of especial interest,
as Il involves the history Of the Infamous StanWiX
Un lettinrs of 1866 the full details of which are
said never 10 have reached the public ear. AZ that
dov,s lettings contract was 20 be awarded for re-
palrs on the ChemUng Canal aud feeder ior hVe years
from Jan. l. 1867. The meeting OF Canal Rlng con-
tractors 70 auction off the privilege OF bidding Tor
tbs work WAS held as has often been described i'm
mcdutely before the meeting Of the Canal Contract
ing Board. 1t was agreed among them, Lord ana
Ieo,v bcinc present that the person who would
nag the most for the sole privilege of bidding
for the work and for the bids should receive them
and control them 10 the end, with the under
standing. 80 the complaint charges, that the sue
c.ssful bidder "should destroy and omit to put IN
before said Contracting Board such OF SAID bids as
offered to do said work AT fair and reasonable prices
Tho defendants bought all the bids at the mee'lng
and maid il is charged large snms of money to other
persons 10 induce them to withdraw or destroy Their
h;ds Some of the mutilated bids are said TO be sl
%, file in the Auditors office. Leabys bid Tor the
work IN question was 5000 year. and the con-
,r,,t vas necessarily awarded to lin. according to
tbc IDEAS of official duty that prevailed among canal
oc,cers ot that time. The contract was at once
.s;oned to Lord. and nc received under it $l6OOOO
The couplaint alleges that $4,000 would have
len fair price for the contract, and that, there
fore by this conspiracy the State was defrauded OF
sll. 900 year, or $4,000, and suit is brought to
reooe yer this sum.
The MANNER in which the Lords father and son'