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New-York tribune., 1875-07-26
Mr. Kiernan reports the closing quotations for
mining stocks at San FRANCISCO yesterday as
fnllnWs

The London adyices reported a quiet condition of
,tf,;rs on the Bourse British consos ruling firm and
United States curties strong, with sharp rally
ON 1868 to 1Osl2. Money is easy in the outside
market at ll per cent three months bills being dis
counted at 2l4G23s per cent. The Bank OF England
made a gain in bullion to-day OF tll2,OOO. lhe
foreign exchange market reflected the usual dulneSs
of Saturday, no business dong. Tie nominal
offered rates were unchanged but bills held on
the basis of 81 s6aSi sGia and 81 S9Aa$i s9a4.
The cold market was dull and frmer, which was
natural after the unusually large decline of the
week of 25s per cent 1. e.. from 11ias to 111as.
Opening at 112l:, the price fell to 112; then re-
turned to 1i23s with steadier afternoon market at
112ls. On gold loans the borrowing rates were fiat
1. 9. 3 per cent per annum, and lG4 till Monday.
The European steamers took no gold to-
day; only $4,000 silver bars. The As
sistant Treasurer paid out in gold coin during the
week 1854 600 interest on the public debt including
900 to-day The redemption of called Fiye-Twen-
ties to-day amounted in coin to 6, ,OOO total for the
week of $3663G5. The import entries of foreign dry
goods at the port Of for the week ending to-
night were s. 474 700, the amount thrown upon the
market footing up $1,S63,si6, and OF general
merchandise to $i,527, 400, making total in gold
coin valuation of $7,OO2, 120. The export clear
ances of domestic produce from this port for
the week euuIuS Au'SAds' '"y ~V' "eic
TO the currency valuation of $J,203,G32. The
specie shipments for the week were $s15,s79, of
which $295, 900 only were gold coin. The imports
of specie this week were 100000. The days busi-
ness ut the Gold Exchange Bank covered Gold
cleared, $7I.14G,OO gold balances, S2,2Si,77l /;
currency balances, $2, ,S0O0SO. The Treasury esti-
mates that the coinage of silver for two months end
ing August 30. will be about Si,O0C,OO0. The
principal gold quotations were as follows:
iooO...ll24 1870. .li2s io0...ii2is 2:Jo ii2,s
lO3O ll2b 1900. ll24 l;3O ll2s 800 .-.-ll2s
ii.OO II2i. 1880. 1924 200. HIPS
The days business at the u. :. Sub-Treasuy com
prsed
receipts s1!i97s4 q Curry paymentssi 1922 81
Gold paymentA SOO4!l - curry balance DC aav ~
balance. 33,67234O 66 Cgstoms. 237OOU UO
Curry receiptA.. l.793s67 80
The Treasury balances at the close of business to
day werc Currency, 81 1900 coin. $06, ,02o 900
less coin certificates, $22. $4,000.
We annex closing quotations of foreign exchange:
Prime bankers sterling bills so davs days
Good bankers do. b. q soy e0SG< 10
New-York tribune., 1875-07-26
Total sa,cs for the week

The stock market to-day has been most unequivc-
cally dull and devoid OF interest, the attention of
operators having apparently been devoted to get
ting as much as possible out Of the limited vaTia-
tions of the leading shares At the opening prices
differed very little from the closing quotations OF
last light and then grew strong. ruling so on Lake
Shore, Western Union, and Union Pacific all day,
while the rest of the list remained about steady.
The opening, highest lowest and closing prices OF
ootive stocks sold TODAY were as follows
New-York tribune., 1875-07-26
nECIsIOHS-JuLY "A.

Common Plens-rpecial Tnm-H? .,ntlcc Larrc-
AIT. stecn tt al No,oi aenied VITA sIO
costs OF motion 10 ABIDE the event.
New-York tribune., 1875-07-26
THE MONEY MARKET.
OFFICIAL REPORT N. y. sroCx EXCHANGE SALE&
JULY a. 1870

CONVENIENT STOCK DEPARTMENT 1OI4 O'CLOCK
AND 1112 O'CLOCK A. ".
&c. Coupon, 1881 vi g. Coupou. 1881
III bel
U $50 Coupon 1893
l0,OO0..... ......-...l17h'
FIRST BOARD-1Olo O'CLOCK A. NJ.
Sales Of STATE Bonds-Rau~oad Bomds- Bank and Rail
road Sh0rea-Eryress Sf0eks, fc
New-York tribune., 1875-07-26

Time loans running all the year reported at 4
G3i2 per cent The following Is to-day's Clearing
house statement:
sSse S GS ssaas sHsn3
The following arc the total clearing, for the week
and the resulting balances
Cur balances % is.O2o97G ,oid balances. s,7so.i76
This afternoons Washington dispatches report
that the Treasury now holds 1914, 600 In bonds
10 secure National bank circulation. AID S1s,7oOoOo
to secure pnbc deposits. Tle outstanding National
circulation ia now $3.50 100000 Il which S2,'40,-
600 are gold notes. The United States Treasury to-
day received 700 National bank notes for re-
demption. making a total for the week of $:,4oo.-
600 The Customs receip.s were $toO,0O0. The
Internal Revenue receipts Amounted 70 S3oOOVs
making a total for tho mo.th to dat VI S7,oj0OoOs
The shipmcnt of legal tend rJ and fractional cur
reacy for the week amounted TO $1,000, 900. Tie
bauk statement for the week shows a heavy gain in
legal ten ,ers and also al increase in specie Tho
loans are down, and the banks made net gain
over last week of 81 Ais, 900. aud npw hold in law
ful money in excess Off quirsd 2o, ,jO2 4o0
The following table shows the relation between the
total reserve of the banks and the total abihies
5$'s !. ~ asI;s;
Legl ;enrs 7s.7"5,5O0 7j,0lJ2Oo iLcreasn. i2iaDoo
The following shows the relation between the
total reserve Of the banks and the total Liabilities:
Juy H. July "a Changes.
sne,,e SIC Wji 800 l7JlO 400 Isc... .&Jji6D0
Irrcs,I tc,u.,s Tyj3Oo 15Ol5.2oO lie l.2loy0
Total rescryc . 500 7CO 200 325346OO 774400
Reserve required
INST dep sits 81, 1O1,6J0 O3,o3lloO "'s
ABOVE legal .oouo
2sSssS 4sssso ISs Dec sssSS csSS
Government bonds were frlncr this afternoon,
showing considerable reaction from the lowest late
decline We annex the Lltcst street quotations:
New-York tribune., 1875-07-26

begin Aug II and last two weeks. DR.. Eben Tourjee
win have the management
New-York tribune., 1875-07-26
ChLEND.ES-TuIs DAT.
s,prray coY!:7 -CuAMBERs-WE.

1JS. .SOieli a2t. Compton.
40. jenkins agt. Lvddy. &C.
ia. Rose aSt. De wey, DC.
I77.. Douglas agt. Douglas.
l7S. .BellDni. j.. agt. Nathan.
l79. The Compton DIS
ccrurte de Paris agt.
Everett.
New-York tribune., 1875-07-26

II ..Carrc.l art Nli.cr. &c.
"a. Palmcra@i.ii Humphreys
:. l.. Hcd. Co.
81. Butler saw. DInh art
Hart, &c.
102. .Goepp agt. Gcrcheidt.
1903. steven agt. Serra.
49,. Matter cf Dickinson,
.kc
New-York tribune., 1875-07-26

The money market was the counterpart OF yester-
day. call loans being quoted nt 1iga2 per cent
Prime commercial paper was in demand. and hard
enng tendency is reported for long dates. W.
annex a basis Of rates.
New-York tribune., 1875-07-26
RECEIPTS OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE.
hc recepts of produce for the week ending sauay Jun
STATEMENT OF EXPORTS.

The following is complete OF exports shipped IN vessels
which we're cleared to day for foreign ports
ANTwsRP-Ship Edith.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-06-16

Social MisadvputIrcS.

The majority of men have an ex-
ceedlng dislike to appearing ridicu
lous, never having appreciated the
full comedy Of life, and that it must
either be treated as comedy or TRACE
dy. or, perhaps, as a nice admixture of
both. To bring the foregoing re-
marks home to our present subject,
when any Of those ludicrous little mis-
haps occur which are described in
witty works Of fiction, or in comic pc
riodicals, how painful they are to the
l,rinci pal actors in the scene, and how
little he likes to hear of them again
When a young man enters ball
room with his trousers tucked up;
when grave, wise man, like Pick
wick, enters the wrong bedroom;
when, as | once saw myself, middle
aged lady comes down to breakfast,
having some stray locks still in the
confinement of curl-papers, these un-
fortunate people by no means like
to be reminded of their misadven
lures. There is really no fun, only
cruelty, in reminding them Of their
heedlessness and, indeed, it becomes
a kind of torture if this is repeated a6
n0useua. That great artist, Dickens,
took care that none Of Mr.. Pickwick's
companions, owing him respect,
should venture to allude to that de-
plorable and shocking incident IN
good Mr.. Pickwicks adventures
And this present writer would not
dare to allude to the misfortune OF
that respectable middle-aged lady who,
in absence of mind, had forgotten to
release some Of her locks from their
nightly Imprisonment, it she had not
long ago passed away from this
troublesome world. AS we have be
fore intimated, however, it is the
young who most feel having Oh any
occasion made themselves absurd or
ridiculous. The midJle-aged man,
unless he is a most fortunate ndividu-
al, has gone through SO much trouble
that these minor mistortunes Of bis
youth are food for laughter for him
as well as other people. Not always,
though. A man in ''the sere and
yellow leaf" of life has confessed to
me that he feels hot all over and
knows that the color is mounting to
his face when he remembers some of
the most ludicrous adventures of a
trivial kind in his early life. The
sensitive, alas are always sensitive,
and even old age fails to harden them
-~ Social Pressure.
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A Little Story Of General Sher-
man.

Gen Sherman's new book of rccol-
lections is revivlpg that crop Of war
stories which have been temporarily
harvested. But Sherman stories
have point and snap which come
from personal influence aud recollec.
tion in the premises, and good many
Of them are vastly amusing reading
For example, he tells one illustrating
the idea OF military discipline with
which the war was begun. An Off,
Ger, whose term had expired, remark
ed to Gen. Sherman that he was 60
ing home, although he had not been
mustered out. Sherman remarked
that he should in case of such attempt
feel obliged to shoot the officer on the
spot. The officer concluded not to
start, but Mr.. Lincoln happened to
visit the brigand the same day, and
complaint was made to him by the
aggrieved party. Sherman tells it in
this way: Mr., Lincoln, who was
standing, said, 'threaten to shoot
you ?" "Yes sir, he threatened TO
shoot me- Mr.. Lincoln looked at
him, and then at me, and stopping his
tall, spare form toward the officer,
said TO him in a loud stage whisper,
easily heard for some yards around,
"Well. if | were You, and he threaten
ed to shoot, | would not trust him,
for | believe he would do it, The
officer turned about and disappeared,
and the men laughed at him. Soon
the carriage drove on, and, as we de-
ceudcd the bill | explained the facts
to the President, who answered, "Of
course | didn't know anything about
it, but thought you knew your own
business best" | thanked him for his
confidence, and assured him that what
he had done would 90 far to enable
me to maintain good discipline, and it
did.
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Long Words.

"RoB,' said Tom, (which is the
most dangerous word to pronounce in
the English language g
"Don't know" said Rob, "unless
it's a swearing word"
'Pooh !" said Tom, otis stumbled,
because you are sure to ge. tumbled
between the first and last letter"
"Ha ha !" said Rob. "Now I've
one for you. 7 found it one day in
the paper. Which is the longest
word in the English language ."
"Valetudinarianism," said Tom
promptly.
"No, sir; it's smiles, because there's
a whole mile between the first and last
letter"
clio no y cried Tom, that's moth
irg. | know a word that has over
three miles between its beginning and
ending"
"What's that? 2 asked Rob, family.
"Beleaguered," SAID Tom,-From
"Jach'-m-the- Pulpit,' in 81. Nicho7as.
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Cost Of IL Trip to California.

Nlck's Floral Guide, q delightful
little quarterly, the third for 1875, is
at hand, with lots Of timely advice and
many hint The chat with cores
pondents Is particularly instructive,
but perhaps the most notable article
in this number is Mr.. Vlck's account
Of "a Trip to California The arti-
Gle concludes with the following sta
tistics, which will interest such per-
sons as may be contemplating iaunt:
"jVould " IRE adcise people to 90 to Cal-
Iornia, and ho'c match 'oould 1t cost ?
Every one should visit California who
can afford to do so but climate and
customs are so different that no one
from the east should take a family to
that state, with the intention of ma
king a permanent home there, without
first making tour Of the country.
The railroad fee to San Francisco is
about $3.50; sleeping -berths for seven
days, S21 meals, same time, S21-
making about $3.50 to go and return
by railroad. If the return is made by
the Isthmus, nearly $75 can be saved,
at the expense Of time, for that route
will consume four weeks of extra time
While in California you will need So
a day in gold, for travelling and hotel
expenses. Sixty days will give time
for petty good view of California,
that is for tourist, making IN eX,
pense Of say S40O, which, added to
the passage money, foots the expense
of a journey of eight or ten weeks, to
California and back, $50
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HOW HgTTAE WE KNOW.

How little we know of each other,
As we pass through the journey Of life,
With its struggles, its fears and temptations
Its heart breaking cares and its strife,
We can only see things on the surface,
For few people glory in sin,
And an unruflled face is no index
TO the tumult which RACES within.
How little we know of each other
The man who to-day passes by,
Blessed with fortune and honor and titles,
And holding his proud head on high,
May carry dread secret with him
Which makes of his bosom hell,
And he, sooner Or later, a felon,
May writhc in the prisoners cell.
How little we know of each other
That woman of fashion, who sneers
At the poor girl betrayed and abandoned,
And left to her sighs and her tears,
May, ere the sun rises tomorrow,
Have the mask rudely torn from her face,
And sink from the height of her glory
To the dark shades of shame and disgrace.
How little we know of each other
OF ourselves too little we know
We are all weak when under temptation,
All subject to error and woe.
Then let blessed charity rule us,
Let us put away envy and spite
Or the skeleton grim in our closet
May some day be brought to the light.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-06-16

NEEDLESS DELAYS. -Steadtastly
set your face against needless delays
in doing any work for the good of
our fellow men, or for your own edlf-
cation. A dilatory spirit is one ofthe
most delusive of all the temptations of
our great destroyer. 1t purposes
merely to postpone, perhaps for an
hour or day. 1t would shudder at
the thought of final and utter neglect
of what it thus defers. Do this very
day and hour the duties this hour and
day demand.
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From the n. Y. Observer.
Hartford TheOI. Seminary.
HARTFORD, June 4, 1875.


The anniversary exercises of the
Seminary closed on Thursday evening
May 18th, with Il sermon by Rev.
VIM. w. Taylor. of New York 1t
was an admirable presentation Of the
Apostles resolution to know nothing
but Jesus Christ, and Him crucitied,
and formed Il fitting close to the work
OF the year. Among the friends 6l
the institution, and the strangers pres
ent at its examination, there was but
one expression Of opinion as to the
thoroughness of the instruction given,
and the promise of the students who
are about to go out from it. The
view Of the Faculty Is decidedly that
which has been 50 often and so earn
estly expressed by the ObSerCer-that
the need is not SO much of more men
as of better men, and they have had
the courage, in spite of their limited
number of students, not only to de.
cline to receive some who have appli-
ed, but to recommend the withdrawal
of others who had most clearly mis-
taken their calling. The result is
that while the numbers are diminished
TIE quality is improved, aud those who
do remain have the advantage Of a
constant and thorough drill IN every
study. We believe we only express
the opinion OF those most competent
to judge in saying that there is proba-
bly, no Seminary that now gives better
practical training to its students than
this.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-06-16

An AMERICAN IARN.-An Eng
lishman-traveled. of course-relates
that an American gentleman who
had at an early day gone the overland
route to California told him this {:
'We crossed the sand hills near the
scene OF the Indian mail robbery and
massacre of 1856, wherein the driver
and conductor perished, and also all
the passengers but one. But this
must have been Il mistake. for differ
ent times afterward, on the Pacific
coast, was personally acquainted
with a hundred and thirty-tree or four
people who were wounded during that
massacre, and barely escaped with
their lives. There was no doubt Of
the truth of it-I had it from their
own lips. And one OF the parties
told me that he Kept coming across ar
roV-headS mhis system for nearly seq
en- gears after the massacre. --EDrroRs
DRAWER, in Hoper's Magazine for
July.
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WOODSTOCK VT. WEDNESDAY, JUNE G 1875.

Of your embarrassment at the sight Of
my wife"
81 really'-I began.
"No prevarication, said he "You
know each other. She sent you a
note last night. | demand a sight of
it,"
"What does she say ?" asked
"She has not been asked to say
anything" said Pell. 81 leave her to
her own conscience. Let me see the
note 2"
''Really," l began again. Il as
sure you"
"You are acquainted with Mrs.
Pell," said Charlie.
81 have been. Yes.
"You know something about her
that | do not"
at is nothing to her discredit, "
said /. "Believe me, you had better
let the matter rest. A mere--a coin
cidence."
"The note related TO it 2" said Pell,
black in the face with rage.
swell, in a measure
"Show 1t to me, roared Charlie.
II can't said |. "Ask Mrs. Pell,
to explain. Lmust not show lady's
letter to any one.
"IIcr husband demands it," said
Charlie.
Charlie" said |, "what fool you
are f. There y
And | cast the little note his wife
had written, toward him.
He seized it, perused it eagerly, re
peated the words
"It you have the least love for me,
go,"
"Aud he instantly clutched me by
the throat.
went down. He sat upon my
chest and choked me.
could not help it then. | had tri-
ed to keep Mrs. Pell's secret, but self
preservation is u law of nature. |
wrenched my cravat from his hands,
and grasped his wrists firmly,
"Let me speak, | said.
IL give you moment for contes-
sion," said he. Speak before you
die"
81 know Mrs. Pell very welI,' said
|, "better than | do you. We have
been very fond of each other She
kissed me when we parted last, and
called me her dear Rich-Stop min.
ute, let me confess all before you
choke me. She's my grandmother.
She was Mrs. Charlotte Richmond
before you married her wasn't she ? |
was named after her"
Poor Charlie Pell stopped trying to
choke me, and got up at once.
Your grandmother 2" he repeat
ed. "Why, she's only twenty eight -
'People become grandmothers very
early sometimes" said |. Il don't
know her age"
Then Charlie let me get up, and
went and sat with his face on his
hands near the window before he left
me.
An hour after, | received another
note from my grandmother
DEAR Rich: Don't 60 unless yol
choose. I've explained matters to
Mr.. Pell.
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DECREASE OF TAXATION IN NEW
YORK. The Albany Argus makes a
statement which is creditable to the
ruling party in that State, and one
" hich must prove gratifying tc tax
payers. 1t says the amount Of tax
which the people of that State are
called upon to pay this year is three
million five hundred thousand dollars
less than the tax of last year. Last
year the rate was # mills, realizing
an aggregate of $l5,137oO0. This
year the rate is 81 mills, realizing an
aggregate of S12,3l4,OOO. 1t is pos
sible that this sum may be further de-
creased. Governor Tilden has yet TO
scrutinize these appropriation bills,
and under the new constitutional
amendments he can strike out any
single item that does not meet his ap-
prCval, and it is presumable further
reductions will be made.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-06-16

You may talk all day long to a
girl about this beautiful world and its
many sources of happiness but if her
new spring bonnet doesn't suit her
your labor will be in vain.
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ours,


| found out afterward that my
grandmother had told dreadful iib
about my being an adopted child ; but
it really did not matter what poor
Charlie Pell thought about that, so |
never contradicted the statement.
And really now that golden hair-dye
has come in, my grandmother has
grown so Juvenile in appearance that |
think she begins to believe that she Is
not out of her teens herself.
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"A strange clock is said to hay

"A strange clock Is SAID TO nave
once belonged to a Ilindoo prince. In
front of the clocks disk was gong
swung upon poles, and near it was Il
pile of artificial human limbs. The
pile was made up ofthe same number
Of parts necessary to constitute twelve
perfect bodies but all lay heaped to.
gether IN apparent confusion. When
the hands OF the clock indicated the
hour Of one, out from the pile crawled
just the number Of parts needed to
form the frame OF one man, part com
ing to part with u quick click, and
when completed the figure sprang up,
seized Il malet, and walked up to the
gong, struck one blow. This done he
returned to the pile and fell to pieces
again. When two o'clock came, two
men arose and did likewise and at
the hour Of noon and midnight the
entire heap sprang up, and, marching
to the gong, struck, one after the 9th
er, his blow, making twelve Ill all,
then, returning, fell to pieces rs be-
fore
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An OLD SOLDIER -"Henrietta,"
said a lady to her new girl, "when
there's bad news-particnlarly family
afflictions-always let the boarders
know it before dinner. 1t may seem
strange to you, Henrietta, but such
things make great difference in the
eating in the course of a year."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-06-16

Sunday sports can't disguise a
fish pole so it'll look like a cane with
any degree of success.
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oh, my dear wife, said John Hen
ry, as he paid the milliner's bill.
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Hartland Business Cards.
II. G | il b + r II
Manufacturer of and Dealer in

PlowS, CultiyatTs, Cottage and
Box Stoves, Cauldr0n Kettles,
SINKS, HOLLOW WARE, ROLL BAKERS,
Door Rollers, Door Roller Tack, Corn
Shelters, Sugar Arch Mouths, Crates and
Bars, Sap Pans, Arch Tops, Mouths end
Rimmers, Slide Yoke Irons, Boot Jacks.
Registers, Door Scrapers, Empire Stove Black,
Guards and Doors Bedstead Castings. Gas
Castings, Birdsnest Tuycr Irons, Sleigh and
Sled Shoes, chilled and common, Cart and
Howes Standard Scales, Gibbs Cylinder Plow
Shares, Harrows, &c.
II Orders solicited.
Hartland, VT, May |, 1871. 1854
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.Singular-to see a garden walk.
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Back .b.itters-tleas.