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Total contraction. ,l6l ,o23
Tho Casco National Bank OF Portland, Nc, the old
cat and largest IN that State tcspttzl stock Is
surroudcrng al It's circulation except tho baro xi5
against tho So 600 OF bombs which II IL Ia any
Obliged 10 keep on deposit in Washington. Other
banks Ii that Stato a.o contemplating tie aame course.
DANIEL DREW.
Tho Now York 1tpsss Of the 1Jth Inst. sayy:
Mr.. Drew haa baeu in business for forty yeafp or
moru, and in Wall street for thirty yaarA past: but
since s loft the street in March, 1875 Ao has done
business whatever. 70 dates tho beginning Of hIa
In Northwestern two thrso years ago, IIe next
lost OIL Tolclo md Wahash, on which no wns "shos"
aud on toe enterprise OF constructing the "Canada
gonthorn Hallway. 1o wss also general partncr In
sl1e hrm Of Ring, Coz Co... brokers, Into which. he
saya,he went NJ u,atter Of friendship When they
failed It aa found that they held no property In thalE
own namex and Mr.. Drow, bong tbs ou1y member Of
tho hr with property. hs, n& ooursor forced to
bear tho leases Tho Qucsalyer Mtniag Company
hope and belief That enough will bo realized TO moes
al tho liabilities: Tho examination will probably not
tato place for threo four Wceka owing to tho NUM-
ber Of other csscs which hasn tho prccedcnce.
, 1876-03-15


NEW ToRE, March A.-Dustnoas waa. quset With Do
fairly active. Four-ysEd brown sheetlngs aud medium
70 tne heachod shirtlnga were LII stcaly uemlul.
Corset Jaan8 wero In ua10shso Io1utst and hrp.
Fancy pEsntz moved s1owfy. but shtrtug styles
tn fair request. Woo1cn Roo<ls remalDsd quiet.
'ahAus waro leas acttyc Draas gooda Eczo In staady
.d0mAut
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Unbroken Monotony Of Local Finances
Demand for Loans Moderate.
Now York Exchange Firm.--Cur-
rency Movement Slow.
The Produce Markets Irregular...Dcnrcs-
sion Caused by NaW York News.
Pto7isions,. Wheat, and Corn Doo1ine but
Lard and Grain Close Stronger
FINANCIAL.

Thefe Hss not mich animation Ia AnHurinl circles
tud nothing occurred 10 vary tho dullneta that IA
thxrActarBtio Of tho buftneM OF Tho banks NJ thls
season. Tho elow movement Of produce and cattle to
market. and ths small proportions Of country trade,
Tho d1lcuty Of country collections, and tho large
ttonnt Of bills receivable maturing thH month, are
uon8 tic causcs responsible for tho du1ness Of tho
!oan market .nd the accumulation Of loanablc re-
sourccs by tho hanks. There Il nothing mora than
nsoderste supply Of psDsr odercd and Tho demand ia
good.
The surplus Of resources IL not Jet pressing, but for
tho next six weets II will incroass rapidly It may 10
eonsdorsd certain tlat II the banks do not taks ID
vantage Of tho loan to the city proposal 10 them Jes-
+ssdAy afternoon by Mayor Colvtu 1t will DO becapso
shsy do not uhe tho security ho has to oor and not
because there Is any lack OF funds Bankers Aro con-
serystys sn not promo 10 give uttoranca to revolu
sonar7 ideas In francs. but among tho busncss men
Of tho city and tho honvy tAxpayCrs tho prospect Of
protest Of Tho cys paper 10 not rcRardel with any
Veihlc amount Of tnrror, In fact Ia tho sEowed be-
ilof Of good many Of tho best business 1nnn and
etixens that nothing better could happen for
tho truc intcrests of tho community thAn
10 havc Tho borrowing power Of tho Government taken
AWAY. II b tho soupaost nance for governments a.
u Is for individuals to pay As they Co. Tho mort
gsgfnE Of al Tho private property In tho country W
Federal 6tato, county, and municipal bonds aud
tcahon haa gouo too far already. It is In rrstty
power Of eountcaton, and tho WORT Of It Ia that this
power to conscato property resides In the hands OF
,hoso who own little Of none Of Il.
Ratca Of discount Ut tho banks uoro s91o por cent
roucessionA NADIA 70 nrst-cIasg Independent boT
,eoworE.
On tho street, rates aro l79ls per cent, and good
paper Ia Bearcs.
New York exchange vas 1rn It PAT 10 2sc prcsntum
for s., 900 between banks,
Tho currency movement was 1lght
Tho clnarings wcro s., 10000.
CONTRACTION OF THE CURRENCY.
Ths Comptroller Of tho Currency has tssuod crcu-
9ar, from which We compile tho following tabs Of tho
contraction Of tho currency from June ~, 1914 10
March /, 1876:
LegA1-tondcr notas 0s8 COS
National nank notes rotrel. ............... 0l7i,203
1ncseaae In total OF gretnbacks OIL deposit
with United Statts Trca1user for rctirlug
bank.notes. II, o?01l5
of.t tk1 ~
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CITT AND COuS
Chicago City I . ct. bonds. j.. i.
Chicago City I Il ct. sewerage.
Chicago CITY 7'S7 ct. water loa q
Cook County I y ct. bonds
tsli0rt) ..,............ .....
Cook County Z u ct. bonds
{iong).
West Park 7 q Ct. bond1.. -.
North Chicago Z q ct. bonds
tLincoin l'art).......,.....
LOCAL bTt
City Railway, aoutl, Bt,le.
rlty Hallway. vt'cst Hitio.
City Railway, West Slide, {
pnr cent certificates. =.
City Railway, North Side.
TrAdcr1' Insurance. Company
Chamber Of Commerce. .....,
Chicago GsauQht anu Cox,
OomlMny...................
Exposition Rtock.
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ID nAILiA
lNpponset duck, Nozr
I col u.......4........1T
INcpauaet duck, &0z.,
! colA........+......sl1
| Detlnten, cold.
|atark, Gol'n.....,+....lG
Doaton AA,,.,........ll A
noaton 0a.,,.........l6
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-18
MISCELLANEOUS

The letter carrier system is to be abol-
ishcd soon in all towns and cities having
less than 10000 inhabitants. PostmaStcrs
salaries will be reduced in the aggregate
$7jOOOO year, and mails paid Cor by space
and speed. The total reductions in the pos.
tai bill will amount to 81 100000.
Petroleum has risen to the position OF
our third great staple for export following
cotton and -four in Importance. At one time
the petroleum industry became very stag.
nant ON account Of ovcrproducton, but now
the uses to which it can be put all over the
world have greatly multiplied, and there is
Unprecedented activity in the crude article
and the resulting volatile oils. The Titus,
vile Herald reports the number of produc-
ing wells at 3625-more than were ever be.
fore operated at any one time. The ship
mcnts now average 10000 barrels day
The recent decision by the United
States supreme court in the Arkansas Hot
Springs case in favor of the government pro
vidcs Uncle Sam with property valued at
SlO,OOO,OOO The tract is claimed by ex.
Governor Rector. 1t contains large popu.
lation and the celebrated Hot Springs. The
case has been in litigation twenty-five years.
and two of the itgants have been pockcting
10000 year each out of the property for
ten years. The Rcctors have not made up
their mind to abandon the fight for the bo.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-18

one Kauhmann, The Russian people
have no fondncss for the Germans, and
this preference for their old-timc enemies
fills them with disgust. The cars phys,
ical lusoundncSS is as conspicuous aS was
his fathers extraordinary bodily yigor,
and this fact places him at n disadyan-
tagc among 50 hardy Il race as the Rus
slams But his son and heir, the c2aro-
witt, supplies in his character person
and opinions many Of the deficiencies of
his imperial father lie hates the Ger
mans as intensely his father loves them,
is intimately associated with the anti.
German feeling Of the country, and is
naughty and impcrious where his father
is weak and complaisant. 1t is the old
story of an hcirapparcnt allying himself
with Il powerful opposition to gain popr-
Iarity; and it is pretty tolcNbly certain
that the c2arowitA is more popular to-day
than the emperor. In the event, there.
fore, of Il general European war it is not
unlikely that influence would he brought
to bear which will procure the abdica-
tion OF Alexander ! J., and the succession
of the young Nicholas to the throne.
Another convenient fit OF sickness ON the
old mans part will settle the matter
without the necessity Of going to the
trouble of poisoning him of, rs was done
with another car when considerations
OF state demanded his removal.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-18

AT the last census in Wales and Eng
land of persons engaged in manulactur-
Ing pottery the number of people so oc-
cupled was found to be about I5, 122; of
these 29,l69 were males and 1858
females. Among the males the mortality
was no less than thirty-cight per cent.
hisher than the average death rate for
Inc males of the whole community above
'he age of fifteen years, and the increase
Principally showed itself in carrying off
men, IN the prime of life, say thirty-fve
years OF age. The climate being good,
'ne wages fair and the workmen fairly
temperate and cleanly, nevertheless the
Po''ers were poor in physique. Now, re-
Pe"'ed chemical analyses of the human
lungs have shown that the silica is absent
az normal constituent of these organs.
roi' Church having, however, inciner-
"'eu the lungs ef a potter, found that
'neie existed in the ash left the amazing
amount OF forty-eight per cent. of silica,
''sh'een per cent. of alumia and five per
'eh'' oil oxide of iron. This showed to
o, %"'' an enormous extent finely divided
=, "as being constantly breathed by
.ue potter, and was evidently the cause o
vie premature death.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-18
FOREIGN.

The revolt in Algeria has been com.
plstely subducl. The leaders have been
captured and are held as hostages for the
conduct Of their tribes.
Disrael is being attacked on all sides
The royal titles bill made him very unpopu
lar, and now he is getting well nagged about
that promised release of the Fcnian prise.
ncrs by the empress"
Through the efforts of the emperor Of
the Brazls, slavery in that country will prob
ably disappear within few years, a law
having passed five years ago providing that
all children of slaves born after that time
should be free. Dom Pedro has emanciPa.
ted his own slaves.
Austria is the least prepared for war
of any of the European powers. Her arma'
ment is defective, but in the course oi the
year her troops are to be armed with new
rifles, and her field artillery are to have the
"stceI.bronze guns which have recently
been tested with favorable results at Span
dau, in Prussia.
Brussels has the largest ice house in
the world. The roof covers an area of SlS,.
600 square feet, The walls are double, and
filled with moss and saw-dust. There are
nine separate ice chambers, each of $4,000
cubic feet capacity. There are galleries Tor
storing meat in hot weather, capable of hold
ing 1000 quarters. A million tons of ice
have been stored in the building at one
time.
An Alexandria dispatch says that the
khedive's private estate has been adjudged
liable TO execution. The Dairn property
debt is valued at from sixty million TO sew
enty.fiye million dollars, about one'hali ol
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-18
EAST.

The New York ladies who are cndeav-
Oring to secure for shOp-women the privilege
of sitting down when their duties do not re-.
quire them to stand, propose to enforce their
requests by patroniaing only those shopkoep.
ers who comply with it.
The reduction in New York rents gen
orally is one.quarter, but high priced build
ings suffer much greater depreciation The
greater part of the Astor house being now
fitted for offices bcartwo large signs "to let"
and there are more "Oflices" now in the
market than ever before. In the fashionable
suburbs the depreciation is still greater for
the gentry are unable to 90 out of town as
usual. Many ladies are learning to make
their own dresses, and the pressure is severe
ly felt among the modistes.
Gov. Rice, of Massachusetts,, has vc-
toed the bill legaizing the marriage Of Mr..
James Parton with his step.daughtcron the
ground Of unconstitutionality. As Mr.. Par
ton, shortly after the celebration of his Mas.
sachusets Marriage, quietly went over to
New York with the lady and had the ccrc-
mony performed again, the veto of Gov.
Rice will not interfere with his domestic
haDDinpSS
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-18
LATEST NEWS.
SOUTH AND WEST.

Trials of parties indicted for connec-
ton with the Mountain Meadow massacre
commence again at Beaver, Utah, early this
month
Robert w. Estlin, Il well-kn0wn cotton
merchant of New Orleans, suicided, Sunday,
by jumping into the river from icrryboat.
General Howard, Of Whitehall, South
Carolina was murdered by negroes on the
sixteenth of April. Robbery was the oh.
ject.
A fire at Versailles, Woodford county,
Ky, Sunday, destroyed Harrison JohnSton's
bonded warehouse aud 1900 barrels of whis-
Ky, valued at S75, 600 and insured for $33 per
barrel.
To be San Francisco aristocrat one
must be member of the Stock board, which
is composed of Just one hundred members.
But the select hundred are not disposed to
let in the vulgar herd. The price of seat
has gone up from $4,000 last year till $780,,
600 was offered last week in vain.
A Texas sheep raiser says there is
about two million head Of sheep on the bord-
ers Of the Rio Grandc-thc finest shecprais.
ing country in the world He has imported
some of these to his own rancho, and he says
that in two years the clippings will net him
sxty-Gve cents per head, which, together
with the increase of stocks, will yield him a
handsome revenue. On the Neuces and
Frio rivers there are about seven hundred
and fifty thousand sheep, from which the
best mutton will soon be ready for market.
A New Orleans inventor claims Sthc per-
fection Oft boat peculiarly constructed with
a double bottom, which will permit itsrcturn
up stream with but little resistance from the
current. With this advantage, he proposes
to carry wheat from Cairo to New Orleans at
three cents a buShel so soon as Capt ads
secures Il channel below sufficiently deep for
foreign vessels to reach the latter city. The
New York Commercial and Financial Chrun-
icle speaks favorably of the project, and re-
CARDS the problem of making New Orleans n
great exporting point for breadstuhs as al.
ready solved
The much talked of cutoff that tore
through the narrow strip of the Mississippi
river opposite Nicksburg last week is one Of
the shortest ever known to have occurred in
the valley of the river. The distance around
the bend or newly formed lake is about five
miles, and the newly made channel flows
across so as to strike the eastern shore near
ly opposite, but a little below the southern
part of the city. 1t is likely that the only
effect of this freak of the river ON Vicksburg
will be to change the landing for steamboats,
to point somewhat lower than it il now
that is, if the lake ever fills up with sand
bars, so as to make the water too shoa for
them to ascend to the present landing point.
The area of the newly formed island oppo.
site the city is less than 5000 acres. Last
August, when n survey was made, the dis
tance across the narrow neck Of the penin.
sula was 95l feet. The engineers then cacu-
lated that the cut would make through and
Vicksburg would be left on the margin Of
the newly made lake some time about Jan
uary last. They were of course slightly mis-
taken as to the time.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-18

which is funded. The khcdivc's personal
debt in secured on lands which he holds by
virtue of his official position, and is really
part Of the public debt of Egypt. As En-.
gland s the largest creditor Of Egypt, and,
according to McCavc's statement, the khe.
dive il in no condition to pay, the chances Of
foreclosure seem good. After that will come
British control and that is the reason En-,
gland seems so listlcss about the Turkish
question,
The cable lines between Nova Scotia
and Newfoundland, and connecting with the
Atlantic cables at Hearts Content, are
broken, and consequently communication
with Europe by the Anglo.American line is
temporarily interrupted. A fault was dis.
covered in the French cable two hundred
miles from Brest, some time ago, which
has not been repaired. The United States
direct cable is working, and is now the only
line open TO the public, but measures will
be taken to repair the cable between Nova
''ollu NhN N'Nl'NllNldINi hHN " N H'I'h
that the interruption of communication with
Hearts Content will not be of long contin.
uuncc.
The London Times, the Lancet, and
other English journals appear to be really
alarmed about the continued approach OF the
plague. The disease has been abscnt from
England and the continent Of Europe for
more than 80 years, and from its once IA
yorita haunts in Egypt, Syria and MeSopo.
tama for about 40 years. During the last
two years, the disease has appeared now and
again in villages on the lower Euphratcs,
and il has now broken out at llillah, and
several severe eases have occurred mt Bag
dad. The recent outbreaks have shown no
dimnution of the old virucncc, and in the
opinion Of the Times there can he little
doubt, when the present state of commercial
communication is considered, that the mala.
dy may soon he conveyed from Bagdad to
the Lcvant. From the Levant it might he
easily passed to Europe, and even to the
shore of England. The plague was last prev.
aIcnt in Bagdad in 1876, and il is believed
that between the 2Sth of March and the Goth
Of April, 1881, not less than 10000 persons
fell victims to the disease among Il popula-
tion estimated at 100000.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-18
RUSSIANS AND GERMANS.
Probable Results In Cast of IA European
War.

In the event of a European war, which
seems imminent now, it will be interest
ing to know something about the men
who are at the head of the Russian en-
pirc-the great power which will place
in the field the largest army ever known
in the history Of warfare. Emperor
Alexander, who has never been Il strong
man, is growing weaker as he grows
older; and, although he is now but fifty
eight years of age, he has become we'll
nigh scnile. The recent reports OF his
intended abdcation in .his sons favor
probably had their origin more in the
wishes Of the people than in the desires
of the emperor himself, for absolute SOW
ereignty is not the kind of baublc that
even a weak man would care to throw
away. Alexander has always been an
intense admirer of his uncle, the Ger.
man emperor, and mas been more or les,
subject to German influence. All tic
best posts in the Russian service are filled
by Germans, even to the place OF the
commander of the great Russian army OF
conquest in the east, which is filled by
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-18

The emigration from Ireland is no
longer what it was ten or fifteen or TWEEN
ty years ago. Only little more than fif-
ty thousand person cmigratcd last year,
and the premises is that this year the
number will be even less--lcss than in
any year since 1858. This shows that
the situation of the people is improving,
that the evils of over population have
been alleviated by the vast emigration
of the past quarter of a century. 1t in
dicates perhaps more that the bad times
in this country have discouraged intend
ing emigrants from crossing the ocean,
The steamship lines between here and
Europe are either making no money or
losing money. They feel the loss of the
passage money of emigrants. The cen
tenlal will be a year remarkable for the
small addition of foreigners made to our
population.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-18
POST0FFICE STATISTICS.


A very interesting table of statistics
has recently been sent to the senate from
the postotlice department, showing the
receipts and expenditures at different
postoilices in the country for the year
1873. The largest receipts are, of course,
from the New York postotlice, which
were last year nearly $3,00O,0OO. Tho
expenses were twcnty-scven per cent. Of
the receipts. Philadelphia comes next,
Boston next, Chicago next, and st. Louis
fifth. The following table represents the
principal offices of the country:
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-18
HOUSE.

In the house, on the 2Sth, permission
was given the managers Of the Belknap I'M
pcachmcnt to examine rs witnesses on the
trial any members of the committee on cx.
penditures in the war department or any
members Of the house whose testimony they
may deem requisite. The house then
voted on the amendments to the legiS-
lative appropriation bill. All the amend.
ments on which a separate vote was
not asked were agreed to in bulk. The see
ton transferring the Indian bureau to the war
department was struck out Of the bill, and
the bill was passed-yeas 2Os, nays II. Mr.
Scales, chairman Of the committee on Indian
affairs, reported a bill aPpropriating $4,000
for the subsistence OF the Apache Indians in
Arizona. After discussion the bill passed.
The house then went into committee Of the
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-18
r,urrr or EASTERN CorroN MILF.

FArLrRE OF EASTERN CorroN MILL
The heaviest mill frilucn that western
Massachusetts, has vet seen, are that ri
Harvey, Arnold Il Co., ot the North
ldams print works, shutting up their
mill and those of Gallup, Iluughton "
smith and f. H. Arnold X Co., at North
Adams. the William,tuwn manulactur-
ing company at Williamstown, the North
pownal manufacturing company at
Pownal, Vermont, and the NrnoF'.'i'ir
mill at South adams; lo." 'i X
mills, with aggregate liabilitie, cd f. ''.'-
hly over 81 ,0OO,OOO. The assets a'c III
most un.alablc property: costing nroha'
bly =, 500 900. The mill ran IN aIl over
iOo looms on print goods Eight hun
drci people are thrown ont of employ
ment,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-18
While Chicago stands fourth on the

While Chicago stands fourth on the
list of receipts, she is but few thousand
dollars below Boston or Philadelphia,
and more than double that of st. Louis.
New York, sf course, stands alone. Bos-
ton, Philadelphia and Chicago belong to
the same group of cities whose receipts
exceed 5000, 900. st. Louis, Cincinnati,
and Baltimore belong to 3 group yielding
more than 1895, 600 and less than $780,
900 of receipts. Pittsburg, Cleveland,
New Orleans, Detroit and Brooklyn be-
long to the fourth category. Peoria
stands at the head of the Illinois cities OF
the second class. san Francisco does not
appear in the table,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-18

The great increase of ntemperancc in
England during the last few years is
causing unusual effort on the part of
Christians of all denominations for its
suppression, The bishopo of Lichfeld, at
recent public meeting, said that
drunkenness was eating up the vitality
OF religion, and the life and health of the
nation" A conference of the Church
of England Temperance Society, which
has been unusually active of late, was
held in Liverpool January II. The
Archbishop of York and other prominent
ministers of the church made addresses.
1t was stated that during the past six
years the money spent in buying liquor
had increased from Cll0,00O,OO0 per an
mum to CLIO 100000.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-18

MILAN has made arrangements for the
regular practice of cremation, the author
tiles having causeda "pyre" to be erected
in the public cemetery for the use of
those who desirc--nnd can ah0rd--to
avail themselves of it. The pyrc is the
invention of two Milanese professors, and
is SO constructed that in Il few hours the
remains can be reduced to handful of
ashes, and that without making any dis
agreeable spectacle or disseminating any
smoke or Odor. The apparatus is in the
form of the ancient Roman sarcophagus,
within which is Il receptacle for the body,
upon which upwards of five hundred
lighted gas jets are turned, and kept
ablazo until it is reduced to ashes.