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The President Interviewed.

The President, in conversation this
morning, referred friend to the diff
culties encountered during his admins
tration, and pointed out how it would
have been impossible for him to take
any action which would have satisfied
tine entire Republican party. He found
himself confronted with three questions
of great importance one related to the
civil-service appointments, one to the
currency, and the most important of all,
in his opinion, was the Southern ques-
ton. Upon this question, as well as
upon the others, it was necessary foi
him to take immediate action. Others
could talk and consider, and criticise
but he must act. Concerning each OF
these questions there was large differ.
ence of opinion within the Republican
party, and whatever he did was certain
to meet with opposition from one source
or another. He had no resort but to ACT
in such way as seemed to him to be his
duty, and to leave the wisdom of his ac-
ton to future demonstration. The Pres
ident seemed to emphasize very strongly
the point that the criticisms and opposi-
ton which had come from within the
party were a necessary result of his be-
ing compelled to act upon questions
of great moment, while others had only
to Judge and approve or condemn, which
involved much less responsibility. He
regarded the Southern question as OF
immensely greater importance than the
other two, because it affected daily the
peace and happiness OF hundreds OF
thousands of people, both white and
black. In regard to the financial ques-
ton, he remarked that, if there was nc
President and no Congress, he thought
the action of natural laws would settle
that question. Washington Cor. Neu
York Times.
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Bulgarian Burials.

When the head of a Bulgarian family
perceives that he is about to die he sends
for the priest and begins to bargain with
him about the cost of his funeral. The
moment he dies all the pots, pans and
kettles in the house are turned upside
down to prevent his soul taking refuge
in any one of them, and great care is
taken to prevent either man or animal
especially cat or dog-from stepping
across his body, as otherwise, in the
opinion of his family, he would turn into
a vampire and be continual nuisance
to them and to their neighbors. The
body is buried without any coffin in a
shallow grave and left there for three
years, during which time many offerings
of food and wine are placed upon it. At
the end of the third year the bones of
the dead man are dug up, carefully
washed, put into linen bag, laid before
the altar in the village church, and after
receiving the blessing of the priest are
finally buried for good.
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Clicked by a Beefsteak.

About 7:30 o'clock last evening Pat
rick Reagan, stevedore, who had been
on big drunk for several days, and who
was then somewhat under the influence
of liquor, entered the New York lunch
house on Front street, between j and X,
and called for beefsteak. When he
was served with the food he cut the
steak in the middle, put one piece of it
into his mouth, and attempted to swal-
low il whole, but it stuck in his throat
and choked him to death in very short
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THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Telling a Fortune.


You little maid, give me your hand;
You need not cross my own with gold.
The stars hardly understand,
But-truth enough you shall be told.
First, you ,eiH travel-here and there,
Through miles and miles of nighi and day,
From somewhere forward 10 somewhere
With SHOWS and blossoms all the way.
Your journey will be long or briefi
II long some bitter fruit will blow,
Through stormy bough and frosty leaf,
From all these pretty flowers, you know.
cannot help these things for you.
only think IL had been best
II Eve, before the apple grew,
Had let the bud die in her breast.
Yes, yes. do forget. oh, dear!-
You blush and ask for wedding rings?
Why. thirteen Mays! Where did you hear,
Poor child, of all these foolish things?
But you will be a nun, and fade
In serge, like Sister Edith there,
And wish-that converts were not made,
And you had kept your lovely hair
No; since you have pleasant face,
You will be--Madam This or That,
And tire of pearls and paint and lace,
And every mirror you look at.
No; in some cottage you will wear
just what you can, think, and try
To make the best of your sweet share
OF this fine world-and sometimes cry!
There do not fold your hands, pray
Though folded hands end every tale);
Make haste and broider, while you may,
The first buds in your-bridal veil!
Mrs. S. VI. b. Piatt in November Wfde-A rake.
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time. The parties in the room did
everything in their power to relieve him
as soon as they comprehended the situ-
alton, and summoned medical assistance
without delay. When the doctor ar
rived. however, the unfortunate man
was dead. The surgeon made an in
cision in the throat and drew from that
organ piece of steak eight inches long
and ON an average an inch and hall
e.-SacramentO Bee.
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The Oldest Yet.

Mrs. Shea, grandmother of Police
Officer Shea, this city, is aged 10S, and
yesterday, as an example of her activity,
she walked to church. Going home she
became bewildered, lost her way, and
wandered two miles distant before being
found by her friends indianapolis
Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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"Ah, Williei Willie 1 am afraid you
searched for spiders, instead OF the ber-
ries. Your friend did not find any bugs
or spiders. Did he?
"No, ma'am, answered Jack, quickly.
"And did you see any, Willie 2
"No mamma. Not this time"
Jack went in search of berries, and
you went in search of spiders. Which
of You sought the best thing, Willie 2"
Him" said Willie, in low voice,
and pointing to his new friend.
"And it is just 30 all through life,
Willie. Be sure and remember this
Those who look for good will find good,
and those who are ever fearful and watch
full of evil are pretty sure to find evil.
You will get what you look for, boys. "
Lille f.. Barr, in NeiO York In
dependent.
The story That wouldn't he Told.
"Do tell me one more story; just one
more ! " said the little boy.
1t certainly was getting late. The
fire lighted the room, the shadows
danced in the corners. Down in the
kitchen they were hurrying with the
dinner, and in a moment nurse would
come in to take the boy to bed. But all
this made him want to stay. He was
very comfortable in his mammals lap, and
he was in no haste to go upstairs to
Maggie and the nursery.
Then his mamma kissed him on the
tip of his little nose, and she said:
"But you must go to bed sometime. :"
please, mamma DEAR" he said,
pushing his curly head almost under
her arm, "just one little story"
"Just one You can choose it, but
mind, little one
"You know what one 1 want OF
course, about the giant Tancankeroare-
GUS, and how ne stole the slipper of the
Princess for snuff-box, and how the
Prince Limberlocks climbed up a cher
ry-tree into the giants room. That is
the story I like p
night. Well, once upon a time the
Princess Thistleblosson1 stood on one
foot, while"
"No, no." interrupted The Story,
"you need not tell me! Tell some
other story. 1 am tired of being said
over and over. Every night, as soon as
your bedtime comes, and you are SO
sleepy that you don't want to go to bed,
you ask for me, and have to be told. l
am sick of it, and 1 want to rest"
"But 1 want you, said the boy. 81
like you best of all my stories. / like
that part where the giant comes in and
calls out Porter 7 in such loud voice
that the gate shakes all the bolts loose"
81 suppose you do like it, said The
Story; "anybody would. 1 am very
good story, and very fit to be told last,
although / cannot see why that is any
reason for calling me the 'amen story.
That is foolish, think But, at any
rate, that is no reason for telling me
every night. Let your mamma tell you
Cock Robin, or Jack the Giant-Killer.
They are plenty good enough"
81 don't want them," said the little
boy, beginning to cry; want you! l
won't go to sleep all night if mamma
don't tell you. !"
81 don't care !" replied The Story;
"you needn't cry for me. I've made up
my mind. You won't hear me tonight.
That's as sure as your name is Paul. "
And it was just as The Story said.
There was no use in the boys crying,
for off went The Story, and it was not
told that night but it is my private
opinion that the boy did go to sleep
after all.-LOuise Stockton, IN So. Mich
OLds for November.
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THE Governor of Texas estimates the
amount of taxable property in that State
at $3.50, 600, 900, against $3.50, 600, 900 last
year.
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about all the light that Mai. Poore has
succeeded in throwing upon the con-
troversy. chicago Tribune.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-25
HAVANA MARKET.


sugarAt the beginning ofthc week the market
dull hut became animated toward the lower
prices Clnyed Nos 10 TO H. Dutch 1Ol
reals II arrobc do. Nos 10 Dutch stand
ard II1 reals - reals. Moasscs snrars Nos to 10
ut re lOA reals Muscovado sugars, fair
IOreals TO-, reals; do fair TO good refining nominal
Centrifugal sugars Nos to ~ IN boxes 1914 reals 13
reals; hhds 10 reals 13is reals Receipts OF the
week. 10000 and u0o hhds exports during the
week, $3.50 boxes aud $500 hhds., including TOO
boxes and 1900 hhds. 20 the In ted States;
as7 600 boxes hhds Molasses nominal Bacon
go ia per Butter. $50 s65 per quinaI for
peror American Flour So $40 per bill for american
for American sugar erred Lard in Kegs, si s4 %
6b. Tallow $40 S5i per quintal. Wax-Selow. ST. a
SIS per arrobc: do. white, dull. Honey. here
Onions neglected. Naval stores nominal. Coal
oil In tins reals 0ls reals per gallon. Empty hhds
T., So gold. Lumber dull aud abundant. white
pine SIS $50 per ~. goId pitch pine. s34 x35 per "
Shocks dull box 81 reals bhds ~ reals TX reals
molasses hhds., 10 reals. White navy beaus, ~ reals
~ reals per arrobe Chewing tobacco SO. 7 per quntu
Corn reals per arrote. Hoops long shaved
$40 so NJ Freights fiat At unchanged but with
declining tendency the disposal Of tonnage Is sr-er 10
bacco animated spanish gold, 226 225ia. Exchanges
decnine on the United states sixty days currency ~
gold a 5la premiums short SHIT do "a premium ;
on London liza ia premium; on Paris. "a A pre-
lniun.
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DOMESTIC MARKETS.

GALVESTON. Juno %. 1877.
good sEan s7 ,S sesp' s. bales
Cotton aSiss misans LIE low middlins good
ports to Great Britain aeo5 Sales 4ss sSsk 7ilss.
Cation on,., m,as,,,. Month"; ,,a,;J ;o e is77
lss ssoss Exports
Cotton dun mddlng IKE low midilins. 1o,c FOOD
ordinary loac Nesrecepts 227 bales Sales 1855 Stock,
CHARLESTON, June %. 1877
sss Sss ss
Spirit. tnrpenns quiet and steady ss Rc,n dim
;s4aE
Fiour-A partial advance of a5c. the three upper
Grades and ps,ts decline N on spring grades sales Loo
Ssr White s so for S5
s:' sg!is 9fGs: ssi .sI ss
s s ss n Ssn s" sasi q hfs %s an
ehsnxed. Cana, rsights nnehangsd Lake secsi pit
shipments Lumber. la4o.ooo feet Flour shipped bv
Flour in a, demand H and ar@ o some grades q
:ss & n
s%:. -a:s sssas:s Corn tor re
& IN 's .sts T.; ss s. ss . 5as
sle ,sa, n s1%s AS asked aFs' half July Sia
bushels at 52c. last half July; 5000 d. ut
52alc., August. closing at 52ssc. bid. 52Ac. asked
Tor August; cash sales. 1000 do No sales late
In the day OF 5000 do. August at 52Ac 1000 do 527c
Gull; sales 1000 bushels Western 47c Other
grains neglected malt which is In fair trade in
qury unchanged prices Railroad eights nged
Canal freghts Axe to New York, tolls incluue
Other grains nominally unchanged, with an absence of
81 900 DO KairoadsFlour, 700 bbls.; wheat. $500
bushels corn, 1900 do oats, A. 200 do barley 400 do
Shipments BY canal dew atcrCorr, I34 $40 bnshcs
oats, IL so do lard, 1914 lbs intcrmedia points,
5000 bushels corn. 1900 do; oats, 1870 do. barley
400 do.
TOLEDO. June %, 1877
Wheat Arm; No. white Michigan. 81 G2h; extra do.
10. red winter spot 81 seller June 81 30; seller
July 81 A; seller August 81 33; No red 81 60 No.
amber Michigan 81 10 Corn firm high mixed spot sic
No 2 spot, 4asic seller July SOC seller August 52c
offered seller September. o4c. yellow SIC No. white,
neat $500 bushels; corn 1000 do oats q 400 do Shin.
ments Wheat. 1850 busheis corn, 900 oats 900
o. ~ the close wheat steady aud higher; No l. white
81 aa No red winter seller july 81 A; seller August
81 49, Corn quet No =. seller July Soc seller August
52isc.; rejected, 40. offered.
CHICAGO. June 81, 1877
Flour steady unchanged. Wheat active but lower: No
2sprng 81 4Th cash 81 ~ July Isl 27 81 TN August;
No. do. 81 "a Corn iay active 46sc. cash, 47c
shade lower nj J6c 564c.. cash 30 July. Rye
hrmer NJ Gle. Bailey steady unchanged Fork active
Sl2 30 cash and July; Sl3 ON August Lard seady in
fair demand Ut IS ~ cash and July; So 90, August Bulk
1sac Whiskey firm At III IN. Receipts-7O0o bills hour.
1850 bushels wheat. $1,000 do corn 600 do oats TO
do. rye, 1900 do. barley sshipments-5OO0 bbs hour
24ooO bushels wheat $4,000 do corn, 81 900 do oats
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THE PERILS OF BATHING.

TWO YOUNG MEN DROWNED IN THE HARLEM
RIVERA THIRD NARROWLY ESCAPES.
number of young men bathing in tho Harlem
River High Bridge yesterday afternoon, when
one OF them, James Casey by name, Of No 237 West
Thirty.scventh street, was taken with cramps. Hs
found bis strength failing hm and called
from sight James A. cough, Of No. 3o5
West Forty third street, fr.ond oil his,
close at hand and made an effort to save HIM. lilo
reached the drowning man ana grlsped at him. but
Casey IN OF the moment seized him by tho
was unable to keep head above the water As tho
two young men struggling Patrick :. Tracy, of
No 2o3 West Forty second street. swan up to them
and cndcavorci TO render both some assistance,
but Casey clutched him too and before he
could discngaec himself all three were drawn
under the water Both Tracy and Cough made dos
pcratc reach the shore, but the clutch OF the
drowning man paralyzcd them. and Tracy only sue.
ceedcd In breaking away when ne almost dead
with exhaustion. 10 taken out OF the water
In insensble condition, and the two boys
were lost. News OF tho accident spread
along tho RIVER shores to Hiuh Bridge, where q four
shell tho Nassau Boat Club and the barge and
gig OF the Nautilus Cab were laying to. Tue boats
Immediately repaired TO the point on the river where
the young were drowned, and Herman 0elrichs,
Lindsay Watson and james Roberts their boat
ashore and commenced uiving Tor the bodies. After
number of unsuccessful attempts MIR. Lindsay Watson
succeeded IN bringing Casey body TO the surface
IL taken board the Nautilus barge, where Efforts
mate to restore animation, bat without avail.
Mr.. Oclricbs and Mr. Roberts also exerted themselves
and Owed numerous times in search OF tho other
body, but did not succeed Ia hnding II. This Is tho
second drowning casualty that has happened on the
Harlem River within tho past two weeks. Tho river
above High Bridge is exceedingly dangerous, on &C
count oil tho currents, eddies ana mud flats.
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FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
Activity in The Stock Market Early, but
DullncSS Late in the Week.
THE GOLD AND MONEY MARKETS.
The Course OF Investment
Securities.
WALL STREET.


without . single first class sensation, even a
rumor that would stand Investigate It was hard
work last weeks market to keep up to the boiling
point OF activity. Nor there any material aid
rendered by the operators In chief, who being some
what at to the future course OF prices, are
Inclined to touch things ginsery at present Conse-
quently fluctuations were limited and confined the
most prominent iancies OF the trunk and roads,
These latter, early in tho week, werc adversely
affected By tho announcement that tho Delaware and
Lackawanna Company would offer 125 900 tons Of coal
1t auction Wednesday next but subsequently
Improved when 1t officially stated that the Della
xare and Hudson Company had decided not to
pier any coal at public sac at present
In addition TO this given that the special
committee appointed by the latter company would
shortly appear with report which would show that
coal company need not DO as black as 1t Is
painted and that its coors rather rosy than other
wise. Many shorts also covered by parties who
feared an upward turn this account and by others
who are closing up their business for the summer
Among tho railroads Central and Hudson, Lake shore
md ST. Paul preferred were in the van of specu-
iaton being strongly held the week through. Inhu-
enccs brought to bear upon Them, however, not
very potential, the fast train topic having been
switched of the line of argument, and the grasshop
per becomes less of burden than at first sup
posed very lively exhibition OF financial pyro-
technics afforded by break in ono
day OF sixteen points In Baltimore and
Ohio, and recovery of nearly twenty in
the next two The decline used to depress the
market here although the stock is not dealt
Board), but 1t not long-lived enough to cause
much damage. Among the miscellaneous stocks,
Western Union alone conspicuous, losing so pcr
cent for the week. The old stories Of reduced earn
ings and continued opposition were revamped and
made to appear nearly as good as new. The much
question vnc elegant simplicity ofthe four
per cents (Which not simple after all, in that
ii the problem OF gold or silver redemp
lion) has rest for the present at least by
Mr. Sherman's response in favor Of the more precious
metal Although this opinion is simply an ipse DIRT
OF the Secretary II nevertheless had good effect upon
the subscription list, which far ngurcs for about
ST. 900 600 Gold osciiated between 1855 and lo57s
closing at 1857. The advance was attributable to
oreign war news the decline to the intended sale
Of 81, OO0, 900 by the Treasury this week.
REVIEW WEEK.
The following table represents the opening, highest
and loves, Sales regular way Of the principal stocks
during tho past week, together with the number of
shares dealt in -
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THE FOREIGN MAILS.

To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD
beg, a merchant Of this city, TO enter my CON-
plant against tho management OF New York Post
once in the making up OF foreign mails for tho
steamers These mails usually closed al the Post
once some four hours before tho departure Of the
steamer but supplementary mail tas II is calledl IL
made up after closing Of regular mail, and this sup
Elementary mail IS open Tor some two hours alter
regular closed letters for II. however, requiring
double postage few days ago Tor instance, the Rus
sailed at r. ~, mail closes at nine A. NJ at Post
Office but supplementary mail, tor which letters
qurc double postage, can DO mailed till eleven A NJ.
why should regular mai close before eleven A. NJ. ?
In London. saturday evenings, one can mail letters
for nero up eight 4. NJ. tor train VIA Queenstown
leaving nine T. ~ II the Post Office Is for the
convenience OF the people THIS should be changed !;
but IT, on other hand the people exist TOR the
vcnence OF Post Office officials ana To secure tncm
easy life and quiet maintenance 1t Is all right
Mali, BAG.
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LAwLEssNEss IN BATTERY PARK.

Information reaching the police that "the stable
gang, a notorious band Of First ward runians,
again operating In Battery Park 0ncer Wood secrctod
himself in a convenient clump OF bushes Saturday
night aud watched Soon he three l.look-
ing fellows assault workiDgman who
reclining on a bench The officer raped Tor
help and made the ruiians prisoners.
At the Tombs Police Court yesterday they gavo
their names as Thomas Baker, James McAndrews and
Thomas Hanley, anu were held In 81, 900 bail They
recognized as members Of the stable gang aud
irequentefs OF an odious den on Greenwich street,
known as srhe house of Blazesn The police learned
that between eight and twelve o'clock on Saturday
night the gang had made Tour different attempts at
robbery IN the Park.
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AMERICAN TEMPERANCE UNION.
CONTINUED FROM EIGHTH PAGE. ]

man, and he would give him the benefit OF the doubt
The lady OF the White House deserved applause for
daring TO do what she considered her duty In tho case
The speaker commended that OF the man
OF intellect and culture greater than that
OF ordinary men. as n stone thrown from mountain
falls with greater force than thrown from house
top. No man can be a moderate drinker, he said
unless he was those phegmatic people who viii
plod along through life and who drink on the prin-
cipe OF the preservation OF dead matter in spirits
He SAID. Don't give the rumseiier tho means 10 buy
porter house steak while you go around looking Tor
bones 10 make soup for your dinner. You ana your
family are Of some consequence as well an his "
Mr. NJ Henry Potts next spoke, urging all 10 use
their individual influence in the cause and TO use the
ballot box as the ultimate means OF reform.
Tho meeting adjourned AFTER more musical exer-
cises ana a resolution 10 invite the Rev. Mr. Faulkner
70 speak at The meeting next sunday.
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There was change IN the foreign exchanges, which
continue quiet and firm. The bank statement shows
decrease OF $4l3675 In tho surplus reservcs leaving
tho total amount held by tho banks in excess or
lawful requirements SIS 5s5 The principal changes
arc decrease OF S2l431Oo specie and an increase
OF 81, sg2, 600 in legal tenders
THE GOLD MARKET.
The gold nuctuation has been moro strongly marked
than OF The advance early in tho week caused
by weakness in the London market and the scarcity
Of gold here, while the subsequent decline followed on
tho announcement OF o sale Of 1000, 900 gold The
following were the fluctuations during tho week.
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A CHARGE DENIED.

TO THE EpiroR HERALD
In Sundays issue OF your paper notice complaint
signed by &c. W." against crowd OF young men
twhom he dcsgua.es rowdcsl that stand on the
corner OF Pearl and Chatham streets. Il be
tradiced every particular, and any Of the neigh
bors business In around there, and even tho
policemen on post thoro testify that they
honest hard working and respectable young men, aud
that person, male or female, can say that they
were ever insuited in passing there We court tho
fullest investigation by reporter from paper
and no for himself what injustice has been
done those Young men. 7. G.
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CROWDS AT FIRES.

To THE EDITOR rHx HERALD;-
Yesterday fire, or rather avlsble smoke broke out
in tea Fulton street, Front. The engines
sooner on the ground than the usual cosmo-
poll,an crowd Of loafsrs, most of whom were well
dressed inpeed by q strange curiosity we're on hand
staring with open mouths at the building and blocking
up the streets IN impossible manner. There wns
not so much smoke issuing from the building
as there was from the smokestack OF tho
Fulton ierryboat, and the smoke was OF tho
usual color and odor-nothing particularly remark
able about IT. Yet there was ebowipg and scramblng
TOR position TO enjoy the thrilling sensation OF
seeing smoke and getting shin OF H. Tho news OF tho
disastrous fire at ST. john appeared TO have whetted
their nppctites. Barnums "What Is t' could not pos
siby attract more curious throng In this case, as
indeed all OF lire alarms, the streets need
essy blocked 10 pedestrians for hours ny those foolish
idle individuals, who should be punished Is there
law to reach thcmy If the nremcn should be sus-
tanned by public sent ment and law In turning their
hose upon tho oaicrs and cooling their curiosity in
scattering them out OF tho way. ..