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The New York herald., 1877-09-15
FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market Less Ac.
tive and Steady.
GOLD STEADY AT 1O3 IA.
Government, State and Railroad Bonds
Steady,
Money on Call Easy at a g q
9 1-2 Per Cent.
WALL STREET.

FRIDAY. Sept l4-6 Z. NJ.
Tho opening two hours this morning were devoted
TO zigzag market, which nrst carried prices up !.
TO per cent, next Knocked them down about the
same amount, and aterward kept up scesaw for tho
rest OF the day. There signs that the bulls had
taken counsel together night and come to
the conclusion that the market not, like stras.
bourg goose to be stuffed iu OF provender artifciay
but that It was moro polite to tempt artiuiy and feed
moderately. Accordingly check was gwen this
morning to the slap dash, sell at-any price policy
which began to obtain yesterday afternoon, and tho
slower and moro conservative adopted OF support
ing the market by frequent rallies. These in turn
we're met by tree offerings of long stock which
came like douchc and cooled of pieces when.
ever thoy showed symptoms OF fever heat.
BY way of securing strength such props the
Hannibal and ST. Joseph shares were used to shore
up the market and, although esteemed pretty light
timber they about tho only things left handy for
tho purpose. Tho eject upon tho stock itself
advance the preferred nearly four points and the
common - points, though fnal dealing the former
lost nearly half its Improvement.
The carriers rather more steady to-day and
closed with slight advance opening prices AL
though tho intelligence from the mines loads to tho
belief that the strikers weakening and will shortly
60 10 work particular application has made Of
the fact the market price Of shares In truth
the probable effect of resumption of labor has been
interpreted so many times both for and against the
companies-as suited the views Of speculators-that
the absence of any opinion upon the subject is re.
'rcshing novelty. Afternoon prices had been hold
with considerable frmness until near the close, when
shey sagged away under The brisk demand for money.
The rate, which had been AZ in tho morning marked
up to 81, with some eagerness obtain that
After accounts had been pretty well made up, how
ever, some lenders who had probably boen summering
in Sleepy Hollow woke up to the situation and offered
small balances as low as per cont
SALgs TO-DAY.
The sales Of active stocks day aggregated ITO 6U0
shares, which distributed as ioows:--Now York
Central, 1900; Erie 6,420; Lake Shore A. 900; Wa
bash, 400; Northwestern, 5000; Northwestern pre-
terred, $780, Rock Island, 400; Milwaukee and st.
Paul. roo; Milwaukee and St Paul preferred H. 425
Pittsbarg, 130; Delaware. Lackawanna and Western.
47,500; New jersey Central 50O Delaware and Hudson
Canal 4,4oo; Morris and Essex 1880; Michigan Cen.
trial. 1900; Illinois Central, 2o0 Union Pacific 1885,
Hannibal and st. Joseph $780, Hannibal and St. Joseph
preferred, 5000; Ohio anu MISSISSIPPI LOO; Western
Union, 300; Pacific Mail, $500; Quicksilver, sO6;
Adams Express, 500; American Express 100
OPENING, HIGHEST LOWEST
The following tabo shows the opening highest and
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NEW YORK CATTLE MARKETS.

RECEIPTS roH r"o p.,. p.s. >ao,
;, ,;,.,s ,s.ss r. o. t:S.' e. hsss; ; "r
Jss.ss jSa,ss'c City. ii'S''.2 ....2,.1 a5ss s a.l$7
bss.; srs Trad: os On ~, u. Of x:ss,.y S s to"
mon qusty cattle; prices on - per 10 as' woanes
Is. ss'a Il is s@ s Sc not az E d per- o
s sr sale. .d on 'g e e lbs net & si
s s",s. ya1c. = E.sMap s9, TOR sell !, car. q horned
ae pisns atsc sc per b. wsisSt t - sst' ew, w
ssa % lis SIZE s J @ .ss
per s rssas Sis s * fni at
s PEP ~ xsn es % S .:s x
THOMPSON 81 llnois ioc. per ib with 81
%ss's Ssy ss ''ssSi d sr 'Ss self q
'Ss"s oa tor Per @ & steers ss at sf1",
TesIs q ew' ., ,osel MEYER ss, solo Tor n M0.
ss CIV vas,, rs rsr r. wSss. @ ew. rn, r,srssy
nsy Steers at nee pr ra sg ans s t' KS
s d 81 rsr s aud Fl, ID .v ss a. ss s"d M ~
wsss s o sw Cyl i "r & s,Is pc ar asa g Illinois o
weishi. "a ewi: NJ. God.sSmds old Tor y. Moon.
sold os Kahn I Gas fa's ps X Rsn.nsss
cwt. o. kontussy steers =, lie per H. weight. cwr
ssr,ns 7.4 ewl. D wasc ssld for Waisei Ailercn
from the plains sewoaS 10! mes sold or selves % ohio
ss sS = s.mHss sold for :yss ~ ssseassin S.s" g
s..ss InoJ. ssssrs at o,ss PER xsrai. s. s
ewt cwt S W. sherman sold for Waixel Aerton 35
grass FED Illinois steers sc To- weight 5zt
ODonnel sold Tor Waixel Alleron 25 Texan di
Peabody Co. ia grass led o6io steers eps pe
weight 81 cvt.
sHErr LAMBs-Trade slow. Tho markets closed with
depessea ieelns sheep sold at 4c SIZE per ID lambs
at 4.c per b. ewes At &c per To- aud mi xed ocss
~ 5'ac. sac per ID Judd Buckingham sold 24j OHIO
shccp weight - lbs per head a $50 10 Ksso nd
cock sold - Ohio sheep weight l lbs head AZ &c
canada lambs. weigh, II lbs head at &c To- ~
Canada lambs. weight 6s los. per head Gisc. per
lb 80 mixed sheep and lambs weight ~ lbs.
per head; at Glac per lb. Dwi. \ Hallen-
lb; II Inoana sheep wei iht $50 lbs 4Ac per H.
5Canadm ewes weight 47o lbs. NJ &C. per h. Canada
sheep, sheep weigh, ya it. IT'S bs At &c pc, D. Canada sheep
LOO Ibs at $50 per b. II State sheep, weight 1900
lbs ut oc per i9 8. state sheep and ismus, weight
$50, nsy, lbs, At 3he per b': u State sheep .nd
State lambs. wcirh. 1886 lbs a. 4sc perlb Il i state
lambs weight $40 lbs, at 5sSc. per 10. - lambs
weight dGO lbs Mt b 40 Canada lambs weight
e7lo lbs. ut &c To- j Kirby sold 81 sheen and lambs
wsight IL26o lbs 81 40 por is sheep. weight
$50 lbs. az sc perlb Hume Elliott Co sold i3a Illinois
sheep weight 10 lbs at sac per ID "a Illinois sheep
1890 lbs at 5'ac per ib los Canada sheep weight
and Lambs. weight 5,5so lbs at 5a.c per h. i7s mixed
10 10 state lamos ight 1910 lbs, at 6ac per H.
state lambs, weight $50 lbs. al $40. per To-. II state
lambs weight 1,osD lbs, At 6l,c per Id.
Mich COWS Trade slow; quality inferior Sales
VkALs AsD CALvEs.-Trads unchanged. smooth quality
veas sold at &C. sc b. qualify calves l.c
i.ie per H. also at 80 80 a 81 per head
lie ad sold 4 J7.c peri n
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all departments Goldfish ruled firm. sales 600 qnintas
including Georges al So 80 aud Grand Bank at 81 10
Msckerel were IN better demand and fn Sales 80 bbs
No. (. shore at sl3 30 800 bbs Portland were the
market and held at Si3 80 No. Block Island aud No
shore were very scarce and wanted Block Island held
also scarce and wanted and selling So Box herring
were unchanged scaled held Al zoe 2,c and No. held
at i3c toc BarreIed herring dnll and nom nal
uaiifax shore split quoted at - 10 s6 Esstpor
- 30 ana common kinds at 50 80 q "a.
FLOUR Asp -I.ecepis-four I7,!26 bbis. wheat.
lfc2Is bushels oats, $500 do rso. $3.50 barley
malt. 4.Ol. do. The Hour market scarcely so hrm
although not quotaby lower The sales including
Western aud Southern. were 1900 bbls. the
xcd quotations Rye -four steady with sales of
bbis Corn meal was hrm sales 300 bbls and
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FINANCIAL

IoSpoS. sept. ~. 1871
CoDsols. % o t6 for botn money and the account
rho amount of bullion gone into the bank ot England
balance day Is -lp.Do
Efie Halfway shares. ioas do preferred, 70 New York
Central, in, Imos Central. 90. fcnnsylva Central,
~. Now Jersey Central, ~.
Paris advice quote ioit 2fr for ske
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COTTON STATEMENT.
Toisl.........-
EUROPEAN MARKETS.
CONNEEC1tI.
I'M aNAIN IRAnI

LvsRPooL, Sept. H. 1877.
leading rain circular ..storms ana heavy rains
In parts of the Kingdom this week seriously inter
rupted the harvest and did urthcr damage Tine wheat
markets nty advancing tendency for
old dry o home growth, we'll as for foreign
descriptions generally. Most new British wheats arc
en, though pressed for sss ct reduced rates
on the spot, since Tuesday, and In the neigh.
boring counties. The demand for foreign cobtin.
fairly active the inner classes realizing improve
mcnt Of fully Id while rgyptsn and descrip
ons have advanced 3D. 4d per Genital This market to.
d.ywas larry attended aud there was good steady bush.
ness In wheat line white making advance of Id
GENITAL but rod American was rather under yhc
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HERALD SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1 ls77-RpLE SHEET

Bclcher, ~ Imperial Il Virginia Consolidated, a2t
California 2sts; overInaD, e5; Raymond Ely 14,S
Eureka, q. ", 8; Best Bclcher. Is; Koniuck, q;
Union Consolidated, 5; Alpha, IL; Meadow Valley,
IL; Sierra Nevada, 81; Mexican, 10; Caledonia, 4;
Silver Hill. 3; Eureka Consolidated, Al Justice, IS;
Julia Consolidated, ~.
sAssessedSl. tEx-dividend.
cln .tno in Sal Fran
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extreme prices Maize IN sr request al 3D. psr
Ter under 'he rates oi the last market day.
rHr COrTos
- LfNgRrooL. sept H. l-7T
The circular Of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers' Assoc4
hon IN 10 weekly review OF the Gotten trade, 'ot
ton has been IA Increased during the past week
ana With rather less oherin Prices have hardIng
dency Quotations of ptions have yauced
The market CLOSES With animation American is Ia active
request ana prices are fised generally 10 I'd In tbs
middle and lower ides Sea i-iand Is in extensive de-.
mand at previous rates Futures IN good demand
dons me Improvement Yesterday Tor the fully
lSd but Ia the afternoon the market .a,s wnv and
closed at ) i.d sdvaace On las, Thursday rates
I.ithkrooL, sept. IA s5DP. NJ.
CCotton-I ioN nnalnf ause. September and Oc
tober delivery Ilud The sales Of The day Included
q, 100 bales Of American
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GOVERNMENT BONDS

Government bonds were steady, closing dull at the
following quotaiions:-Uniied States currency skies
IL l22}a; do sixes 1881 registered 1O9ss 1907.
DO do, do, coupon, llo5s 1l05s; do. do, 1865 ncw
registered 1858 105 do. do, do. coupon, 1o5s.
alo6A; do. do, 1867, registered. 1913 1915 DO DO
no., coupon, 107X l07ss; do do, 1868, registerod
ioeH l09a do do do, coupon. 1093s ITO; do ten.
lorties. registered 1875 a 1875; do. do, COUPON
iosX 1905 do. fves 1881, registered 1O7,s 1O7:
do. do. do, coupon 1873 1913; do. four and a
halls, 1891, registered, 1861 1861 do do do cou.
pom, lo59s lOo& do tours, 1907, registered, 1921
1925.
FoEEIGy MARKET
The London adviccs report consols firm and United
States bonds fraction lower American railway
shares were weak, Erie common declining to 10 pro
fcrred 10 20 and Illinois Central to 60 Tho Bank of
England gained .elo,O00 bullion Oh balance to. .day
French rentcs strong at the opening, but atcr.
ward declined from 1O6f. 4Oc to 106 2Oc The closing
prices in London ere:-Consols ior money and &C.
count, o. - 95ss four and hall per oods
105 q 1855; nve.twouty bonds OF 1867 1O71.; ten
forty bonds, 1918; hves of 1881. 1o74; Erie common
shares, 1Os do preferred shares, 20 New York Gen.
trsl, l02; illinois Central, CO.
STATE BONDS.
State bends at tho Board u higher for Missouri
song sixes ard steady Tor Louisiana scvcns consols
20 which dealings confined District OF Colum.
ba g. 65's sold at 73 Certain doubts having been ex-
pressed AZ to the authenticity OF Governor Houstons
despatch published in these columns, inquiry was
made and tho following despatch received to-day
from Governor Houston "rhe telegram Is authentic;
Interest on new Alabama bonds will certainly se
paid"
MINING SHARES.
The following we're the opening quotations for min
ing stocks at san Francisco to-day -Gould Curry,
px Savage. 8; Chollar Potosi, a5; ophr II; Hale h
Norcross, .; Crown Point, 4H"; Yellow JACKET. 10;
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L"NDoS. sept is-b 40 r. "
Refined petroleum, fO ID. per gallon. Common roan,
cs I'D.
LoSooS. sept. if-Evenins
Sperm oil. c5S ESQ per ton.
ASTwKEr. sept. i-Evenns
Petroleum. J3f for hue pale American.
GLASGOW. Sept H. 1917
Sugar hm. with good business doing. Prices
cssiDnsy 10 higher.
Alw YORK rrorrcE sncn.SGH EEronr
LItEhFuVI. sept. ~. 1871
Pork-Eastern dull Tus: Western dull ut 5os Ba-
cnuburland dull at SIS short ri dul st Dos
oug clear rmsr s. 3D.: short clear hrmer st 3as.
lia,Lone cut steadv at ,ls shoulders stoady At 53s
Beei-inds mess steady AT zoos. steady
liOs. primo dull OBS Lard-irime Western dull
Die. 1allow-rrimc city steady at tis. Iurpentine-
Spirits steady us I'd RoauCommoL dull At rs. 3D.
tine dull at ls cheese-Amcrican choice hrmer ~ 81.
Lard oil steady tes fourEXtra state steady 3~ I'D.
Wheat-No spring steady AT l2s. 3D.. No do steady
st lis I'D winter Southern steady at i2s I'd do. West
the market CornMixe soft steady ~ 2ss
3D. CottoDseed oil-YelIow American steady at 3is.
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N:l5 TO 1880 A. NJ.
$4,000 U $ IS, r, 1907. ioas;
1000 U 5 AS, c, 1891 1863,
l3UU do. lO5ss
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FINANCIAL.

T REASONABLE RATES-MoNEY On LIFE AND
Abandonment In urapce Policies and Mortgages;
bought Insurance OF ali kinds effected with best compauios
j. EABHICH x CO. II9 Broadway.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-24

Ard now to cap the c'ymax Of financial dis.
asters, the Bank of-Berryville, 10 the county
of Clarke, 10 this State. has suspended ! Worse
sill, it is auuouuced that the liabilities arc ar
knopn But, it is thought, "depos!tors will
be paid in full" Happy thought Happier II
ever realized. The announcement of the sus'
pension must have been as "a clap OF thunder
from clear sky" for the correspondent OF the
Richmond Dispatch, who gives the intelligence
TO the public, writes 1t had been thought
if there was an institution on the continent be-
youd the reach of frivolous freaks of icke for
tune it was the Bank of Berryville.' And SO
everybody says after collapse. We arc told
that the Back "has been great convenience
AID accommodation to the business public, .
which it is no longer-having now "bustcd. y
Alas for the good people Of Clarke that little
county away up in the mountains, where Banks
are few and far between. How their bright
antcipations Of merry Christmas have thus
been clouded. But, let them take comfort and
learn to Icy up for themselves treasures in
Heaven. where thieves do not break through
aud STEAL" values do not shrink, aud where
riches do not take wings unto themselves and
Aes away. If in order at this season-we con.
doio
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LETTER from Richmond.

The Mo6en Acknowledgements e t. TO zen
uessee-The Punch adopted by on! Branch
of the LEGISLATURE of that State-Gorer''or
Kemper-Iersonal, dc.
1Corrcspoudenca Of the Alexandra 5azette'
RICHMOND. December - 1877.
The Moffett puGch has been adoptd by the
Senate of Tennessee, and MIR. Mottetthas goue
to that State 10 be the guest of Gov Porter,
aud to explain the workings OF the pulch. Inc
doctor got plumber Of members OF tie legsia'
ture to sign paper recommending tie punch
or tcstifyng to its usefulness for theIrurpoae
for which it was Intended. Dr.. MEctt has
maintained from the first that if thA register
worked successfully 10 Virginia thcreeould be
no doubt about its being adopted 10 other
States. Indeed 10 his fondest dreamAhc has
spoken beautifully and elcquently o. it, and
pictured crowded bar rooms from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, from the Gulf to tho ice glrt
borders OF the British Dominiors; indeed
wherever the stars and stripes foated 10 all
of them the thirsty customers slipping their
LIQUOR to the tune of "the bells-the bells, bss,
BELLE" The action of Judge Guigon i, re7ok-
ing the licenses of several barroom keepers
whose registers indicated ridiculOusly small
number of drinks registered has made them
very careful here about ringing, and the puoch
can be said to be paying institution. Drinks
are sold two for q quarter, or l5c single ore.
IL many Of the barrooms where the Customer
pays his Is cents for single driLk The bar
keeper hands him back little red ticket, and
when be presents this ticket next timeh he has
only to pay ten cents for his drink, tn. ticket
counting five cents. The barkeepers here at
first made most determined stand against the
register, but when they failed to accomplish
anything by it they submitted and nov their
grumblings arc not quite so frequent or so
loud.
Gov. Kemper will, | learn, move to thecoun
try soon after the Governor elect comes 10 and
will devote himself to farming and the p'ac!lce
of the law. Mr.. Meade e. Kempcr, hisson is
studying medicine at the Richmond NedlclI
College, and will graduate in March. lie pro-
poses to remain in Richmond some moths to
avail himself Of the opportunities to study and
have hospital practice.
Dr.. A. S. Mclae, formerly member Of the
Senate from Richmond, is a candidate for the
position of surgeon of the penitentiary, the
place now held by DR.. W. w. Walker, who is,
by the way, brother Of the well known politl,,
cal speaker who stumped the State in behalf OF
Gov. Kemper.
From the number of balls. g.. that arc to
be given here. | have DO doubt that Christmas
week will be one Of the mcrriest known since
the war.
The DR.. Howard, who was killed in tac re-.
cent fight among the Texans and Mcxcans,
was cousin of Mr. Robert Howard, the well
known lawyer of this city. Quite number of
Virginians are living in Texas, some of them
being 10 the section OF that State were the bor-
der troubles are going on.
The DanviIlc Grays have SIGHTED their IN.
tention Of visiting Richmond on the occasion OF
Gov. Holiday Inauguration.
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Hanging UP the Stocking.

Ono Of the most picturesque of all the Gus
toms connected with the Christmas holidays is
the hanging up of the stocking on Christmas
eve to await the coming Of st. Nicholas The
custom of making gifts to little folk on Christ
mas day wios charm from this pretty anoDy-
nous; and the figure Of the saint himself is as
clearly defined 10 the minds OF imaginative
children as any 10 history-iar more so. They
know his Jolly round face, his jolly round belly.
that does not, however, impede his descent
into the smallest of chmDeys, and they love
him with as much love as imaginative child
hood cao ever love the unseen. Dear old st.
Nicholas! 1t is sad moment when growing
childhood becomes skeptical and finds out that
be is myth. But glow. OF gratitude TOWARD
the parents who bad pracliced upon them the
pretty DESCRIPTION soon fills the void left by the
saint No one who has ever seen the little
folk tumble out Of bed long before the first
CLEAN of daylight to explore their stockings
would ever again willingly miss that pleasure.
No dramatic performance Of Saylnl or his
tori ever was so full of poetry as their uocon-
scious delight. They are too happy to know
that they are happy. OF course they must
wake up papa and mama to share their over
flowing joy. Up climb the little folk on the
bed, curly heads all rumpled. cheeks rosy with
sleep, and eyes sparkling with pleasure. Then
begins the explorations, and every treasure
that is exbumed by chubby fingers from the
depths of the stocking is rewarded by whooop
of rapture such as Schlemau never heard 10
all his excavations at Troy. 1t makes grown
folk yaupg again to enter into the joys Of child
hood. 1t was custom in some families, after
the stockings were exhausted, for the little folk,
still in their nigbtgowns and sitting on the bed,
to sing the Christmas hymn, while shepherds
watched their Aocks by uieht." All the old.
fashioned children knew it by heart. low
sweet it sounded The shrill treble of the
children, the fuller voice Of the mother blend
ing them and keeping them steady, and the
tremor of the paterna bass-tor somehow or
other tears used to stand 10 bis cyes-all these
made music. moi OF the classic schools; but
the day 10 its round hardly heard anything
more strangely sweet. 1t was as though, in the
words Of the hymn, upoa that little group of
singers. as upon the Judean Shepherds the
angel of the Lord came dowo, and glory shooe
around" -Bulttmore Gazette.
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LOCAL PApERs.-The New York Times

LOCAL PApERs.-The New York Times
says
You might as we'll forget your churches and
school. houses as to forget your local paper 1t
speaks TO ten times the audience your ministers
do. 1t is read eagerly each week from the be-
ginning to the end. 1t reaches you all, and if
it has lower spirit and less wisdom than o
sermon, it has thousand times better chance
at you, going as it does to almost every house,
you owe il to yourself to rally literally to its
support, exact from it as able and high toned a
character as you do from an educator in your
midst 1t is not beneath your notice and care,
for it is your representative Indeed, in its
character, it is the consummation of import
auce, interest and welfare Of you all, 10 the az.
gregate of your acquaintance, and you can not
ignore it without most miserably deprecating
yourself"
Now, that is good logic and sound sense; and
yet there are many people who do not, either
by subscription or advertising, contribute one
cent year to the support of their local papers.
They let them drag along for lack Of proper
support. and yet complain if they do not show
as much enterprise as papers at the North
hat. being we'll sustained, can afford to employ
he best talent, and spend money 10 their make
lp.-Lynchdury Neacs
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The Pores HEALTH-Father Audreas,
one of the assistant priest of St. Vincent's 10.
msu Catholic Church, on North Front street,
delivered, last evening, in the basement of the
church, lecture on "The Pope's Sickness and
bis Doctors" The drift of the lecture was that
the reports in American newspapers as to the
state Of the Pope's health are generally unre.
liable and emanated from an enemy of the Cath.
olio Church. As general thing, the speaker
said, the American newspapers receive their
information about the Pope's illness from the
London Times, aud the correspondent at Rome
of that Journal is an Italian, arevoutionist, who
was uoder Mazzini in bis struggles against the
Italian Government He is an enemy of the
Church. aud oirculstes reports without know
log whether or not his statements are correct. 1t
may be safe to say that he has never seen the
Pope. Yet dispatches are received day after
day, stating that the Pope was at the point of
read from the Unita Cattolica to show that on
the very day the Holy Father was reported as
in critical condition he gave audience to sever
81 delegations who had called upon him. At
the same time it was reported in the newspapers
OF tblS county that sn eminent physician at
Psdua had been sent for 10 haste to attend
consultation Of the Pope's physicians at Rome.
The truth OF the matter was that the physician
was sent for to come at bis convenience to at.
tend to the removal Of an ulcer on the Pope's
leg. The lecturer assured bis hearers that the
Pope enjoys good health, and grants audience
almost daily to visitors. He asked his hearers
not to place much reliance on what they read
10 American newspapers about the Pope's
hesltb,-BaM american.
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PUBLISHED DAILY AND TREWEEK.LY BY
EDGAR SNOwDEN.
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER24, 1877.
Christmas With all its cherished associations

Christmas with all its cherished associations
has come again. Family reunions, Christmas
gifts, preparations for the expected visits OF
Christmas Nick, fire crackers and toot horDs
are the order of the day and night. and are
more bonored in the observance than IN the
breach. Christmas is the especial holiday OF
the South, and the children should be taught
to observe it as such. Those of older growth,
too, should allow themselves proper induIg-
enos in the festivities incident to the season,
and, above all, the poor should not be forgot
ten. Peace and good will should prevail on the
earth at least during the holidays.
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The President and his family are more liberal
minded on religious matters than any people
who ever before occupied the White House.
Blatant in6delity and orthodox Metbodism are
equally influential with them, and when they
were in New York. yesterday, the President
attended Methodist church in the morning
and Pres oyterian church at night, while his
SOUS attended the Episcopal church.