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The New York herald., 1878-07-05
icy TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

BY TELGGRAPA 10 TdE AEHALO
Bosrox, July 4, 1878
About Hfty thousand people assembled on the Com
mon at nine O'Clock to-day to witness the nrst exhib
ton Of tho flying machine In tho open air. Tho plan
was 10 sail around the tops Of the houses ana
the principal streets and demonstrate to won.
derng multitude tne possibilities oi afr navigation
When everything was ready the machine was let
TO- but instead OF flying up gradually ana gracefully
as Intended, IT shot up like au arrow TO distance
OF about two thousand feet Every one came 10 tho
copcluson al that IL was uEmanageablc and The
poor aeronaut the object OF much sympatDy he
aoaLsd upwarc. He soon let OF s0mc oil the gas,
but did not descend. lie went up higher ana
higher, and IL soon evident that he was
As much ut the mercy oil the currents as
any bsiioonst. He sailed ovor Brookiinc Boston
Htrblands and out through Norfolk county, and
landed At the little town OF Farnnam. Hero he
an obecs Of wonder TO the Inhabitants and amer they
had gazed on him he esssyed TO lily back TO Boston,
bus on reaching Dover gave ~ up, anc, packing
his machine on tho tram, he came home
By rail He explains his failure by saying
that the gearing got Of order The steering appa-
ratus woulo NOS work and OF the rods disar.
ranged He says he mad the Il with cord and strap
his loot 10 the pedal.
The belief Is that the machine is incapable OF pav
eating any except the air confined In nall ana that
any current will carry II away just as IL does tho old
style balloons.
The New York herald., 1878-07-05
PORT OF NEW YORK, JULY 4, 1878.
ARRIVALS.
RxroRrEp By THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS AND AID
wnrrEsroNE TELEGRAPH LINE.

REroRrxp Br THE HERALD STEAM rAcHrs AND HERALD
wuirIsroNE TELEaRArH LINE.
Steamer Ceitic tBr Gle adeil, Liverpool June rs
Queenstown 28th. with mdse and 270 passengers TO
Cvrtis
Steamer state OF Texas Nicksrcn Galveston. June II
and hey West 5Oth. with mdse and passengers 70 G
Ste amer Old Dominion, Walker, Richmond, City Point
Norfot with mdse aud to the Old Dcmn
Ion q ~amshp Co.
ship Josephine (rorI. Smith, Bristol 4s days. In ballast
20 order Had light winds and fog most OF the passas
Bark Arctic Nor), Amulstroup Limerick AZ days, In
ballast. 10 Funch, Edys Go. Anchored at sandy Hook
BsrH Ncnupasr tof yarmouth, N 81. Pfsman. Corx via
Delaware Break water "a days in ballast to Boyd Hinc
ken June 15 lat ~ ~. lon 50 - spoke bark VIM JACK
from Quebec for Dublin, having been run into BY
Hilton (bcforc rcported). carrying away bowsprt
Jbboon, forstcpmsst and topgaans masts. .
Bark Gcssner tGer), Chrstohers Bremen May l3 In
ballast, order IL anchored In Gravsscnd Bay for
Rrr VIM Phipps uIay), Brantberg, Aux Caycs 40 days
with orwood and coffee Kuuhardt Co; vessel TO
Brig Nellie Hustled Brewster st Marc II days, with log
wood 10 Kunharut 4 60; vessel to Brett. son Co
Brig Edth Gates Csrdcnss 10 days. with sugax &c. 10
Gossier A Go; vessel to simpson, Cinpp a 10.
sehr Old Chad. Wylie Rum Gay days, with pines 70
Darrell 4 Co; vessel 70 staples. =.
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rHREATENED INVASION OF TEXAS.

GALVESTON. Texas, July 4, 1873
A Concha special to the Necs says Keerber. OF Ell
Paso county. reports 70 Judge Blaeksr That 1000
Mcxicans arc en- route to and drilling at FL Paso.
Mexco and have petitoned the Chih uahua govern.
mcnt Tor permission 70 cross over and rescue Dsse
d.co Apodaca and disperss ths Texas State troops.
The prisoner Desedaco Apodaca has Implicated some
prominen ut Am mericans In the Dece Der riotA
The New York herald., 1878-07-05
REV. DENIS N. I. DR1s1ANE.

Rev. Denis N. L. Drislans died At the residence OF
hts parents, Hunters Point, I. l., yesterday, Of
hasy consumption In the twenty fourth year of his
age. Mr. DrIslapc was born In this city, and ID mis-
boyhood attended the public schoolA Al early age
no svincsd prediction for the priesthood, and hs
was accordingly sent to the College OF st. Francis
Xavier West sixteenth street. From this instt uion
he was graduated IN June, 1874 ana in the Soptem-
ber following no entered 81 Josephs Provincai Sem.
nary, at Troy, N. Y. HIS progress In tho seminary
Was very rapid and on the 18th OF june last he
ordained deacon. Az the time OF hts death be
home . vacation His funeral will take piace to-
morrow movntnf. from ST. Marys Church, Hunters
Point. whore q solemn requiem mass will be offered
up for the repose Of his soul.
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DESTRUCTIVE FIKE.

nro occurred yesterday morning in tho store
OF No. Gas West Fify second street. occupied by John
Gavay, u junk dealer. Tho flames spread rapidly,
ana several neighboring houses suffered before tho
nre was ex,iusushed. Tho total loss amounts
TO about $4,000. The heaviest losers .ro:-
Hugh Sheridsu one story frame dwelling, No. b.
West Fifty second street. 81, 900; Louis CrackinbobS.
tho loss is distributed among the occupants Of tho
adjoining houses In sums ranging from $500 TO $50
The New York herald., 1878-07-05
THE INDIAN OUTBREAK.

SNAKES ON THE wARrArH-F1oHT AT cAMAs
pRA1nIE-sETTLEns WARNED TO LEAVE.
PORTLAND, Oregon, July 4, 1878.
The following was rsosived hcrs from n. A. Con-
noyer, luoian Agsn. Psndlsssn. dated Monday
night
some of the Umatillas have just arrived In haste
The snakss are within sixty miles of this
some some Inaian tamihes are killed. Two Indian
rum ers arrived this evening They report ngnt
a. camss prairie tss Ihsx say Tho '1Tos U%:s ins.ns
are nghlng against the Snakes These Two
Indian runners came to get the Columbia River ino
,aps 10 look out Tor hostiles. The hostlss are ex'
nccod 10 Iry to cross the Columbia River and they
are going 10 uy to stop them. The settlers 1's 'on
ing IN here.
sErrLERs WARNED TO LEAVE.
A despatch from Scott's under date OF yesterday
says
man has arrived from Rock Creek Creek,
stating that friendly Indian notincd
the settlers 10 leave immeois'ey ,a y ~ fndi. m
FIGHT BETWEEN THE DANHocKs AND uNAuL-
LAs-pEYxAT OF THE LATTER
wALLA-wALLA, July 3. 1878.
rhs Sheriff OF Umatilla eounty reached here this
raorn,ne having LETT the scene Of tho present
hostiltt,es las: night At about ton O'Clock. MAJOR
Connoysr and the shsTif learned that upon inc
Arst OF the they offered TO barter
their punder consisting Of 600 horses and merchan-
disc. to Umatlas Tor thor assistance, promising also
not 10 disturb or moest any Of tne
ff,tipn the Bannocks stated that, whether
thew received sssistapco or no9 they proposed
to nSht lhs,r wsy to Columbia River; that 'noy
that when once across they would not not
require any assistasos Tho Umathias
decl,ncd 10 accept, asthc Offers when tho
Bannocks Ared Tho Umatnns numbered
about sixty. or these only thirty sr were
killed. Tho location OF this light Is about ierty miles
from Pendleton. t,-t sa
- - LATER.
Tn. st.,c that left Pendlston at six O'Clock this
evening has Just reached hsrs and brings tutei-
qcnce OF a courier at that place VINO Reports
In al the Umatas had been defeated and wore hiiing
back toward the reservation.
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WHO SHOT HER?

CINCINNATI, July 4, 1878.
M,ss Ida Hutton. while sitting the porch Of her
homc In Avondssc, asuburb Of this city, today sud-
denly eli dead IL was at nrst supposed that she
stricken with apopsxy, but sxami nation DIS
closed fact that bullet had snssred her chest and
passed out through her back, killing nor Instantly IL
is moi known who 1rcd tho shot
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ryngx xroLL RANGE sEAcors.

Notice 10 given the Lghthouse Board that and
after November 1873 lights will be from the
recently erected q the sa.tery eud Of Long Island
guido through the drsdged channel vn Tybee Roads
the Savannah River The rent light will be
Of the sixth order; fixed white, "a feet above
part the ksensrs dwsilings one story
house painted white The light Will DO NJ th- sixth
fixed white ~ feet NJ level exhibit cd
from frame lover painted white they are $50 feet
bar the range Of Tybss beacon and lgh.hou.s from
until the Tvbse Island Knoll lghtship bcsrs bv
then the ightship until the Tybee Knoll beacons
a
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SEVERE STORM IN ONTARIO.

re te ToRoxro, Ont, July 4 1873
A severe thundor and lightning storm, accom-
panied BY torrents rain passed over tho city this
morning Through the choking up Of tho Yonge street
sewer the cellar OF Bryce. McMurrich Co.. dry
goods merchants. was flooded aud goods damaged 70
the amount OF So 900. Tho house oi Mr.. Harris, OF
Parkdae, was struck by lightning and badly wrecked
The inmates escaped unipjursd.
The New York herald., 1878-07-05
SPOKEN.

Ship zousvs, from New York for Japan june lat N
Ion 81 W.
hip JsvR (Amcrcan,, steering S. Juus S. lat N Ion
81 W.
Ship Alsx Gibson. speed from Liverpool for San Fran
cisco April ~, Int % :, lon 81 W.
ship Rock Terrace , from New 0raesns for Liverpool
june q. lat 81. Ion 77W
Bark Humber lBrJ Henderson FROM Glasgow for rhia.
dclphia July 2. 10 nniles Il OF Sandy Hook.
The New York herald., 1878-07-05
RICH GOLD REPORTS.

IpY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.1
FoRr LINCOLN, D. T., July 4, 1873
Rich gold reports still continue from Bear Paw
Mountains. Ex-Xavor Hackstt and others leave by
steamer to-day for the new region.
The New York herald., 1878-07-05
NOTICE To MARINERS.

MAR ISLANDS, PEKoBscor BAY
wAsHsGroS July 4-Notco is given by the Lighthouse
Board that signal buoy painted with rod
black stripes and giving blasts Of whistle
intervals has bcen moored the Fox
Island Penobsco Bay Me- in 20 fathoms low
water Magnetic bearings distances OF
jects follows: Owls Head lighthouse. WNwkw;
Browns esd lighthouse ENksE; spindle Drunksr
Iedre NNE.
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MRs. r. @. VAN WICK.

Mrs. Van wyck, widow Of the late Dr. T. G. Van
wyck, OF the United States Navy. died at Middlstown
N. Y, last evening She was the mother Of the
Rev. George p Van wyok, of tue Unitea States Army
and General c. H. Van Wyck, now State Senator. o
Nsbraska, and f0rmeriy Congressmau Of this district
She was about seventy-nve years ot age.
The New York herald., 1878-07-05
syURGIs ON THE MARCH.
JBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.

IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
Foxr LINCOLN, d. T., July T. 1873
The Seventh cavalry, under General s. D. Sturg's
command, moved out to-day on tho march to Bear
Butte camp, north Of Deadwood and 22o miles ais
tanr The regiment viii no, get thero inside OF twelve
DAYS. Tue weather Is very bot. ~. ~
The New York herald., 1878-07-05
SUNSIKOkE.

Bos1ox, Mass, July 4, 1873.
Seven cases Of sunstroks took place here yestcr-
day Five Of them were fatal
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ruE wHArHrn YrsrEapAy.

The following record will show the changes In the
temperature for the past twsntytour hours, IN COM
parison with the corresponding date OF last year,
indicated BY the Thermometer q, Hudnuts pharmacy,
urp ALp Building. No 2lS BrOsdway:-
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DIED WORTH MILLIONS.

LOWELL, Mass. July 4, 1878.
The estate OF DR.. J. c. Aver, who died at Wincnen-
don last night rs probably worth from $l5oooooo TO
S2oO 900,
The New York herald., 1878-07-05
SAILhD.

Steamers City Of Montreal tBr) for Lvcrpooi stats
Pennsyvania (Br) GsVow; Coumbin (Br,, 90; Gellert
(tier) Hsmburg: Isaac HE'LL Richmond, &c Albemnre.
The New York herald., 1878-07-05
DROWNED In THE HUDSON.

NEwBuse, N. Y, July 4, 1878
A. @. wicks, of Brooklyn, aged nineteen, was
drowned while bathing In the Hudssn at Cornwall
to-day.
The New York herald., 1878-07-05
THE FLYING MACHINE.

Average ismpsraturo yestsFday .,..........
Average Temperature Tor corresponding date last
The New York herald., 1878-07-05
THE BISHOP or ALIfE

THE BISHOP or ALIFE
The Bishop OF Aliic, an Italian Senator and we'll
known patriot, died at Rome yesterday.
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SHIPPING NEWS
OCEAN STEAMERS.
1 Salts Desfinaiion-
.>fe1mcr. |

DATES OF DEPARTURE PROM THE MONTH
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WESTERN UNION TIME BALL.

The western Union time ball dropped to-day ole
second slow.
The New York herald., 1878-07-05

GREAT EXCITEMENT ON BOSTON COMMON TIE
AERoNAUr AsCRNDs TWO THOUSAND FEET
AND THEN CONES HOME BY RAILRoAD
TRAIN.
The New York herald., 1878-07-05

HERALD YACHT WEATHER OBSER
VATIONS.
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pLANK BOORS-The DAILY IXTRIII.
- Eneef Book Rl1dsry docs better work q al
ktndI than any Odce In Wet Virginia
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Dunbar's Wonderful Discovery,
RRfItksAA WAIVER

oFFIcE OF HoLBRocE, RICHMOND & Co.,
MANUFACTURES OE CARPET WARES 4 TwTSEs.
South ADAMS, Mass, December %, 1857.
Col. RICHARD DuXBAR.-DeGr Sir: mot only
take pleasure, but feel aduty to testify in be-
half Of IsethesIla Spring Water, as my cure may
give confidence 10 many In this section aftiict-
ed with kidney diseases who have known my
situation.
have suffered for more than q year from
what is known as saecharine Diabetes, and for
It's cure tried almost everything could hear
Of Was finally induced by DR.. G. H. r. Ben
net, OF Brooklyn, n. Y, 10 try Bethesda
Water. Immediately started for the spring
ct Waukealla, Via, and began the systematic
uscot the water under your direction, with
the prescribed diet, TO my great relief; began
10 improve Immediately; in two days the great
thirst and foul mouth from which had suf-
fered 80 long had disappeared; also began to
gain in flesh; the first week gained \ pound
per day. Am still under treatment, and feel
that am on tho high road to health.
Thanking you, Colonel, for your kindness
while under treatment People should beware
OF spurious water sOltlas Bethesda, for the
genuine has the merit claimed for 1t, as |
know by my own experience.
Your 0bedient servant,
W, H. RICHMOND.
General Agent for Pennsylvania, Ohio and
JOSEPH FLEMING,
81 Market street, Pittsburgh.
Pamphlets mailed free.
PRIcr-jO cents per gallon, 81 per 10 gallon
keg, "a per hAli.haFrrl, $40 per barrel.
New-York tribune., 1878-11-09
nEcIsIONS-Nov. 8.

S,,,rens Court-CA CAdmbers-Bv Judge Potter
Ph6n agt Andrews.-opnion. loellner sgt Zoellnef'-
BY Judge Lawrerce-Markham aEt Smith CARL agt Aes;
savings Bank agt Leonard Foster agt Charter OAK Life
Ps % Soya BAKING Powder company
aet Lewis agt simon In the mater Of
sgi Waace-orders granted Corbett ag Moritz
Hetdeid two cases)-see memorandum. Andrews agt Wal
j. 1Dtei to Re 10 es cssfSR sa s
Iament-Motion granted meInorandum First National
agE Mead%S0tOn denied The National Park Bank ag
sstrBeoTder gTahte sS9ldt agt de-
sired EDDY as. & opened Mortimer
Globe Mg, Life b aT
Brogn agt FareyTho motion cannot be entertained see
SSeaI 9t1iu1By Judge Guggenheimer agt
Gesler otheIsFindlng settled and signed r,,oD
JudR eDOnObus-Genet agt. the Delaware ana dudsOn
Canal Co9pauy.-Case settled see amendments
SuperOr C0Rrt-Specidi 1erBa-By Judge Freedman.
IS1er et ai set Fandes-Order granted cOudtonally
opinion Prz agt FolletLoreeI setted ON nm
peSi spproyed WneaOn agt Newcomb order opening de
iaHt Hand agt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES dsdoniinSanSe
Grover agt staying pTGeeedng nI S
CTsy ag Pislh MCGOWAN GIOcers, Bank agt
t TsGy MIT9ss ssS EaSe
BY ChefJustice Curtis-CoOk agt Cook-Pspers incom'
Common Pieas~Special Term By Judge Larremore.
Why sCt ssner AMI sbeMoton granted Pur.
US s and e @ HazaId ss
granted Lynch sg t ags
stay granted In the matter OF Nppnan.-Apphc'uon
Granted Schafner agt Schafner.-RetereDce ordered.
Uorine -Chdmb@s-By Judge Sneridan.-
Mener aRt. Schmersenski-Moton denied Berry sgt Bou
Meacham agt DOGgass-Willam H. HeTs0n esd appointed
receiver ROgerB agt. Observation-Disclosures discharged
ransg a0t Booth-MOuon denied. Eder agt Ddler III oon
denef Baker agt. Eyans-COmplalnt dismissed Churchill
agt JObeman granted order GotisehO aYt
Piahl schward agt Yermlyeaj Hawes agt H1ite; Ma
Buschneli; WoOdman agt Bradstr 5st MOn aBt
The Franklin Fire Insurance Company Taylor aet wiener
hamilton agt Baker Konitzer agt smith OBien agt Car
roll DOremus agt Van HOf; Buckingham agt Cmin; swan
at Cromwell; WaldrOn agt Bolen-Orders entered ano
New-York tribune., 1878-11-09
z clIntOn-All of us insane-exceptlng the Court

Mr. Clnton-An Of us insane-exceptng the Court
IIaughter.J
Judge Comstoe thought that was the best thing that
had been said in a long time.
Mr. Lord added 10 the long question the supposition
that the Commodore thought that william H. his
only and asked what all the facts would indicate
In ali charity, think he would be crazy" answered
the Witness
Mr.. Clinton subjected DR.. Dixon TO a most exaspera
ing and rigid Examination. He selected after
another the various parts Of the long question, as
for instance where the Commodore affirmed the duty OF
equal distribution of property among children" or
where he asserted that he did not know what he was
going TO do with his enormous estate and insisted on
the witness explaining how each one OF these OF se III
dcated insanity. Mr. Clinton made this more severe II
possible, than any previous cross-examinaton. Some
Doctor" said Mr. Clinton "you say that the desire
Of the Commodore to ne railroad king was an I'M Oca
sanity If physician standing among the first OF his pro-
fessiOn were to make true estimate OF his own worth
DR. Dixon-Doctors as a class are very vain animals ;
should consider would show certain degree Of ua
Q~Tnen YOU think, Doctor that about 80 per cent
Of The doctors are insauef A-say aoont so per cent
Q-Do you include yoursefi A man mustn't talk
Q-How is II with a woman who is vainl A.-Oh.
they are ont OF the question: all women are insane IN me
didn't think herself handsOmer than her neShoor did
The Standardization you'd better take the rapid
Dr. Dixon-oh, III take the risk
QAccOrdug 70 your the oTy, aren't all persons more
OF less insane Ayes. believe there il no such thing
as absolute sOundness OF mind
Q-YOu include yourself among the other partially In
sane ones A.-Oh. yes certainly.
Q.-AcCOrdIDg to your idea Ol autOcracy, was julius
Caesar insane Z Ats very likely.
Q.-Was Napoleon Bonapnrte? A-Unquestionably.
QDon't YOU consider that most OF the men OF history
who have achieved great success III ne were insane
A.-Many OF them
Tho surIOgateYou must except Judge Black
Judge Blaek-You surely would except the able Presi
dent OF Tammany.
Q-DO you recall any man who attained great preem
incnce in history who was not insaDef A.-ThOmas
More, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson were not
insane.
DR.. Deems recalled by Mr.. Lord and asked II he
had attended spiritual seunces mt Otncr times than
on the two occasions mentioned his former eXamina-
ton lie answered Il a he had since recalled one other
seance. The second one was in the company
of Miss Ph96e Cary; but he had attended
only three during his life. Mr. Lord III.
umated that be Intended to prove that Dr. Deems hau
attended many other some OF them In company
with Commodore Vanderbilt
The Surrogate decided proceed with tie trial OF tho
viii unless the trial of the suit 9i Cor
neus J. Vanderbilt against William H. Nande Dilt I0r
81 100000 should be begun In the Supreme Court on
Monday Tuesday.
New-York tribune., 1878-11-09
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

FRIDAY, Nov. >, 1873.
ASHEs-Moderately active Pot, 4l4a4'sei Pearl 5a9
69c.
for Prime.
COAL-Anthracite Is fair demand comparatively few
dealers willing sell at the late circular prices Of the
Goa Co.. and the market is therefore, raIher
unsettled though the tendency nOuceaby In buyers favor
BtumnOus sells fairly as easy prices Quotations Liverpool
Camel sl21Sl3 do Gas do IS sos Newcastle do.
Coking 50 1884 English steam siaSs 20 Provincial ~
uS4 50 Pennsylvania and WestmOreand Gas 81 90 West
VII rina 50 80 Cumberland Broadtop Clearfcld SiG
"a 20 Anthracite s3 coast 20 by the cargo.
COCOA-Sili scarce and wantedi Guayaqtnl 22Q25c.;
Caracas, 22G23c.: MaracaibO, 30d32c.
CANDLES-In moderate demand Sperm, % 7Q3Sc. ADAM
antne - ii and 10 l40l6c Parane As 6s aud l%s,
i9d2Oc.
large and small sizes per n. 1ldl2tej Manila Cordage
Rope 94dltc; Russia Hemp tarred, i2c; American
Hacked II emp, tarre l. lie.
COOPERATE STOCK-Is quoted follows Molasses
Shocks 32 inch. with Heads ~ 6JdSl 10 Sugar Shocks.
with Heads 81 inch, ~ 23a 81 80 do 20 ncb VI 400
81 rs BOX SHOCKS 65a76c Rum Shocks, SO 5O9S3 20;
Pipe Shocks. SO 5gQS Empty Hogsheafs, VI 76as2;
Hoops Ia eet Ordinary to Prime sa2 do IL feet Ordinary
Prime. S220S
COFFEE-Mild grades firm bu: quiet; Java 229a24c.;
sales 1900 peculs Java private terms MaIacaibO, 3P0
l6ac St mng0, l2dl3c. sold; Rio quiet about steady;
l29aI64c for Ordinary Prime sales 997 bags
Rio Calico l427 bags santos HALEY, private teIms.
COITONSpOts sc. lower, aud quiet sales. 519 bales
1904 last EVENING" including 81 for export SAP for
IOn delivered contract LOCO bales Receipts at tho
last year. 2s650 past week. l777c6 last week l643Sl
corresponding week year U32 september
l2O2i corresponding period last year. e3s473 Quota
New-York tribune., 1878-11-09
) TO. day and II week ago


To-day British consols were easier, United States
bonds being at the best OF the week, and American
railway securities irregular. In Paris. the per cent
French rentes ranged between lll.SO and 1920
ex interest closing at l12.15. against 1920 inter
est on "a week ago. Sight exchange on London
closed at % 2Sl2, the price a week ago being 2J.3l
having IN the meantime been 25.26L2.
George X. Sistare No. II Nassau-st is offering
the Ncw-York City 6 per cent gold bonds of 1901 at
a price which will net over per cent gold per
annum. 49,,
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. are offering the Milwaukee
and ST. Paul Railroad first mortgage z per cent
bonds at % and accrued interest.
As usual, the shipments by canal westward from
New-Yorll show loss in tonnage 1920 tonsl as
compared with the corresponding week of 1877,
but the loss in the one item OF anthracite coal was
1860 tons. The total shipments from this port by
the canals from the opening OF navigation TO
November this year have been 233,2S1 TONS
against 2J1, $50 tons last year and the tolls col
iected have been S34, 5O6, against S46954.
The total quantity OF west bound freight cleared
by canal at this port from November 1 TO i'll
elusive together with the total amount OF tolls
ceivpd were as follows:
New-York tribune., 1878-11-09

On the home market money has been in plentiful
supply, and with the demand, speculative and COM
mercia light borrowers got what they required at
to q on railway collateral with as the fair rate,
and 3d4 on Government securities The best mer-
camille paper found ready sale at 67 per cent, and
rates Of domestic exchange are as last quoted The
following is the Clearin g-HOuse statement to-day
Currency exchanges, S73,2O9,O02; currency bal
ances, 90, ,76O, COL; gold exchanges 81, ,Sio,31S;
gold balances. 81 ,423, ,933
The London Stock Exchange has presented more
than ordinary activity. and the week was notice
able for an advance of per cent in British consOlS,
something extraordinary for stad securities, and
not paralleled since the Trent affair: The advance
in British consols was equalled by the buOyancy Of
United States bonds, which were higher on the re-
suit of Tuesdays elections There was al irregular
movement IN American railway securities, but as a
rule they are not as high to-day as a week ago. Bar
silver ranged at 50l2Q soil pence the ounce English
standard At the meeting of the directors yester-
day, the Bank of England made no change III its
rate of discount, which romans at @ per cent, and
the bank has since lost f29,000 bullion ION bal
ancer f30, 900 having Ueen Withdrawn to-day.
In the open market the reg ar quotation for three
months bills is reported at per cent, but advices
are to the effect that good go at considerably
lower figures. The following are the highest and
lowest prices of securities for the week, and the
closing sales day and week ago: