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The New York herald., 1879-09-17
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Continued Activity and Strength
in Stocks.
MONEY LENDS AT Z.
Government and Railway Bonds Firm and
in Demand
WALL STREET,
TUESDAY, Sept. l6-6 Z. NJ. J

TUESDAY Sept. l6-6 +. NJ
Stocks to-day showed an inclination toward weak
ness at the opening. became buoyant and higher at
midday and were left somewhere betwixt ana be-
tween these limits at the close. While few oper-
ltors still hold to the belief that good can come
put of such Nazareth the stock market except
through the medium OF short sales the bulk of the
speculative guild is pnning its faith upon the
profits to be gathered from higher prices. That
these prices will be eventually obtained seems to be
unquestionable but that they are TO be reached-or
If reached held on toby the skyrockety advance
which has marked the course OF business tor day
or two back, is than doubtful. "splurge
In a stock is no doubt, agreeable enough to the
operator who happens TO be upon the right
side but it by means helps the market taken as
whole At one time to-day there some inc-
nation TO carry things to extremes in the way of
initiating values, and. natural consequence
something of a setback occurred when the pressure
was removed. Consequently prices were. at the end
of the day. hardly up to the best that had been
made although there diminution in the gen.
eral bullish feeling. While to-days market was in
the main strong and buoyant. there were here and
there marks of weakness and irreguarity. The st.
Paul common stock dropped and sold lower, did
Western Union Telegraph. 1t is much
mooted question whether the st. Paul peo-
pie will declare dividend or not.
1t argued the one hand that the earnings for
the current month will not up to expectation,
and that the wheat crop, upon which these depend.
will figure up something under 80, 600 900 bushels
instead of 40 100000 has been reported. On
the other hand everything said to be satisfactory
particularly now that the small decline has permit
ted certain spectators identified with the stock to
''get i'm at reduced figures. Despite the fact that
the stock looks 'queer," and that there is strong
suspicion of u Brother Bones being somewhere
in the fence, it is moro than probable
that a dividend will be declared upon
the common stock, which will certainly amount
to 21s per cent, and may possibly amount to
more. There sharp advance in Quicksilver
preferred to-day, and, that it should not belle its
name, there sharp decline. The earliest
quotation at 6s quickly advanced to 531a. and
almost quickly reduced to 46 again, though the
closing figures 494. The report that the
judgments of the inferior courts against the
mon stockholders had been sustained by the Court
OF Appeals the for the rise. Although this
decision would apparently entitle the preferred
stockholders to some so per cent of back dividends
a reference of the to the Supreme Court of the
United States will probably prevent them from being
touched for good many months to come.
The extreme fluctuations of the day In the prices
Of leading stocks shown in the following:-
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COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COTTON ON THE SPOT sc. LOWER FUTURES
CLOSED wEAK-FLoUR HIGHER-wHEAT
HIGHER-CoRN FIRMER-- OATS FIRMIR- PORK
QUIET-LARD QUIET-spIR1Ts TURpENrINE
NoMINAL--RosrN NOMINAL CoFrEE FrnM--
SUGAR FIRM-PETRoLEUM FIRMER.
TUESDAY. Sept 1876 p M.
The merchandise markets continue to bo charac
terized by good degree of activity and buoyancy.
though there perhaps more exceptions to the
rule at the current writing than there we're week
ago. All the principal commodities find ready
market. however, and generally at full prices On
Change to-day flour higher and in some cases
held above the views of buyers. Wheat was irregu-
lar. but frm Corn was frmcr. Oats frmer. whis-
key quiet Pork quiet. Lard quiet Cotton on the spot
tsc lower Futures closed weak Groceries nrm
Naval stores duh aud nominal. Oils werc quiet
Petroleum was nrmor.
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A.Hrs were quiet at 4se 4e. for pot. and &C. s3e

ASHES quiet 4Hc. 44c Tor pots and &c. 6Ac
for pearls
CoFrEK.-rhe market for Rio quiet but firm. We
the arrival of the America, with 81 566 bags Rio
$50 and 1000 bags of which were sold previous to
arrival Mild coffee ruled firm but quiet We quote:-
Ordinary cargoes ike fair do, i4sc; good do l5c.
prime do range tor lots l2c l7c Santos
fair good Axe 15c. ninety days. Java governmsnt
pags 23c grass 23c. 25c. Singapore Ice
I7c Ceyon. lie 16c: Maracaibo. Ike. 161sc La
guayra, lsc. l5e jamaica: lie ST Domingo.
1Oiac Nc. Porto Rico, 15c I6c Costa Rica, l4c.
l7c. Mexican l4c l5c.: Angostura. 1Sc lie; Sava
nilla, 1l1sc lie. Curacao, lie. u l2c
very firm and active We note sales of about
4Oooo lbs lake 1915 1895 cash tho market closing
i6slc. lie.
CoTroN spot active at decline OF &c.
Future deliveries opened about yesterdays closing
prices declined rs points and closed weak about the
lowest prices The first transactions made this In
May contracts made to-day, 200 bales selling at
uSlc Tho total sales for future delivery to-day
sum up DC. 100 bales. follows:-
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EUROPEAN MARKETS.
COMMERCIAL.

coston-Tho of day included $500 Saos Amor
Prsyi.isasBason ass per for long clear middlss
,; Pcrsr,mo K, r. Eastern Ss sa. %s::..
short rib steady at 2as sd long clear steady az
sssr' ss1T ;:s5fs 5 sa n.Isd.s oss % ss
the market; extra do steady at $685.: prime DO,
f. s sd anil city s%sr :, s "a
a. ans at ehSs SSas
srmer at Se. Cd Lard oil steady a. So. fiour-EstSs
iSS; ss;as Ss a;ssmss q ,. pa: western yass;
Corn.Mixed steady at 4s ioSSd cottonsceS o-Ysiiox
American steady At sas RospLccmmcn a. London dull
HAYES; Sept ID. 1874
Produce-ReHued petroleum ossd per gallon. LIasssa
oil Ell 15s. a EDS por ton
rsssoss% ', ,s, to fine pao American American lard
GRAIN TRADE.
p1,s 5sc Ms,s ,s5 5a"s ;.ss s IN
weather until saturday was toiorsSiy favorable for
II tho
in the North and harvesting in Ireland seriously Do
fs .ss
s Is to . be S be $ 'Ss .s .s ssf%
with perhaps some reservation In favor OK oats All the
sss"s s
: cd
15O OF tho prime last week farmers delivered
little rs against ~
tho corresponding week for the four previous
years The prices for the Offering
Unchanged The principal feature In foreign has been
n diminuton In shipments from America, and CON-
psrativcly light supplies In London, only amounting
10 1900 quarters up to Friday last Trade has
boon quiet. Sellers have shown lttle desire TO
ssos being .s.sS ssEod Sy the s certainly
iblo supply In America is diminished Though is
hoped for by sellers before long. II Il impos-
sibic to ignore tho fact that America must
control tho prices for tho presont cereal ycar,
will absorb large proportion tho avail
sbio surplus which at Prcsent thrcatens 10 glul
the United Kingdom markets. Severn cargoes of
wheat of coast have becn taken for tho continental
account during tho past weck In feeding stuifs there
has boon lte noteworthy change Msise has recovered
values Oats have rceeded Sd per quarter In
consequence OF liberal supplies To sum up
tho present campaign opened with mod
crate range Of prices Tor all produce and the alton
ton of trade was centred ON America, whose future
action though demanding careful watch chfulness,
should not bc productive Of alarm. Al the close
OF the wcok there dccdedly botter inquiry
for American wheat aud 3D. 90 Is Improvement
tainaoc Tho arrivals at ports OF call during the week
with good demand both for the United Kingdom and
the Continent at advance OF Is TO Is 3D. quarter
Maize was in moderate request vt an advance Of 3D. per
quarter Barley arrive boon freely offered aud rc-
coded slightly Tho sales Of English wheat last week
amounted TO i36t5 quarters At Ala lid per quarter,
against 2 quarters at 45s quarter during samo
last The imports Into the United Kingdom for
tho week ending September we're ,7di ,il5 whoas
and ZIG .l57 cwt. OF Hour. 'r
IA Mark Lane ss'dsy Monday there w.s en- ssslss
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The closing quotations were:-

Money was loaned on call at to per cent in the
early dealings, but stifened to in the last hour.
and closed at to per cent. On governments the
rate was per cent lower Time loans and discounts
q fraction higher
The steamship Pereire, from Hsvre. brought
$2324 400 in twenty franc pieces, aud the Scytnia
brought $4,000 in gold bars. or the S9,O0O,000
which arrived during the past week. nearly
s5.0oo0OO was in foreign coin. which consigned
to the melting pot. About 81. ooO0o was in
q coin.
The London Financier this morning, says DE
sides the f96. 900 bullion withdrawn from the Bank
of England yesterday smaller amount of gold was
taken from the open market for shipment to New
York"
Government bonds in this market were firm
throughout. The closing auotations were:-
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Foreign exchange in this market was strong and
an advance of half cent made in sterling The
advance is attributed the scarcity of cotton bills
Following are the rates OF leading drawors:-
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CHEESE MARKET.

HERxIxER. Sept. 10, 1879.
The cheese market brisk The shipment of factory
cheese reached 2OO0 boxes Quotations. Sc to Sc were
the and SIZE the ruling price The sales of dairy
made cheese $50 prices ranging
Sic. to SLc
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Toby. Last reg. Total
Included in the above 300 bales to arrive Delivered
2fO bales yesterday Current prices OF SPOT
cotton he following quotations based cotton in
stare running in quality than half grade
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LIVERPOOL, Sept 1916 p. NJ.
CottonThc sales Of the day included 1890 bales
lean. Futures easier
ProvsionsBacon, 2ss. per for long clear middes
and 2Ss Cd. for short clear middes.
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-StainedGood ordinary 10 lS-l6c strict good ordinary
IL 5-l6c low middling Iac: middling llz6c Twelve
MGood ordinary. III 9lGc; low middng ii Is l6c. !;
mddling, l2ac quiet and steady The receipts at the
ports follows -ialveston, 2245 bales; Now Or
leans, 627 Mobile, 6S7; savannah 4.547 Charleston,
2176: Wilmington, Sls; Norfolk $685. Baltimore 3; Bos
ton Total, IL 2l5 bales This day last week. 5l24
bales This day last year io25 bales Total since Sep
teber U2 bales. Sane time year los 800 bales.
Liverpool kilograms, halfpast twelve +. M-Receipts
$3.50 bales Of which American 200 bales Market a
shade easier Estimated sales, 5000 bales; speculation
and export loo bales. Middling upands, sad.
mddling Orleans. 65sd. Futures steady; septcm-
September delivery, uplands, middlin clause
clause 1926 a63 l6d November December delivery
lands low mddl clause l'2d.; March-April delivery
u2lands low middling clause 8 l,s2d lIapast NJ
Mddling upands l1od.; middlng Orleans, H. 16d.
september delivery. uplands low middling clause,
l932d September October delivery, uplands, low mid
ding clause 9 lea2d December,J January delivery,
puplands low middling clause cd. iafpsst twop NJ
Futures hrmer buyers at last Five L.
M;-Amcrican sales. 800 bales. Futures easier
FLOUR GRAIN-Receipts-Fou II 6O6 bbls. wheat
2ss. $50 bushels meal 52s bulls. corn, loy,y0o
bushels; oats, 49, $50 do rye 2B46O do barley 1882
do; barley malt, 500 do. Flour-The market ruled
stronger. under fair inquiry for consumption
port and all grades higher The sales, including
State, Western and Southern, IS 00O bbls en-
HANGED Rye -four irm with sales of 800 bbls.
full prices. Corn meal ruod firm and l0U bbs and
1 Dbn0s sold within Wa
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$4,000 SIS r. 81. lo2S $4,000 Us4s,c o7.bc lo2
SECOND BOARD-l P NJ.

pDsNNy M OTN ES iot, Gun
5000 do. be .
100 NY Elevated lst IL
5000 Ohio X Miss ID. .
25OOo st l. x l NJ lst. b3 II
10000 D l. Il | NJ ID. -. .
5000 Mo, kan&T I'd. be 5
5000 G, q h l G LIST. :. Z
1OJOO Erie rs. c cd. be II
1000 Mil X st L con 3 I IL
1000 st l. L. San Fran
I'd. class Is. be s
5000 Ches X Ohio 6's,
series B. be 4
100 sbs W U Tel. be b3 s
20UQuicksilver Min. be ]
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-07-18

B- The life of a brakeman upon a
railroad is not considered to he full OF
pleasantness, and most philanthropic
people would not begrudge any little
enjoyments he may happen upon in the
intervals between his duties of whirling
the brakes, prosecuting the peanut boy,
and incorrectly but vociferously yelling
the stations. If he varies the monotony
Of life at thirty miles an hour by strik-
ing up fiirtations with good-looking
young lady passengers, it would seem
that nc one else ought to object if the
Young ladies do not. But the tyranni-
cal superintendent of a New York rail-
road has forbidden the brakemen Oh all
trains, but especially on freight trains,
from flirting with female passengers
and girls along the line, and directed
conductors to see that the order is strict
ly enforced. Ono of the dearest rights
conferred by the constitution is that of
flirting, which comes under the head of
the "pursuit OF happiness" But the
most outrageous thing about this order
is the unfair discrimination made in
favor OF conductors, upon whom no
restriction is placed. Any ono who
rides in the cars knows that tho con-
ductor on an average flirts about seven
times while the brakeman INDUCES
once. The effect of the order referred
to will be-that the conductor, when he
sees brakeman talking politics with a
lady passenger, will order him out aud
81 down with the lady himself, which
would be narrowing to every fair-mind-
ed brakeman and looker-on. The op-
portunities for Irritation enjoyed bv
brakemen on freight trains cannot be
very extensive, being confined princi-
pally to winks and hand salutations nj
girls along the road. When we consid-
er that the life OF freight brakeman Is
necessarily short, beiag usually curtail-
ed by the exigencies of the service. II
seems the height of meanness that no
amusement of this harm
less character should be allowed him.
The brakemen ought by all means 10
resist these measures. Young ladies'
ought TO refuse to ride upon the road
which thus tyrannizes over them. And
all fair men In other professions who
have and take advantage of opportuni-
ties for flirting should stand up for the
oppressed brakemen. II is 10 be hoped
mat that hard-hearted and unsentimen-
tai superintendent will ascertain as the
result Of his malicious order, that but
ing against human nature Is about as
shicacious asbutting against a stone
vail.
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T The great scheme has been set on

W The great scheme has been set on
foot by the Russian civil engineers of
draining the Aral sea, which is 1853 feet
above the Caspian, into the latter sea, SO
as to form a navigable stream to the
Aral and from thence through the Sir
Darya almost 10 the Chinese boundaries.
An important auxiliary to this work is
already under way. The Oxus, an i'm
portant river of Turkestan, formerly
emptied into the Caspian sea instead of
the Aral, but became estranged from its
channel to the Aral sea. The gulch
left, travcrsing the whole desert from
the Oxus river to the Caspian sea, is
now about to be made once more the
channel of living stream. The engi-
neers are already at work changing the
Oxus TO its old bed. This enterprise is
bold stroke of civil engineering, and
will, if successfully carried out, work
vast changes in the physical and polit-
ical relations of Russia to Central Asia,
rendering the broad territory which the
new stream will cross, which now can
be traversed only on foot with a strong
guard of soldiers as protection from
the fierce inhabitants of the country,
traversable by vessels, and will place
Central Asia more eflectually within
the reach of Russia.
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John w. Forney in writing of the pres
cnt troubles in England says; 81 person
ally know that this American competi-
ton, which extends 10 other things
beside grain and beef, excites the deep
estresentment of the British aristocra-
cy, manufacturers and land owners, to
the United States, no matter how they
pretend to sympathize with us ;Iand their
hatred is natural; but without Ameri-
can cereals and cattle the English poor
would be confessedly driven into revo-
luton. This last consideration shows
that while the aristocracy and the man
ufacturers and the landowners of Eng
land are to-day honestly hostile to the
United States, the people of Great Brit
ain look to our institutions with increas-
ing interest. The hatred of the rich is
as logical as the love of the poor"
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Good Templars Items.

The celebration at Lyndonvillc wa
in every point decided success. The
assembly was numbered by thousands
Incest. Andrews quartette and the
Newport band each dscoursed appro-
pirate and admirable music; the speak.
ers were eloquent and excellent, and tho
railroad accommodations were in every
essential first-class. To those who at.
tended the occasion must be consider.
ed cred letter day"
The next grand move upon the tenn.
perance board will be the Union Tenn
perance Camp Meeting to be held at
Northfield, August 10, 20 and u, OH
the grounds of the Central Vt. Camp.
meeting Association. This meeting
will be a Union of church, Sunday
school and all temperance societies on
the best camp-meeting grounds in the
state. Speakers of eminent ability,
both from within and without the state
will attend. Trains will run at largely
reduced rates, and accommodations for
tent boarding, restaurant and hotel
board will be provided in ample shape.
We hope to announce full particulars
next week. A. S. Draper, Esq, G..
w. G. II. of New York, and Right
Worthy Grand Counsellor has already
been secured.
A Good Templars' Lodge was insti-
tutcd at Colchester, July 9th, by State
Deputy Rev. j. G. Langford, assisted
by A. II. Straw, p. w. c., and men,
bers from Burlington, Watervillc and
Upper Lodges. There were over 20
applicants for charter, and forty join
ed on the night of institution. Rev.
John Chase is w. G. r., and Dan T..
Huntress, Lodge Deputy.
FRANK PLUMLEY, &. W. S.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-07-18

B Rev. w. ii. Utloy, who is moi
wholly unknown to fame in several
towns in this vicinity, and who was re.
Gently dismissed from his church in
Pontiac, Mich, for conduct unbccom.
ing clergyman, is still meeting with
tribulation. A church in Stanton,
Mich, was a short time ago upon the
eve of extending a call to him, land doubt
less he was rejoicing over the prospects
of "fresh fields and pastures new" to
Craze. But a damper was put upon his
enjoyment by a acknowledgement of
that state, Rev. A. III. Ross of Port
Hudson, who telegraphed TO the Stan
ton church that charges gravely affect
ing the moral character of Mr.. Utlcy
were soon to be investigated by the
Eastern Association, of which Utlcy is
member, and advising the Stanton
church to delay action until the inyes-
tigation was had. Most people would
consider this action of Rev. Mr.. Ross
as eminently proper and duty. But it
didn't seem to strike Mr.. Utley in that
light. He straightway sued his brother
minister for libel. How this proceed
ing is to vindicate Mr.. Utley's charac-
ter does not yet appear; inasmuch as
Rev. Mr.. Ross, or any other man, can
by following Mr.. Utley's track from
passionate to pastorate, discover ample
material to Justify his advice to the
Stanton people. From all that now
appears Mr.. Utley is out of a job until
he goes into some section of this broad
land which has not heard of him.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-07-18

~" The heat last Wednesday was not
particularly noticeable in Vermont, but
pitiable wall comes up from states fur
Their south. The heavy thunder storm
and tornado following the heat in the
vicinity of Boston has been mentioned
elsewhere. In New York the mercury
reached above one hundred degrees in
the shade, and it was the hottest day
for that city since the Centennial year
There were over twenty cases of sun
stroke, only one proving fatal. The
death rate was larger than usual, thu
heat fastening the death of sick people
The South has suffered intensely from
the effects of the heat. The stream
dry up, the crops wither, and in tn,
cities cases of sun-stroke are frequent
Vermont people ought to feel extreme
ly thankful that they have 80 far thi
season escaped such excessive heat.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-07-18

LITTELL's Living AGE.-Tho numbers
of the Living Age for the weeks ending
June % and July respectively, contain
the following articles: Heroines OF
Spencer, Cornhill; A Few Words on
Mr.. Freeman, by j. A. Froude, Nine
teenth Century; A Visit to the New Yea
land Geysers; and the dark side of a
Bright Picture, Fraser; The Historical
Aspects of the American Churches, by
Dean Stanley, Macmillan; Tho Des-
truction of zegedin-personal notes,
Lakewood; The Musical Cultus of the
Day, Fortnightly; The New Credulity ;
and The Shrine of Poverty, Spectator /;
and in the way of fiction, an instalment
of "Sarah de Berenger" by Jean Inge-
low, from advance sheets; Old Joque-
Inns Bequest "A Tale about Women;
The Professors Niece "a study in neu-
trail tints; and A Sketch in a Narrow
Street, with the usual amount of poetry.
For fifty-two such numbers of sixty
four large pages each Cor more than
5000 pages year,, the subscription
price (S8) is low; while for $1,000 the
publishers offer to send any one of the
American 81 monthlies or weeklies
with the Living Age for year, both
postpaid. Littell & Co., publishers.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-07-18

The entertainment given Secretary
Sherman by the Maritime Exchange at
Philadelphia, Monday, gavo the Secre-
tary an opportunity to refer to the sue
cess of his resumption policy, and to
contrast the financial and industrial
condition of the country now with what
it was twenty years ago. In this con-
nectiQn he stated the very significant
fact that more gold was paid out from
the United States treasury during a
single month during in 1876 or 1877,
than has been called for during the last
six months under the resumption pol
icy. II was not the gold itself that the
the people wanted, but gold as a basis
for paper money, and the moment
greenbacks would buy as much as gold,
nobody wanted the latter, but every
body preferred the former. The re-
sumption policy has passed beyond its
experimental change, and is now fix
ed fact, and has "come to stay" unless
demagogues and tricksters are allowed
to cheat us out of what has been accom-
plished, and Mr.. Sherman sounds note
of timely warning IN regard TO preserv-
ing what at last has been gained.
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Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from prac-
tice, having had placed in his hands by
an East India missionary the formula
Of simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure of con-
sumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma,
and all throat and lung affections, also
positive and radical cure for nervous
debility and all nervous complaints, af-
ter having tested its wonderful curative
powers in thousands of cases, has felt il
his duty to make il known TO his suffer-
ing fellows. Actuated by this motive,
and desire to relieve human suffering,
| will send, free of charge, TO all who
desire il, this recipe, with full direc-
tons for preparing and using, in Ger
Iia,i, French, VI English. Sent Dy mail
by addressing with stamp, naming this
paper, w. W. Sherar, 149 Powers
Block, Rochester, N. Y. l2eow1.