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New-York tribune., 1881-03-26

Among State bonds, there was less activity than
Yesterday in the Tennessee issues. but they were
firm at 81 after sales as high as 67l2. Louisiana
consols sold at 5eas05912 Georgia Is at IL. Vir-
ginia consos ex matured coupons, at 60k. end Ar
kansas rs, Mis- ssssippi, ouachita and Red hiver
Railroad at o. OF city bank stocks. sixteen shafes
of Central National were sold at 130.
Railroad bonds were dull and neglected. 90 that
their pri ces hardly sympathized with the move.
ments in stocks. Erie second eOnsos rose ss to 99s
Missouri Kansas and Texas consols were y lower at
1906 Boston Hartford and Erie irsts rose per cent
to 90, and c., G. and /. C. frsts were 1 per cent
higher at 60, and Chesapeake and Ohio currency
interest were Il 10 wer at 3D. Canada Southern rsts
rose Il to 9934 Metropolitan frsts ere q lower at
1914, Ohio Centrals were 30 higher at 104. and
the incomes q higher at 6Ol2. Louisville and
Nashville general mortgages were Ia lower at 103,
International and Great Northern second incomes
were strong aud q higher Mt 95ia Denver and kio
Grande firsts were steady at 11osEeli L. and con-
soils L higher at 113la and Texas aud Pacific IN
comes rose from SO TO S3i2
The business of the Sub-Treasury for the week
ending tonight includes the receipt OF $I6I0.0zI
and the payment Of ~, 759, $685. resulting ~ gam
to the general balance Of S2,0I6,o44. and leaving
i. at $94 oO5 OlS ssanst ,osS4aS March 10;
gain of $767,797, and coin gain of Sz,l4SI4I.
The European steamers arriving since yesterday
brought 81 985 900 in gold. Money On call to-day
was m fair supply at per cent and late bust
ness was done at per cent. Ihe d0mesI.c ex-
changes ON New-York are as last quoted The United
States Treasurer -at Washington to-day received
1920, 900 National bank notes tOy redemption. lhe
customs receipts were 81 ,063 0OO and the intefnat
revenue receipts were 1900 900. The Clearing House
statement to-day Is follows: Exchanges.
S146.497 271; balances, 81, 300 SOC. The tEansac-
tions rs tho Sub-Treasury covered: Receipts,
81 500, ,2S2 payments 81, ,036, ,35S; currency bal
ance, "a, ,234 $50: coin balance. $S9.720.427.
The foreign exchanges are still dull bnt taere ~
rather seadlness in the market, and the rstes
are unchanged. Annexed are the posted quotations;
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26

we learn that certain Of the large hodeFs Of stocks
both companies lspeculative hoidsrs) are taking
about the formation of company 70 lease both
railroads after the manner of the Manhattan Com
pany IN this cisy with the two elevated reircsds.
But as TO the practicabihty Of such sscheme If any
thing more than talk for speculative purposes
Is intended. there may well be doubts. All tbs
theories and guesses referred to were not without
their effect upon the market bot the fact which
made prices at the end from 2 to per cent higher
than they were at tine opening Of business was the
large purchases, before mentioned, by q leading
operator. The average operator bas grown, howcyer
anxious over the question whether these large paf
chases were rnade all for the short account OF
whether they In part reflect change of heart to
the "bulp side. Possibly. as concerns the course
of prices for the next twentyfour hours. it Is ma-
terial which supposition Is the correct one There
still remains scattered "shorp interest which viii
influence prices for one day more. The Lake Shore
Railroad Company to-day declared quarterly
dividend of 2 per cent, and tho Michi-
gan Central quarterly dividend Of Ia
Der cent. each payable May 2, and the
Delaware, Laekawanns and Western Company
quarterly dividend of 1ia per cent pyabie April 20
All OF these dividends expected but they were
declared on day when the market was specially
open for good reports and therefore added them
mite to the general confident feeling that prevailed
at the end. The market closed buoyant
There Ia little doing in Government bonds tho
transactions at the Boards to-day amounting only 20
$4,000. Prices were higher for all the issues, the
final bids sho wing advances Of % per cent for the
6s 5s and 419s, and of Il per cent for the As An
mex ed are the closing quotations;
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26

The circular Just Issued by the direction OF ths M
Allied Mines states that the amount or ere on tne
dnmpe OF all the properties OF the company Is aOOu
I oG6 IONS. most of which is from the Norma anu
Yeliow Rosr. No. level of the Norma ~ now IN on
tbe vein so feet, all in ore, and No. level Is IN
about 270 feet and all IN ore Inc oepSn Nth
Of ore is eighteen inches. The ore in the Yellow
Rose is improving greatly in quality, and the lower
The general manager states that the mines coulu
nrodTce from 100 TO 200 tons of ore daily for con-
eentrntIon as we'll 90 tons and the oirectlon NE
nnder adyisementthe question OF immedlateiy 9ouO-
ing the capacity of the works now In course OF con-
strnctiou, which will be ready for erection as soon
as the snow leaves
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
MINES AND MINING.

FnfpAr. March 25-P. H.
There was little in to-day's mining stock markets
which calls for special comment. Prices were as II
regular as they usually have been latoly apo'
ing for few standard stocks are moved up OF uU~ %
without any apparent reason. Hibsruia was sun
leader. although developing remarkable steadness
for tits price only ranging between % aHa %
cents. with sales on buyers option up to "a cents
Hortense was dull and cents lower at % c.n's'
Climax was cents higher at O4 ccnts' auu 1n.l'
,os stoodier at 20 cents Chrysolite neglected
at 6ss0el9, Little Chief about steady at $50 Lt.e
Pittsburg 40 cents lower at and teauvl,s a C0n Dn
soidated cents higher at 90. Navao Wis dsnd ~
nsuailv active and rose from Ito oX diVIuenpr roS
9O5. Bun domingo declined'trom 20 To- 70 1'CU@ ,uaO
go Alta Montana was firm at Z.zO. mUUI1 ,% saies
steader at 6001 90 and Hukill weak WIN s, st,ei
down 70 i.15@IgO Consolidated VIrgnya, rested ad
at 6O01G5. EIsnG Sun sold az ooo0o, tU, d ~ ~
Gold Strlpe at 8 The markets closed active anu IL
regular
NJ. MTYIYG STOCK EXCHANGE SALES
..o,,r c.rf-IO OiCTOCK ".
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
EuRopEAN FINANoIAL MARxErs.

LONDON March 2S--t.30 m.-Bar SILVER Is quoted ae
52i a u s. bonds four and half i16;
Atlanuc and Western rst MORTGAGE trustees
Gates. a; do eeeond 2S9; Peenssivania Ceatra 6s;
New.YOrk ontario and Western. 3b.
LONDON, March 204:3O m--Tne amount OF balion
withdrawn from the Bank Of England to-day for shpnens
America Is &I2J,UO0. n
per rentes francs 67 = Confines for tAe sccount
PARIS March 25-4;30 y m,-E Exchange GA Loa0an -
francs so Uehumea tor checKa :.
LONDON March 26-1230 D. ND. 8 Bonds four half
per cents li4s, Ere, A7A; do. second lU3 " Illinois
Central 6sts New YORK Ontario and Western. 35sL
March 26-3 m.paris advlces quote three pef
cent Tentss 81 francs 90 eenlmes ioF the account
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
EuRopeAN mAax era

LIVERPOOL. March 25-l:SO D. m.-Breadstuhs Quiet, I,
Wheat sod 0si1d GENITAL for Red Western spEn aud
9d 3D. for ked Winter Corn 6b Rd@5ed per eental ior
LONDON Marcn 25-4;sp pm.caleusta Iinseed ASA per
or; Refined Petroleum, essA7sd per sptrits OF Irpan-
tue 9ial lOd. per gai: do. 33Ud pnr ewt ~
LoNDON, March 23-63O Uncommon Ros1n, ettd oos
BHEnES. March 2s-Wicors Lara sloset ~ % eias.s
AsTwssP Msrch sPeirolerm 10 Anes 20 een,imes or
pale American Weoxs Laru closed a. lsA uancs peR
100 kilos -. a.
MANCHESTER March market for and iabress
easieO. 3Dinch 60 reed Cold EDd Sftings 50 yarlh
or, T0d 07tO sd; 25inth 96 gecn, Printer ~ ysxaA
2cs SioAa 9i Ma 80 hais Twist Far sseoaa sa'''s'
BEssnx March "a -esroleua marks 70 pieunlsA 5.
LlsERIool- Mach 25--S .. m-hsanea Pesfoena oSs'
pIysarool. March -Iors-Prns .Msss-e ss'
72s Western. duh az 5Si Bacon -.oampscssa cl.sr
eteady AZ al: short Rib dilt es 42L Ions Sle<cc
dull ss6d sllort Clear aaii e <u ass,s ~ ~
Tut A., shoulders dull ~ 70 11 beek
dal si 7ae ExIrs Mess arner lola Prime hsss s'es
fslow"prinae Sisy Ssa st SslSd sisss IN
dull az 30l. steady 1854; cpu1's srf
40 6l6A choleo. duii Z! uSsaE
OIL steady 53. kxtra Staso Afef ~ ~ {Hr< e5x
No A. White. steady yf7G. spt4rE r1u = searn
az ga: WiDte2 Nesterlh ateafy ~ VA ~ a. f
eru Winter. steady p7A Coruixel pil s,sv,s,
New steady a. DGd. CotlonReeu Oil al Goa
eleauy "a. vommon - Lenlna sse-~t - 49,
spltfia lurpenlnes a. Aeaden, dull ~ 31e
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
Nem pn5IifaIlons.
{ W0RK 81 1IaELY IMPORTANCE.

a WORK ~ Ely IMPORTANCE.
suRopxar 4oDns or'LIyTses or. Ths caesuOn Of
Apsrtrsms uxeses ~ s. q. YOUNG. sya sssed soc.
~fns isss toek l. worthy pesasa BY physiean
sysy house bzfder ana syey Med
~ hestaiy. -
sYss sals ~ - seezsas 40 amt hy nasi psspaia
3 ~ 3 : 81 n 4 sssa'',;s: 3 ssqsxvs sons.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26

In London British cODsOls were steady and un"
changed ut 100 1-16 for money, and 1OOis for ac-
COUNT United States 5s were 1-l6 lower at
1O4 5-18, 4l2S declined Il TO 1l44 and recovered
10 ll5 and As were unchanged at 116. American
RAILWAYS generally were lower. With only snal
business reported Bar silver was LIED. higher at
so IL 6d. per ounce. The Bank of England lost
GI23 900 bullion, Withdrawn for shipment TO the
United states. From Pans there was no conIirma-
tion OF yesterdays report that the Bank OF France
had suspended gold payments. French per cents
decIiued from 84.65 10 S4:55 and rose to s4.66J
sight exchange ON London rising to 25.39 francs to
the 6.
The securities of the Rochester and Pittsbnrg
Railroad Company are ready for delivery ~ ex-
change for the certificates OF the Union Trust Com
Dany, gwen for bonds of the Rochester and State
Line Railway Company, deposited pursuant Z, the
terms of the bOndhOlders agreement at the ot:e or
Walston Ii. Brown Il Bro, No. III Pine-st, New
York City.
Messrs John }. Cisco g. Son advertise to pay tho
coupons of the consolidated per cent bonds OF tho
Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company due
April i, 1881
The receipts of -four and grain at the principal
Atlantic ports this z5th day of March were:
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26

VIRGINIA CITY. New. March 25.-Connection Was
made early to-day betN cen the Su,rO Tunnel and
Yellow Jacket. Yesterday Sierra Nevada connected
the raise from the 1900 level with the main shI at
az tho LOO level, securing much-nccded yentlia-
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
CLOSING RACES or CALIFORNIA STOCKS
SAN FRANcIsCo. Friday. March p. 1891.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TnlBUNg.i

The Grand Prize Mining Company has levied al
of 40 cents per share.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
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AetualsM

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New-York tribune., 1881-03-26

OFFIcES or
NO lI6 Bro DwAY NEwYoRK.)
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. - Notice IS
- herewith given thst Stockhoders Meeting Ola Oh me
Small Opes ns0liated Mining Company viii be hed at
tLeir Office No l5 Broadway NewYOrk. on the llth day
April o'clock for the purpose oil eectng
for the ensuing Books close Aprll ann open np 40
1881. A. bbbhA' Oo"'oSiT'
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pRINr cLOrHs NARRET

FALl RIvxa Mssa March ~ rte rnn!laS c.s,a uassss
,ire kuiacss asks <c ioS II sanazos ard <f1 - $50
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
dining.


A CTIVE MINING STOCKS bought ana sold; os
~ necaI facilities furnishing mining inVesImenD anu
Iafe adj ices (rOm mines. correspondence lnVltn
NV " AIsoN q GIBSON. bankers aud Brokers. 90 Mals6
ALL ACTIVE MINING STOCKS and other
Investment securities oIdslt AMI sll on commission
, ~ Ni->0N ~ u broadway
DAsSICK MINING co.
ID Location OF MIne-ltOsita CdJter County, CoL
CAPITAL $4,000 900. ...l0O,OOO SHARES. ...PAR 800
~ Office. No a WalLSL. NeY.York
HORN SILVER MINING COMPANY,
Ia OF FRISCO, UTAH. ,-
Office no. a WalLse,
NegYorL
OFFICE OF eToRMoNT SILVER MINING COMPANY I
No 2 NASSAU. con. WALSH, Z
KRw.YORK March .. 1891.
CTOC KHOLDERS' MEETlNG.--NOIlCEl IS
- hereby given Stockh0ery meeting OF ne Ssoa
mont silver Mining company wll be held az is oJncei i
Nj = Nas-au.st, New York City, on th9 3lst uAy VI
March 1884, ~ clocE, noOn Of said daI f31 tne Pa
nose Of voting the proposition 10 increase inc capita
stock Of the Company from 5O0O shares Of The par yaue
dollar share To 2OOUOO shares O Lne paE fd"9
Of dollar per share.
iS4s y i ( fSsSEEnwnLL Majority 81
r. A. PALMER Trusteea
II. HONGLAND.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26

The following shows the imports of dry goods at
the port OF New York for the week ending this date
and since the beginning of the year. as compared
with the corresponding periods of previous years:
Entered az the port. s2267GGo s2s0637e s2.l07.bil
Thrown on msrkat.... 22yo.3s6 2s06,l23 2.StO.ls4
Entered AZ the port ag loos77 sss5essS sl5si,7la
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26

DECENT TRIBUNE PUBLICATIONS.
STOCKING KNITTING EXTRA NO. 7d
Illustrated Ua implicit Price, 10 coats
TRIBUNE MINING DIGEST. FOR 1884,
Price, 20 ceIt+
THE SHADOW OF A SIN, NOVEL EXTRA, NO. 81
Price, 10 Cents
SUNDAY DINNERS. EXTRA NO. ca.
Price, 26 cents.
.ddress THE TRIBUNE
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
Daunna 4raoemles.

A ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE NEW
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81 East Fourteenths, corner Unionsquare IDD Third
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hith-sL, up 70 3 p m, Al regular onice rateA
ALLEN DODWORTH'S
n SCHOOL FOR DANCING. Ho. est FIE1H,AvR
( fof terlna, daya des ssna ios eRoaAar
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26

This title has been appropriately gwen to
PACKARD's BUSINESS COLLEGE.
It fits exactly The school ~ "ave' from beginning u
end II has proprietor live teacher live students ana
live course Of study Nothing dead or dull about IL ana
notn,ug eieaD or emmon good ion price IL charged
and fall value gwen n money Call aud see for yourself
or send for the story OF Live school,
5. S. PACKARD, Proprietor.
broadway.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26

NY MYYIYG STOCK EXCHANGE SALES
cpco On cATI-lo O'Clock ".
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26
TnstrucIlon.

For Bows and YOUNG Men-City.
A DVERTISEMENT FOR THE NEW,
~ YORK TRfEUNE WILL DE IIECEIVEO AT THE
UPTOWN OFFICES no 1928 Brja1wly. c,- Mirty
drstsL 3OS WcsG rwonty.tnlra st., coz Ei<ht,RS; ~
f1 tast FOurteeuth.st cJrI3r UnD1sIilrt IOD Flirt
ave- cor Forty the HARLEM OFFlC - No]
LOO - 300 rhrd-ava. "a litsI-
IlI.aI n ID u i.n IN.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-26

UNIVERSITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 1,4S1
L broadway near tsdsL-PrinIrY, COnnorclh AMI Gas
sical Departments NJ NJ HOBBY. W. L. AKIN Pnn eirai'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-01-29

live original pension claims. upon each of
! which. il allowed there viii be more or
less arrears. y small percentage OF these
claimants, probably not exceeding Is
600 altogether. would have been entitled
to the arrears under the law as it then
existed, the claims having been fled
within five years from the discharge or
death of the soldier. and not barred by
the conditions of section LII Revised
Statutes, leaving 2G7, IS, claims to which
arrears Were dnectly granted by the pro-
+ visions of the Arrears acts.
The average amount paid to new pen
SionerS at the first pa ment> during the
! last few months is somewhat above 5000
THIS average is believed to be from 500
to 5000 less than the average i'll all the
claims. for the reason that there is large
proportion of low rate pensions among
those lately settled. and | therefore set
the average amount of pension in the I'M
settled claims on the Both of June last at
81 025 giving a total for al the the 267.-
59I unsettled claims affected by the ar
rears acts Of $214 2S6 925. from which
there should he deducted the percentage
which will not be allowed: these place
at 80 per cent under the present method
which Will for one or another reason be
disallowed: this leaves the accrued pen-
sion on the Both Of June last chargeable
to the Arrears legislation at 1892, 600, S41, =
so.
The total number Of original claims
filled during the period from the passage
Of TIE Arrears acts to June 30 1880. was
5.0l3, deducting from these the num-
Der which would have been filled during
that period if the acts had not been pass
ed. Calculating this number upon the
average number filed during the six
months from July l. 1873 to January |.
1919. leaves 155. S9} new claims which
may property be charged to the Arrears
acts. 1t is believed that the proportion
oi meritorious claims among these is con-
silerlblT greater than among the claims
filed immediately before the passage of
the Arrears acts, running back as far as
1878. y great many soldiers came out of
the army with wounds and other disa-
billties from which they expected to re-
cover or Were in sGch circumstances as
not to need a pension. or We're restrained
by sentiments of patriotism and pride Of
personal Independence, and did not apply
for a pension until Il few years bad
elapsed from the date of their discharge
After that limitation became operative
il their eases. the pension commencing
when the last evdeacc shonId be tiled to
establish the right, appeared to be of
little consequence.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-01-29
THAT WASHINGTON MONUMENT

W. claim that if the American people
were half as patriotic as they profess to
be, instead of bringing over the ocean
the obelisk erected to the memory of
kings who lived two or three thousand
years ago, and going into ecstacies over
Egyptian hieroglyphics that none of us
can read, they would at once complete
the unfinished obelisk which to-day
stands colossal disgrace to this nation.
This is all we have of National monu-
ment to the memory of a man named
George Washington-(you may haze
heard of him, reader)-this is all that
the combined wisdom. patriotism, and
liberality Of the American people has
been able to achieve in a quarter of a
century.
Within that unfinished sepulchre of
national patriotism are piled in heteroge-
neous masses the good will offerings of
school children, actors and actresses, of
citizens abroad. of secret and public So
cieties, and of princes and people of
other lands. All parts of the Union are
represented. Over a tablet from Brad
docks Field are the Pelicans of Louis
lana. Other countries are represented in
Pedro, from Egypt, Greece and Rome.
There is block from temple built by
Augustus; tablet from the Nile: a
rough sandstone from the Cherokee ma
ton. Massachusetts, has sent her solid
granite: New York the arms of the
State on funeral looking black stone:
Irish-American societies which represents
to the profane observer the American
eagle playing a solo on the harp.
These odds and ends have been accu-
mulating for many years. When the war
came on we had to stop Washingtons
monument and rebuild his country. That
job being done, the people began to think
that the shapeless pile on the bank of the
Potomac should either be finished or
pulled down. On examination it was
discovered that the foundation was Civ
ing way and the pulling down would
soon come without pickaxes. So they
set to work and repaired the foundation.
carrying it down through the mud to
hardpan, and, if nothing serious happens,
it is probable that the old ruin will. in
the course Of the century, be transformed
into plain obeisk form. let us hope as
plain and as solid as the character of the
man in whose honor It was projected.