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-FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
NEW-YORK, MONDAY, JAN. 14.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
E. .reign.?The Viceroy of Canton has Inaner] a
proclamation tn tha people to prepare iot Mar.
ANatiouulist meeting In County Fermanagh eas pro?
hibited yaeterday, = A large meeting ol worh
tngmaat waa held in Parla. == More seamen and
IwtaaegB have Joined the striae ut Marseilles.
A tua lui- hun atn1 to search for thc di al,led
steamer Celtic
Dotti mic-The report of Conaul-General Merritt
baa been made public. - Tbe spectators mobbed
a incaiiierist in Mercer Hall, Princeton, N. J., Sat*
agamy sight, : Discharged railroad employes,
at r.-iKil.-tou, Oregon,threaten violence. a
fatal stabbing affray occurred nt Mount Carmel
Fenn. - ss The Court of Appeals will tala pm
session of its quarters iu thc New Capitol to-day,
a==s The foreign fair al BMton hM closed.
There was u slight run on the First National Hank
of M. Albans, Vt. : An express irain was
sneaked yc-ti iiiuy forenoon near Warsaw, N. T.
City and M'uirban.?The Rev. lt. Heber Kew
taaeeanmnded hie biblical lectures at the request
of Assistant Bishop rotter yesterday i he mads a
public statement of the fact. = lt was teamed
that the West Shore Railroad Company had au?
thorized the laHue of tf'jr.,tXK?.tK)0 ol income honda,
a== The Kev. Dr. Parkhurst Boreaebed esenuou
eulogistic of tho late OeorgC W, Lane. A
BBBamnsar was aunh by tea la the East River.
Two unknown nun committed suicide. Ef
fortsto tincl Charles Delmonico were fruitless.
Tani Wi.mihi: -TBinrxi local observations in
dicate warmer, clear or lair weather. Tempera
turo yesterday: Highest, 88*J lowest, L'-' ;
average, 'JU V.
Some extracts fiann tho reports of the United
Matea consul- in Great Britain will be found
ajgewntire la thi- Impression. They are com?
mended to the attention of the unhappy Free
Trude critics of Mr. Robert P. Poi te ?:"., letters
about Industrial Eiiglatati In them will be
found iiiiinv statistic-, in regard to labor, wagea
and thc- ci.-t of living in Orval Britain which
support tully Mr. Porter's statements touching
these matters.
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Thc warlike preparBriorta ofthe Chinese have
now retaehed a point at which danger threatens
not ouly tho Fn-nch, hut the repreaentativea of
Other uutiona whn aro lcsiih-nts ?t thc Celestia]
Kinufihuii. Tin- Vice roy ol' Canton lias bumed
un achlic-ss callinpr upon the people to prepare
to repel thc Ficiich invaders. Thia is thi Brat
attempt which has hoi n made by the Govern*
ment at Pekin to stir their subjeetaluto active
hoHtility against foreigners, and there is danger
that in their wrath the Chinese will no* dis
criiniiuite between Frenchmen and citizens of
neutral nations. The likelihood of riot, there?
fore, nt all the treaty juut.- bj China is thus
seriously increase il; and riots nit an dan?
gerous complications.
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Aniline- thc many abtlBN which Bow from the
lhluir unions, it is eneonjagjing in see one bene
fit which thc pnblk receives. Fen this we an
iudebteil tO Hie Oftmjlisatiofl (,f the tug-boat
men. When tia- BBsociatioa was first formed
the members appointed a roniniittce to ascer?
tain the condition of tJit boilers in the- boals
plyitiK to and fro in New-York Harbor. This
action cause-el the captain-, of fins.- vessels to
examine their hulls ami boilers with great can-,
and to make, many repairs which otherwise,
probably, would not have been thoughl ol.
There |g another good thine; which the UniOfl
miifht (lo: Thai ia, to find out whether tbe fire
men ami engjneera who handle their boats
understaiiil theil hiisiu:
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One of TnF.Ti:iHtNi;'s VVaahingtoBdispBtchi a
this Banning ia devoted to the penaion claim
industry, wiiie-li baanOB lu com,- go pnuiiinent at
tin- Naiionul Capital, lt will be seen from the
Statistics contained therein, that our wars
have erivon us 496,721 iicii-i.>ii.-rs;unl :i{tj.licant.s
for iM-iisions, while then- gre twice thai number
y?:t to be in a rill rom. Little account i-f ake-n herc
of the BmtBra, coomina, annis, widows and
children who will hriuir up tin- rear, ihe gum
which will be required to pay th. se pensions
ia estimated at |1^5,T29,000*--enw)tlgh to
tnakc the blood of any tUXapevver, whola no.'ac
tually consumed by patriotic fsmlitlga, mn . old.
Not ao With the Btutesmaii. Ali. adv otCB OM
hundred pen-ion and bounty bills have been
Introduced in Coolness at this aeBaaon, It
strains thc. imuKinatioii to try to realize where
the Nation would bc left if all these measures
ghould become laws.
The Rev. li. Helier NYwton, in accordance
with tho wishes ol Assistant Hislop Potter,
Bunouiicos that bo will discontinue! his Bible
lectures which have caused so much eouaBaotion
in the Episcopal Cbtiich. Upinions aa to tha
Wisdom of the Assistant Hisliop's icijin st and
hil. Newton's compliance with it will rai} ae-- \
gu^diiie: to the obeetvtua point of view. iLvit j
iction certainly has the appearance of being a
?ompromise; but a compromise ia often the
might of discretion. Tho Christian public as a
whole, however, will be pleased that an issue
which promised to end in a painful ecch'siastical
rial has been disposed of in this simple way.
lt is to be noted that Mr. Newton in no degree
ctracts what he has said. He holds that he is
?ight, and says that lie would have been willing
IO accept any consequences. In other words,
ilthotigh he was willing to make a fight if ?'?ny
jody else wanted one, yet he was not spoiling
"or trouble, and is for peace simply because the
llishop and the Assistant lb-hop ariah if.
THE NEEL OE A LEGISLATIVE 1SQVIKY.
Any impartial reader of TriE Tkiiu'NK must
iiave long ugo become convinced of thc ne?
cessity of a thorough legislative examina?
tion into the methods of the Public
Works Department. The fuels printed to
ilay further emphasize the need of such an
inquiry. Tbe Fnion League Club, composed of
i largo number of the leading citizens
if New-York, has recognized this necessity
hy the adoption of the following resolution:
JtVso.rrrf, That In tho Juelfcnient of this Club, tbe well
tnowu and notorious facts evu.cemlnR the management
>f tbe Department of Public Works render lt one of the
lrst duties of the present Lsaulslafure to make a lUetrough
BVastagSSaSa of the Department, and to take BUBB action
hereon at this seasion as tbe facts thereby ascertained
?hui! m .u nu,t.
in the light ofthe disclosures which have been
Battas* no person of genuine public spirit will
tppose a legislative inquiry. No department of
the Municipal Government has been so grossly
mismanaged in the interests of a
ittle partisan clique and a knot of personal
cricnels. And yet it is rcportiel in political
ircles that Mr. Thompson expects to he nomi
latid and continued as his own successor next
December. So shameless is tho intriguing
in our local politics, and so great is
Ihe influence which this political "boee" has
it-quired by the unscrupulous use of every
means at his command, that it Blight bo
possible for him to secure a new base ot power
unless the Legislature takes steps to check the
abuses througfa which he baa grown strong.
In older to get at the whole truth concerning
Mr. Thompson's adminiatration, an amply
equipped committee, oompoeed of fearless, ener?
getic, incorrupt ible nun, who cannot be- turned
from the path ol' duty by any deals or bargains
or profferaol patronage, is desirable. The
ciiiiiniittee should be provided with able
oottaael and competenl accountants, and should
lu- willing to devote plenty of time to the
wauk, lt will not be a brief or easy undertak?
ing to explore all the el,uk plaeea in the depart
m. nts. ibu the t isk must be done thoroughly,
in order that the properremediesmfty beapplied
and public benefit result from the Investigation,
Of course the investigation should not he in the
chargeof any members of the Legislature whose
previous connection with inquiries into city af?
b.iis would make a "whitewashing" report
probable, To accomplish anything the
coiumittoe must be ol' tar different
quality tram that of Senator Grady's committee
in lssj. We- hope that B committee of thc right
BOli will be speedily itt wink.
mi om: to bun.
lt bee omes clearer with each passing day that
it the Democracy is to nominate a niau for thc
Presidency this year on whom all Democrats
eau luiily be expected to unite, the party liian
Bgers must older a draft. Possibly even the
dernier resort of a draft will nol secure such a
man. Certainly none ol the volunteer candi?
dates will answer.
lin Loui-iville Courier-Journal is sure that
McDonald of Indiana ought tobe the coming
staudaid-bcarer. Wah cluarnctorietic ardorit
says ol' him : u Iii- opinions are as straight as a
*? shingle, , . , bia discretion con be relied
"upon. . . . be unit.-s within himself
uqualities which arc al this moment Deeded hy
"tin- Democratic party ami ila- public
".service. . . . be is an issue in himself and
"small every inch ol him." eil course,
if all Democrats felt like this, McDon?
ald might lind no difficulty in securing
the nomination. Bul they don't. Far from it.
lb ie is Thc sun, which greets the eulog; ol
its Louisville contemporary, with the deadening
remark,u We nay frankly thal Mr. McDonald
?? cunnii carry the State of New-York. Neither
"eau he carry Connecticut, and with him as the
* candidate New-Jersey would l>c doubtful."
Evidently all birds ol a Democratic feather will
not (lock together around McDonald.
lou it McDonald is not the man around whom
Democrats eau rally "as one- man," who i-. ','
Not Holman?-the very author and linisher of .his
boom has discarded him. Not Randall?the
Free-Traders would jump on hint with hearty
unanimity. Not the nhl ticket?it is the part
of desperation, not ol' common-souse, te
attempt resuscitation after eight ye.ns ot
suspended animation. Not 'Mun man lim- any
other of the Ohio chiefs?the recent BenatoraJ
canvass lett too much had blood behind. Not
am ofthe New-York leaders?Horatio Seymour,
the only one of them who bas nol earned the
ill-will of one of the factions grouped aboul
Tammany or anti-Tammany, is rendered
Ineligible by the iuflrmltiea of age. Not
Bayard?he certainly is no strong) r than he wat
lour yean ago, and his highest vote in ihe
Cincinnati Convention was l29**zoul of a total
ol 7:>t>. Not ?? Hancock ami English"?uobodj
suggests that thai post-niortein hand he played
over again.
'lie- draft's the thing.
BUCKNER AND Jiu: BANKS.
Clearly, Mr. Buckner is Bot an euemy of thi
National bank-; bj no moans! lt isa u'ickei]
slander to say thal he proposes to kill them off
His innocent aim is to "proven! coutructiou.1
The bank- are in a position where, without
relief, they must starve. Mr. Buckner nierclj
proposes that, if they will obst mutely .
die, Treasury notes -hall be issued instead ol
hank lillies. It isa horrible aud false impu
lotion?thi ? story thal In- is hostile to the banks
So it was a horrible slander, we remember, ti
say that Mr, Buckner's political friends wen
cruel when they shut up thousands of Union
soldiers to stol ve in the Audersonville pe a, am
carefully warned them that any man win
wilfully crossed the dead-line would be shot
on th'' Spot.
Mr. Buckner's application of Audersonville
tactics to those foes of the Confederacy, thi
National banks, is quite nairn.il. A censor io iii
world might think it harsh to kill them oil
But if they obstinately refuse to live withoui
loud, there is uo cruelty in lettiug them die
it may be said Io Mr. Buckner's indi! that lu
never pretended to be fond of these institu?
tions, which did >o mm h to uphold thecredil
oithe Nation in ita darkest days, which btu
taken $277,000,000 ol the United States bondi
before thc wal clotted, ..ucl which ha\c giveU Ol
a stable, iiniloim and honest currency, such ai
waa m K i kuown mulei Democratic State bani
systems* Unlike Mr. Carlisle, who sceuu
eager t<> pretend to lu-a friend though heh
really a bu-, Mr. Buckner baa been conaisteul
in his nh a that "tin- National banka must go.1
(Still, oil that hg proposes non b to provide foi
tin- not (list.n,t ehar arlana, Bittier the operat-Vou
Ol lAUiotliillC CliMClUicuU, thc National bouka
shall be starved out altogether. Nobody can say
that in doing this he is ? disturbing the business
interests of the country." By no means!
Doubtless ho is sincere in the belief that it
would bo the best thing for the business
interests of the country if all National banks
should starve to death. But all that he does is
to dccliuo making any provision to keep them
alive>.
This, be it observed, is Democratic conserv?
atism. What the party will do if it ever gets
power, nml can cast ott conservative bandages,
wc are left to gBBBB.
FARMING VERSUS MINING.
Tho United States Circuit Court, J migo
Sawyer presiding has granted a perpetual in?
junction against the defendants in the suit of
W'oi.diuti versus the North Bloomfield Mining
Company. This isa highly important decision,
for while it does not Bcionaaarfly terminate the
litigation between the California farmers and
tho hydraulic miners, it leaves but one appeal
open, and it so st lengthens tho already for?
midable list of rulings against hydraulic mining
that in all probability most of tho companies
will accept the situation without further eflort.
Tho intense excitement which this contest has
createel among the inhabitants of the Sacra?
mento Valley on the one hand and the residents
of the mining counties on the other is explained
by the magnitude, ofthe interests at stake.
Hydraulic mining has not only done much
injury to the fanning lanels in th** Sacramento
Valley, of which several thousand acres have
been Covered np and rendered infertile by the
deposit of many feet of sharp white sand, but
it has iilmost destroyed the navigability ofthe
Sacramento and Yuba rivers ; it has threatened
the towns of Marysville and Sacramento with
disastrous floods; and it has begun to till up
Buiaun Bay, and to deposit ?alickeoa'1 in the
harbor of San Francisco.
In fact, hydraulic mining is a mechanical
process wherebj the mountains are rapidly
washed into th-sea. To gel at a narrow strip
of " pay-dirt " at the bot toni ol' a high blurt, the
whole superincumbent mass of earth, sometimes
from sixty to one hundred fleet di->p, is washed
down with "Moulton'1 and "Little (Manta"
carrying a six inch stream with a pressure
sufficient to bore a hole in ii stone wall. All
this enormous weigh! of matter la or has been
fm years carried into ihe streams and rivers.
As a result the bed of flu- Sacrum ufo has
silted up, and dining the 1 ai ny season severe
floods have occurred, and much injury has been
duiie to farming bands. And the farmers are
justified in their apprehensions, tor it is obvious
that if hydraulic mining should proceed without
interruption il would af no distant period ruin
the whole valley and render it uninhabitable.
A former decision, by .bide:*' Temple, of the
District Court, was against the miners, but
permitted them to go on provided they con?
structed retaining dams in the mountains in
such a way as tn satisfy the Court and a jury of
engineers thal the "slickens" would not enter
the rivers. The farmers, however, Were imf
satisfied with this compromise, They claimed
thal however strong dams might bc, they were
liable to give way, and that il tiny elid the
damage would be tenfold greater. They main?
tained that the only satisfactory solution of the
question was the abandonment ol hydraulic
mining. On the other band, there are some
thirty thousand people directly and indirectly
dependent on hydraulic mining, and these have
stubbornly insisted on their right to continue
the occupation no matter what, the conae
quencea. The processes of the courts indeed
hiive frequently been ignored by the miners,
ami Sheriffs bSVe found themselves powerless
to serve Warrants. Much bitterness has been
caused by the Straggle, and the miners (not the
proprietors, bul thc workingmen) bavethiuat
cued to take up anns in defence Of their
li\ elihooel.
The litigation has been proceeding now some
eight years, audit is not ended yet. Agree!
decal of capital?something like $20,000,000?
has been invested in hydraulic mining, though
much of it lias been withdrawn dilling the past
two or three yean. In fact, tho mining interest
represents very much more capital than tl*,,
l.inning interest, though the latter bas thus f;,i
had the courts w itfa lt, And while il is to be re?
gretted that a large interest should be forced to
tinwall, Hiul siilijected to gnat loee, if not to
ruin, there can be no doubt thai the agricultural
future of California iabtrgelj dependent upon
the cessation of hydraulic mining, and that tbe
safety of herprincipul Interior cities, and the
navigability of her rivers, demand thia
sttciilico.
TEUNE
alter. Indeed, on any Othei supposition thc
pool has broken dow n completely, and might as
well abolish itself, The reduction waa the last
i-sort. lt was on exercise of t h<- extreme power
which the pool possesses tO make* the cmiipacts
observed by all members. Bul il that la-t
resort bas failed, if the utmoel power of the
poo] hos been exerted in rain, until the com?
bined companies or some of tin????
ie ii who must kunu
what the iiuth is, and the exchange is largely
contiolhii by tin- operations ol those whose
decision has made the fact what it is. The
of their operations ls, after all, the ls st
e\ i'l nee obtainable that i lie* do nol consult r
the pool abandoned or powe i
At twenty cents per bundled pounds, foi
freight from Chicago to New-York, The Hail
i- ad fm:. tU ( nlcuintes tbal the difleie nee in
pi i iii is alone, on shipments iij large ;i- those of
.lanii.il>, Februarj and M.neil, would be
$1,-152,000. lt would have b.cn a serious
matter for some roads, had tbe aggregate prouts
bein reduced so fm below those ul thi Hi i
quarter last year. The a.Imi -imi ol the
Chicago iind Atlnutlc and the Nickel Plate took
away 19 per cent of the traffic from the roads
previously allied, aud it ia estimated thal ii
would require 2,857 ions from Chicago lu Nev -
i .ok, at iii- twenty-cent rate, to yield as much
to the li\. old lines as 1,000 tons j ie Ide .1 in
the winti-i .tl 1 ->7. -?>. Such an tb li *e? tu
which reckless niauagcnieut on tin- part ul
or two toads tlircateuotl to ex'tose a proper!)
oi ' ne i mons imiMii laue e, Nu i .
it mik lim .*, saw lil lo i seri nil, lin ii j-., er, in
oilier lo arrest us aouu ,o pot table
ini'* t.i ,|j[ the railroads,
seisin-. Then gular winter rate on wheat and
corn from ( imago to New-York used to i?e <;."?
wau poi h undi ed poonda. Now tue mumal
that tho combination tries or hopes to do ls to
prevent tho actual rate falling materially below
30 cents, aud that in mid-winter when tho cost
of transportation is greatest. In those days,
tho average charge per ton per mile for all
railways reporting in New-York was 1.6 cents,
and it is now only half as much. Ten years ago,
tho railroads in New-York had $530,000,000
capital and debt in 1873, and in 1882
$1,105,000,000; they transported then
34,000,000 tons of freight, and in 1882
71,000,000 tons; the movement of tons one
mile was then 4,410.000,000, and in 1882 it
was 8.852,000,000 tons ; the entire charges for
freight w.ro in 1873 $70,003,323, and in 1883
only $72,310,075?but little moro for doing
double tho work. Filially, in 1873 the roads
paid$18,667.588ia dividends, and in 1882
only $lf5,20O,027-more tina $2,370,000 lens
paton on double the capital invested. Public
opinion does not side with those who want tho
railroads wrecked or ruined. It did want
cheaper transportation, and the roads have
given it. Now the public wants a reasonable
regard for the rights of property as well aa for
the Interne ts of shippers.
THE PORK QUESTION IN EB ANCE.
A Paris dispatch to The London lim?* says'
" Statistics show that the prohibition of the im
"portatioii of pork from America seriously cur
"lails tho food supply of Franco, . . . and
"there is uo other source wherefrom the demand
"can bo supplied." It was asserted last year,
winn this subject was under discussion, that
certain French provision dealers* had brought
pressure upon their (iovenuneiit to secure the
exclusion of American pork products. If this
is not the case, as thc statement quoted would
si (-ni to indicate, the cause of the prohibition is
all the moie mysterious, since the falsity of tim
alleged cause: has bceu continaively dcinou
stratod.
Shouhl Congress, however, think proper to
adopt retaliatory legislation, and prohibit the
importation of French wines, it will not be
difficult to lind u valid reason in the notorious
adulteration of these wines, and the act would
at once stimulate the production of OUT native
vineyards, American wini I have had hitherto
(0 contend with a prejudice- by no means always
founded in knowledge, which has proved so
sti.uig as Ul Compel Americans often to
drink adulterated and Inferior foreign wines lo
prefereoce to sound and pure native brands.
Anything which will force public attention to
native vintages will have a salutary result.
Already, Indeed, a great deal ol' American wive
is di mik limb r foreign babels, and being supposed
to be foreign, u praised. The people who thus
consume ir unconsciously would be tia- iii st
to condemn it If asked totes! it ob its merits,
If, however, it was BO longer possible to obtain
French wines, the native wines would come
into use, :iml gradually be appreciated. There
are already several brand.* of California claret
which are much better than the average French
table wines, and which can be supplied at half
the cost of the lafte-r. Prohibition of the Im?
portation of French vines, therefore, would
not Inflict injury upon any class save the im?
port! is, but would have the effect of im?
proving and providing a larger market for
native wines. The French in shutting out
American pork are making food dearer for
their own masses. We in shutting out French
wines, however, should be providing at once a
better and a cheaper wine for our people. For
even if the native wines rose in CODSequence of
the prohibition, they could be hold at twenty-five
pi i e-eut above present rates and still be lower
t lian the French vintages.
lt thoa appears that tho French Government
has put itself in a very awkward position. It is.
injuring Fiance, ami it by BO doing challenges
a retaliatory measure whit I. would have the- ad?
vantage ol' benefiting the Doited Slates. On
the whole we should think the prohibition of
American pork would hardly pay.
MONEY ASH BUSINESS.
A week of unusual loteresl has brought a
sharp bleak iti grain and in petroleum, an ad?
justment ol some important railway controver?
sies, asda resort to extreme measoroa to stop
alleged cutting of rates by the Lackawanna, a
decline of about seven points in the price of
West Shore bonds notwithstanding a general
improvement in the stock market, anda rise in
the bank reserve to a point hardly ever reached
before.
The banks gained 68,015.600 in reserve
about $2,800,000 currency and 63,200,000
specie. The principal cause U disclosed In the
daily Treasury statem- ni.* from Washington,
which show for the week an locreSSe of only
61,696,497 ia cash on bartd, against aa Increase
of 67,680,380 in certificates outstanding. The
bank reserve, BOW 698,715,100, and tim large
surplus above' legal requirements, compare
as follows with nturns for tin- corresponding
we.k of previous years:
I He M.. BurpluZ
Jan, 12, i---'.
.lan. 1.1. I--!
Jar li. ls-'.'
Jan. IR, ISSI
.l.oi. IO, 1-s't
Jan. li. i-Tn
SOS.Tl.l.lOO .fl 4. lil. (175
Hl.s.iO.Too 7. ,0,700
Hl.loi.iMMi 7,25:1,350
Hl.lls.ino H.o,I,loo
-mi , 3,t422,400
64,01 7,800 12,307.260
The reserve at the second statement of Jann
ai-, wa- only 661,902,200 in 1878, about
*77,<><i<MMiO in ls77, about 668,000,000 in
I870,ahonl *s 1,000,000 in ls7 ~t; it dui rise to
699,000,000 in Joly, 1881, but has nol been as
large early In January aa it is noe for eighteen
years. If ever. The nearest approach was Jan*
tuny 1">, 1^711, when the reserve waa less than
690,000,000. While this large itoreof money
isa good foundation for the operations of the
new ycar.it is not an Indication that general
busiueas i- aatisfactorily active ul present.
January wheat >"ld si 61 10*h In thia market
ou thc 3d, ami closed at ?1 ri? on Saturday
the 5th, bul dropped to fl 017B last Saturday
alter ii week of gnat excitement. Later options
declined a little less during thc week, 5tj cents
toi February to lbs for May, bul ile-tall was
nigh to cause two con ildi ruble fail
Tbe fall in cont was from :> to I cents,
ihile cash outs were bul slightly affected, and
Mayoptiouslesa thou2couts, lin. TnturNB
baa for a long time pl.ned before deniers
information which justified tho belief that
a "be!!" movement in grain this season
would probably prove as unwise aa it would bc
prejiidi.ul to the public Ititi rest. Cut powerful
couibinatin i- at Chicago and here have Hooded
the country with f:it< meul i, oflle lal and other,
? hon Ilia: the wintle- world was mar
thc verge i I in because of au enormous
dolicieiici oi sri..ail, and some unhappy people
have pl iced more confidence in these accounts
than in the returns of the Agricultural Bureau
nmlotliei standard authorities. Tbe indisposi?
tion of i--i ?to buy ba fail 'ming,
ci I reti u ". i iports, tb
? I . ,i abroad wa - u tl bj anj m< ina
barge, aud thi accumulation ol a "visible
ply" amounting to 85,500,000 bushell
shown thc ultumi.nice in toi-1 nanii> and taxi d
the I .-.ni ri i sui the ope ra tens to i he ul most. At
bast the . lune broken dow ii Hilder the load, ami
may now h.- mole ie adi to credit the statement
oi ibu baii*iu that the crou al IdaJ exceeded
420,000,000 bushels, at which they sneered so
recently. Tho publio satisfaction ls natural i
tho people want cheap food, particularly when
business is dull.
Other markets for produce have been gener?
ally steady; notwithstanding the fall in corn,
lard holds tho price of Saturday tho 5th, and
pork has advanced a shade Cotton did not
change in price last week, nor did tho statisti?
cal position change. Tho opening of two new
wells, which yielded quite largely at first, do
pressed theprico of oil from $1 ll^u on tho 5tli
to about tl ll^a last Saturday, but tho close
was about $1 12l4, and the new wells aro re?
ported decreasing rapidly in yield. Refined oil
remains high anil tctrong. Four steamers were
chartered to load refined oil for Great. Hritain.
Iron lias not changcel materially, though a bet?
ter demand is reported at sonio points. There
has been more firmness in coffee and tea, and
an advance in butter, while sugar declined a
little.
The severe decline in West Shore bouda has
led to a host of reports about tho enterprises
which these securities represent, lt is not very
long since 115 was offered for the wholo of
North River Construction stock, and refused ;
on Saturday it was bought at 14. Thc nature
of the arrangements between this Construction
Company, the West Shore, the Ontario and
Western and tho Terminal Company are not so
generally understood that investors meet a de?
cline in price as they would in other cases, but
there was evident toward the close of the week
a growing impression that in any event the
bonds must he wort li as much as they were selling
for. Dissatisfaction with some part of the man?
agement is commonly mentioned as a reason for
the difficulty experienced in making dcaited
financial arrangements, but it was reported
on .Saturday very positively that aoch arrange?
ments had at last been effected. The- tact that
a plenty Of mom-y ia to be* had, lintier favoring
circumstances, wats shown by the ready negotia?
tion of a lom foi 68,000,000 by the Oregon and
Transcontinental. Highly favorable reports as
to Heading, and the declaration of peace be?
tween some of the warring railroads, helped to
give the stock market a stronger lone, notwith?
standing the strife about flu- West Shore. The
reports ol railroad earnings are naturally af?
fected somewhat by (he severe weather, bul the
railroad system generally appears to be cluing
quite fairly, considering the season.
lin: INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONOBMSS.
The President in his message called atten?
tion to ih<- importance of the work of social ami
scientific congresses for tho discussion of mat?
ters ol' genera] concern, and suggested that pro?
vision be mad.- for the exercise of discretion try
power by the Executive in appointing delegates
to -uch conventions. "Able, .specialists," said
" the President, "an-ready to serve the National
"interests in such capacity without personal
''profit or other compensation than the defray*
" mont of expenses actually incurred, ami this a
"comparatively small annual appropriation
" would Buffice tO meet."
om- of these International gatherings for
which such sn appropriation would be emi?
nently desirable is the International Prison
Congress called to meet at Borne next October.
This will bethe thirdaession of that body.
which convened Krai in London In 1872. lt
owes its existence- to the measures taken by the
United States Government, which sent the Kev.
Dr. E. C. Wines, for many years Secretary of
the New-York Prison Association, to Europe aa
a special commissioner with aothority to lay
thc matter officially before the proper office ra ol
European Governments. At the meeting In
London an International Commission was
created of which Dr. Wines was president.
Ai Stockholm, where lin-next meeting was field,
a new dire arion was given to the movement by
the adoption of articles for the government of
the International Congress, by which thal hotly
would in future consist of thc official represcn
lativ.-s ol the various nations adhering to the
movement.
It would be strange if the President nod
Congress ol' the United States .-h.mid fail
to provide for suitable representational Rome.
The National Conference of Charities and
Correction which met at Louisville last Sep?
tember adopted a memorial to the President
ami ('(ingress, which was afterward seconded
by the National Prison Association, requesting
the appointment of three commissioners
selecf.-d from different paris of the United
Stales, without compensation, oilier than actual
travelling expenses. Through the lutennedia
tioii of these commissioners the best thought
of America upon fin- important subject maj be
communicated to the Congress and the best
thought of the (''ingress brought back to ex?
ercise a healthy Influence al home. Tho subject
ol' Prison Reform appears likely to receive
much more attention from the public bathe
near future than at any time in the past, for the
reason thal a gem ral movement seems to be oo
foot to abolish the system of contrad labor
ol' prisons. The state ot Pennsylvania has
alu adv abolished if by statute; the Btate
of New-York has voted in favor of ita abolition
and the question ls agitated in many other
Males. This has opened up the cul ito subject
and the moment seems peculiarly opportune lol
a favorable consideration ofthe request pre?
ferred by friends of the movement in the
United Stab a.
A letter about the wool duty, by Mr. Lltson, of
Benton, Kansas, represents that ba duna nol realize!
the Increase In tha price of wool which he expected
tn result from protective duties, If ha trill look al
official returns,ha trill lind that Texas, Colorado,
the Territories and ths Pacific States lai-.-.l
1,982.470 pounds of wool in 1800, the baal yam ol
hov linties on wool, and thc same States and I.iia
toriea raised in 1880, according to lbs census,
11.003,541 pounds. Ii Uthisgreal increase in pro?
duction in tha tar Went which louds to keepdown
the prii <? of wool. Inasmuch as the precise obj.'ci
nf protoe five (huies is to secure cheaper prod ucl. in
the end by stimulating production, how can one ob
.;. i it tba dutyoawool accomplishes it* object!
1 In- same letter wondon whether the other farmers
ni benton, who have no sheep, do not have to pay
a tax foi the benefit Of the funner who doc. raise
sheep. Toast np thia plea, after just complaining
thal protaetiva duties havanot made wool dear, is
partie ulai ly ridiculous.
Sonutoi lilah has had pending before Congress fer
a number of years a (lonstitutional amendment a'i
solutely prohibiting tha manufacture or salo of
in ut or ipiritoua liquors after tha year 1000. Con*
wu's cana Dauater, of VV iaeoasin, a lenreseotative
of tha Gannan element In tha Weet, thinks, mud
unite correctly, that hie right te ofter Con titntioual
Amen lui.-iit.s is as good as Senator Blair's, and sn be
ha-, i n i n ul mell uni- winch nut only forbids Congress,
hut the |>guuaturea of States and rerritoriee, to
"ansel any law prohibiting or aoratlging tho anana*
facture or sale of any article of Bmrehandiee otana*
pen.-d or preparsd iii whole or iii part of mu v product
of tho soil." The two amendments have probably
un equal chance of lunik; adoptod, which is nona st
all. lt is not liknlj that Mr. Deustor's smeudment
wu* offered a.* a travesty agon Hanatoi Mimi's,
tbongh it servos that purpose admirably. Tha euri
ona fem u ie of tha whola amstel la thai hath these
gentlemen aro probably canally ba sa roast ihe one
in thiulkiug thal Ibo L'uuaiitutiou eau be used to
abolish, the other that lt can be made to protect g
traffic- which ls peculiarly g matter of local control,
NOTES ON INDOSTRY ASH TRADE.
Bostob Discouraokd.?Why Reston shonld hava
been chosen aa the place for an exhibition of for?
eign goexls it is hard to say. Tlie city of Yankee,
notions, the financial centre of American tex ila
industries, was Just the place, one would have said
where an exposition of foreign invention and skill
was likely to come to grief. The imports of boston
average about onco-iKhth of sha imports at New
York, and jet it was imagined that the place where
Imports are small, because bnyers clo not come,
would bo the better spot for an exhibition. No
wonder the experiment ha* proved a failure, and
tho Custom House officers are now in chancre of the
biiilelineand t ie property exhibited. Tbe cletn it
in said to be $:>0,000. There are not a few separate
importing house* inNew-York whichhaveexhihiteff
more foreign goods toa greater number of buyers,
and yet sustained larger losses, without calling
their performance an Exposition.
Machine Hob IfatlB. fi machine has been in?
vented that will turn out a ton of hoh-naiU a day,
and, with only three men to work it, does tbe work
that 10O men havo.heeii doing by the hand process.
8ine:e 1H10, when Massachusetts put the first nail
niaking machine into operation, the industry has
grown so fast that 2.53,000 tons of cut nails alone
were made in tnis country in 18S0, but tbe hand
process has still been used for hob-nails, aud for
some other varieties largely in demand.
A IfBW Rah at the Mm th ok tiik ifiaaiaaillL
?A suit waa bagara in the New-Orleans Matriel
Court recently to restrain 15. 1). Weed A Brothers
from supplying coal ta row-boats Without tho BBB
sent of Mr. Kails. The Woods leased a place for a
coal yard at Tort Ka.is in DoesBBBer, 1882, and have
engaged ha towing raeaslstoand (rom Hew-Oaiaaam,
by their coiiijh tition, it is alleged, tba towboat
monopoly was pompo! lsd to redoes ns sharpes Bram
To oenta per ton (or ton lng vessels >f "iiMi toaa and
upward from tea to city ano from city t<> sea, ob tho
1st of December last, to 20 nuts jua ton. Tba
monopoly causes the suit to he brought, lt IS
stated, In order to break ap the rom pet limn and re?
cover flu- power to exact three tunes the rate now
changed. Tha monopoly was only one of the ?say
pinga with which tin- mouth of tho great river ww
stopped up far mora effectually than by the har* of
Band or mud which Mr. Eada removed. Tbe oom*
petition, whether agreeable to the tow-boat associ?
ation or not, was a benefit to the city and to tim
whole commerce of tha Mississippi Talley, tut n
charge of 81,500 for towage on a 2.000 toa rems! al
every trip is in itself a v. rv sufficient reason why
the removal of har* al tbe mouth of tbe river ahonld
prov.- of l.-ss benefit to commerce theo waa ex?
pected, I 'fitti New-! 'ricans contrives to d red ire ont
uinl clear awaj the artificial liars Balled monopolies,
ol u loch so many obstruct its rommerce, the city
will never aron as it should.
Fi:1 > Cabalb ?m> ron Qbaiw Tiumc.?Tho
City of Bufialo received 05,331,567 bushels of gram
by lake last year, against 48,546,949ht 1882. Hut
the ship ants fruin thu city by the Etta Canal * re
only rj.iio:1,'-'!!! buabela of grain baal year, against
'.,i'.i,":i,ssii bushels in 1882. Tha Increase la re?
ceipts waa !?:,soo.(kio buabela, and the increase ba
. ana. shipments about 13,000,000 basin is- ii does
inn appear, therefore, that tba boatmen wera aa well
able to " restrain railroad chm gea " after i ba aboli?
tion of tolls as before, for the railroads charged
higher rates In 1883 than In 1882, and yet took
more of the grain from Buffalo thal? ame thither by
lake. The difficulty ia that tbe boataaen,exactly
liku tin- railroads, want to charge all they eau k-t,
and thc canals are restrained by the railroatls quita
as much .ts the railroads bj the canals Bnl it does
notfolloa that their mutual restraint ia not bcue
lici.il to the public.
PERSON IL.
lim Rabbi Uirsh PasseLofGrem Canine, Ilun
gary, a prominent leader of Jewish thongs! and
polity in Europe, is .had at the aga af aaadaty-twe
y.-ais.
Canon Carmichael ia to be offered Buhop I'uld
^ in's lat.-r charge, Christ Church Cathedral, Mea*.
treal, and it ia thought that he will ac capet; an.l if
so, accordiag to i hr Urina t'hunh, the Rev. Mr.
Kaiiisfiiru. of St. George'a in this city, will in- ba*
viied intake his presenl pariah, Au effort was
ma.I.-to -c ,uc Canon UaruiicUuel fol i ur. .ir,
Church iu this city before tho pi-*-nt rector,
Kev. Mr. Sat ter loo, iv aa called.
At tin- animal dinner of the Stunni. Union 11 ag is
Club in Hartford, Conn., last wok. Mr. I. 1. Eur*
tune, tho Editor of Tkt Globe ol tin* un, waa
among the invited guests and made Ihe chief tpeei li
ot the occasion rn response to tb.isl "Chadee
Sumner.' Less than tour years ugo Mr. Fortuna
was a common type-setter ui the oltice ol I ht
io,;. I ifnru, anet w. is tin- iuuoceul cause oj a se?
rious strike there, i lie oilier compositors going ont
ia a bod) in i .lase they "didn't w aol Ul work mug*
side ot a nigger."
lt is said thal Colon.-1 rhomas P. Ochiltree wa*
the only voter last week ou hil i-.iluiioa in Cnaa*
[pressing sympathy with theUetmaa people
iu their sorrow over Dr. Lasher's death, and that
thoHtillueas which su.led the Belltara "ave-'
v. as broken by anni her Southern nmnabes **bo
shrilly piped out?presumably to a u. igahns, bat
audibly to tho whole House?'-Who thc - was
Lanker f If tba illustrious German could have
heard it. be wouldn't h.m- inindixl it much, Whoa
h.. w as laal in \\ asbingtou, i olonel 1 >' uiltres toon
bim all over the Capitol, sh..ucl him both bousse
in session, aud introduced him to leading members
ot .-.oh. "Now, Herr Leaker," he asked a.* hs de*
ceuded the Capitol steps, "what do you think ofthe
i ,,,i_i, -soi ila- Cmie-il Slates;" "Colonel i ?? hiltrce,,,
? I ihe other, ",ou bara s very line i.ml.ling
lu ic''
Concenrniag tho bate st r> shoal Senator real
making application for Senator Pendleton's desk
before there was any certainty thai tha latter
woui.1 vacate it. the Missouri statesman naya it
wasn't sn. H.- says he was one day growlingnl the
veue ruble doorke* per, Bassett, over bia iissigumeut
to in.- poor.-s mat in the Chamber, whee Ba
suggested that he file au applicatio i for Pettdleaonto
m .ii. inch waa a capital oue, in the event ol his
defeat, v.st said thal bc couldu'l do sic h u thing,
ia Pendleton was his friend, sud thea tie went te
I'emlleton ami told him ami Gsrlaud tba story.
Harland uaw a ch nice tor so an- fun at ll issett's ex*
i..ii-e, anil suggested to I'cn.ll.-loii that be go to
Bas; 'it m nh an offended air aud protest vehemently
ii gai ust au) such distribution ot his est it.- belum
his dei iii. " I lu* I'en.llet.tu il ni milt sn, h effect lli.it
j - ?as tern bl) worried, aud spent the reel ?f
ti,i day ruiiuiiiK buck aud forth between Vert aid
Pendleton, making explanations and sp
GI Mi: A I. Soils.
Captain Bray, master of the mission uv ship
Morning Mar. watch pbes between Honolnha sod tim
Mu i.ii-csiuii Islands, i large n.laBftnar* ?
lng lu CliiosgQ i'.;i.-r evening Be aesortosd tfea
Datives of Mli roue . r
of them in ins' cannibals. Mr.Brar'i princlp '
.ani11ir,' io Anea lei i* io raise ruuds ti. bi lld and equip S
ic--, i to be eil eil tilt Nea ..lol imn; M.ir, Un cuii-lrilO
Uou of wbieb will bo beguu lu Bo*tnu lu tbe riuK res
ucmi of ibe new vessel will be about 045,000, ???? B
bopes to i.os.- amoug itu eburebes or Ainu: s.
A queer occurrence took place recently ;it a
Un-.itu-un iiii*u uiia, Boerway. HmBrstmptsoeutsBsn
in ittii.isij nf oeajmtaaa's "Dst aeawsBsasOtateb" wal
stoat to beats, when a patriotic BorwsgUo excitetHf
aro - .uni exe lalmed Mal u wa- ? iBatae ts aOoa las psis
iii,. :nui of l,.iil-ii pi-ce* Ui.llcliit-e nf thc best nali'S
writerswere i.m.i.v coaslgued to oblivion, rbe ?i?.-.b
created h gnni aeusaUon aud ewsi ot tbe audieuce le ft tl'8
theatre sud weal to mnjathot lusaue trhereaplaj Bj ?
native waabein*enacted, rbese patriots retinue l. Im**
evsr. beforeMubiiutbau's play wes cniiciinl. .1, sud vigor*
OUalj Liss. ,i lt efl tin l
Bilk culture is aaamatlnggTeal importance in
C'lillti.-lila. lt l* *.?lil lor those who line tild lt (tut*
sonic puts ?f tliat Slate are peculiarly WStl SBapsi for
thia uiTu a ry. At a recent iiiei-tunt of thc sic ll i.-'. >f
Tine stoji* were taken tn import lil.' BBSl vail.'lleS
?R] ti- m from Italy Mr gtafHag, and B was
si.a. il timi a largo hoi of silkwonu ciors was about to ar
rivefroiiiJai.ini. lt w.i* Seotttei fecstamas the-i-hool
Ol llisirm I.on rm silk culture, li *?.illl.Teut money tor tlie
pm p..*., la lurUuximing. i Be water ur California is pews*
ail.pl..I mr still reeling than But Of aa) oilier c..atitry o"
ac cant ui a peuuilsi noitness winch . bena unana H, *?*<*
ii* rn ?.??tum from all alk.illiie sultstaiic-.*.
Duiiim' ie-., nt years agriculture has made
mu.a, progress ni j .,,.,?. thaengb tbs sana ?f 'cuni una?r
tatOVi tlou is .till comparaUvely suialL iBm BBBa ot
BBS BSgBBBBnU Bl ciiga^e?l lu agricultural pur-u!U. ami la
int ?atsaansa sanU sass an est>ii?ivci variety ?f proiucu
be raised. Btes Btttl coutUmes lo be the ?Uplc> product,
awi ou ll Ibe pesoylo uiaiul)' subsUU A ?Ui?uae yorvsr