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W?iiu553^. W^NESD^MORNIKU/JANUARVI. .^ - ^ VOLUME XXVII?NUMBER 110."' REPUBLICAN CITY CONVENTION. ./ . .tf . i iif n , \ Tk.lU'i>aljiicaM.vLUiejib'. WJittUat j arc invited to attend Primary Mttttngs In thetotifffedllV^tiartk on - t.U Next Saturday Eveniig, January 4th, 1879, to xslcct live delegates to a Convention to oe held at the Court Ilouje 1C&NDAY, JANUARY UUi, 1870, at 2 o'clock p. for Uie purpose of nominating Candidate* for the various city offices to he elected at the charter election to bo held THURSDAY. JANUARY 23d, 1870. > The Primary Meetings are abto requested to nominate C'ounrilmen from their respective wartU. The meoting* will bo ratleil to order by a member of the Executive Comnittteo from the respective wards, and the ]>plU slutll be open iim iuv twejuiun vi uuilots xrom 1 p. m. uiihi Uf.M. The Primary Meetings ahalj'fyy held at the following plaoua: First Ward?yigllaht Hose House. Second Ward?Market Houm*. Third W*rd;?Court House. u . Fourth Ward?Atlantic Engine House. FIMi 1Vinl-fto?dn6u?c. . Sixth Ward?United Engine Houm?. ffeventh Ward?Lukens' Grocery. Eighth Ward?Arbon*' Hull. W.8.PHIPP8, i Chairman City Ejc. Com., J. D. HTANTON. 8ec'y. Janl _ ik frMxgMtK OOmt loi. M mt'ay Foarltt^tk Mr?t. Tub iNTKLUttK.vCKR will Ikj issued /m usual to-morrow morning. The WnttLixu Ictellkikkcbb closes the year with an increased patronage. It has more subscribers than when the year began. Notwithstanding the depression of the times, the iNTKT.uausi'ER has held firmly and prosperously on its course right through the. panic. It can well alTonl to smile gratefully and contentedly on its large circle of readers and wish them each and all a happy New Year, f lit*. Gabpiblp will address the "Honest Money League,"of Chicago, to-morrow in celebration of resumption. ThoBe who look upon the General as one of the prominent "dark horses" expect somethiug unusually able and brilliant. Tuk Franklin Iusurance Company announces a 5 per cent dividend thisraorniingoutof its last six months business, payable on demand in._goliL~ This announcement has the right ring to 'The same ring will be heard throughout the land in a few days, bhermtfb MBn^i 110 mistake. > ef 6 *41 TinmR w^re "$226,00b,(X)b o^goIH^n 'the Vniled StatesTreaaurv vMtenlav.of which $200,000,000 are available for resumption. ' Add to this, $.140,000,000 of greenbacks, and $320,000,000 of hank notes, and we have a total of $802,000,000 of money that we know of, saying nothing of $50,000,000 i of other gold and silver that is in the country. M liLi ButJop*the fact that ^liopd springs eternal in the human breast," even down to Hie very close of life, the regular completion of a new rperiod ol time, buc^w e veV^ twelve ^months' bring round, would beco'mo\very monotonous if not absolutely - wvnrtsoinrtonhtwwbu,- hwving passedthe heyday of youth, are in the midst of the sober and responsible duties of mature lift.' To Jvery .many p^nons U*o;g<migot the oltryiJrl ann tlii \oA\rfjf M th& fiw tuna linn hflnn lilfn 4lift lnHini? nn#l drawing up of "empty buckets into empty wells,"?a constant source of disappointment?but yet everybody "hopes on and hopes ever" for a blessed change of some sort that will at least sweeten the cnrrent of existence if it -does not realize to them their ideal of a happy life. For the,greatest number of persons it can' probably bo written tlmt the passing years are like"1 ' " "(iraim of sombre or nhinlna sand rawing Into nnil out of (be hand." They start into each- hfety yepi'iWI| anxious, half e:cpcctant,*VlttWlTO%M?r what i? to be unfolded to then\ in the shape of good or bad fortune,,. And although ')' >! JCsl .. I "Tin- *uo come* up mil the mid go? down, Aud ywir ?ruw? green wtd tUti jrwur gww? brown,' the future ,livWst(I}flfliai$fij^S undeveloped mystery, Yet true to the principle that "man never is but always to he blest," they keep up the pursuit qf LappL ness. Happiness is ?o nw^^C&w of human existence thai "tiitfj ornjKrt titkAk | nor custom stale" the efforts which wo are impelled to put forth, to fittjiiqijHtf our nets into the .stream again ami again, even though we may have learned to.fear llmt " .* ? "A hundred?trrtin*aretiio Mraeu one!l< iVJtfv I We are constantly impolled to seek a new experience by tli*l?pfifWWW>l our creation that makes ea,ch. jflic of us an instrument to work oift some purpose we know not of. Life has long since been defined to be a fitruggle.afterthe unattainable. II once it is rare to find any one who is satisfied with tvint he has a? Mmp\isJ:pd. wkakAT another-ana a waterway that been availed of. Hence everybody says that if he had only his experience as a lamp to his fpethpwgntfotuL ft b? to vetraoo tho pathway oT lifo afrosh. Nut the phiiosolier knows thai this is all a delusion. "Pursuitsas vain, liopflldUl wild" would again Hpring.up by Ule<ifay* side. Therefore it is the essential wisdom of life to learn early that sunshine and uhadow are the two ingredients of wkich human existence is composed. According as we limit our cdmroi'dur enmitliA, ana govern our ambition, do we assuro to ourselves thpi?nditions thatappVoxiinatb mind that makes life, worth the living. ,Th$ * hole philosophy of ii(o,was weU,fxpress., ftl by that old poet who wrofa t u?>. ., ? To purchaie w?on auil retC 11 J if b?ppJn? hith rior_ , * .?S5K38?aw . . ? ^ ? f What of lbc Mew Y^UkV* ?i*"i f It Is belief by the . IriuTtlul' we ?re now Iwtter IJjum. , itta Iwlioveil that lhewor?t of the panic U behind ua?thst.'jWJdee "?ro ilown on rock bottom?th?t commodities and good money have found their true l?Velf Ind thal-%Ugtu8on, ittilruit mid bankruptcy are attend. The Cincinnati (JairtU gt yesterday commenU u follow! on liu,|lio?p?cta before nsit' "We have now reached the bottom. Our money In on a level with gold, arid its general purchasing .power hu rtien until it can rlM no lilgher.' All tfie'suffering of resumption has taken place prior to the (Jar;, the day/will 'Winfci Mllell iThe reason why it will bring relief is that it will release the country from fear for the future; it will ram^hj^wMout^a nmUdenavaml this will jtyt^oyr grrat arid now stlgnaht volume or money into drculaUon^lt'^vitflM a feeling of security In future valuesdhiehrwlll rebAiyi credit, that gnat motor of, modern in<iiw*Kxoa: ?:! < t-i i : The resumption act lias been a pall for about fl*e-^flar?; the'day of rtesomptlon willl... ..u? In from thlg^lg nq?Mfe,3tS? quickening of the circulation of money, and the rebound of HI' tit# energies of induttry ; audcomroerctirUUppMr like an inflation of iwnperttif.".' .! II ; thi CDXai ciicti. < How II HMtal'aalu War Into Un Very i Vitals al H? ni]r-<lulllac IXpmli- < lion ar K?al Bllal* la Ik* Vlrlailjr or Km Knnclwo Poll, D?e. II. 1 The Chinese empire built up in the < heart of Saa Francisco is a standing won- ] der of Kaatern visitor*, a monument to | the tenacity?!, the Mongolian race ami a \ byword arid a reproach to the city itself. That the Chineae should liave obtained a foothold or lodgihent In a portion of the city, ouetcoopsidfted the moit valuable for business purpose* seems very strange. ThaT 1B8? IhtlUd'havT not only re- c mained powewion, but have constantly expanded their domain,appears even more But to on^^^^g^dleldjifae manner have been extended, and thectWa which led to the capitulation of tfflfcaucagian J tho growth of the Flowery Kingdom of J San , Francisco, step , by step, would, of it- ? self, till many columns of the Pott, Suffice c it to say, that their first foothold was ob- [ tained on Jackson street, where one or { moro buildings were rented to them at j extpftMmmnta. Boon tlielr white neigh; l bora, mno*ed and disgusted at their nasi* i ness, found it convenient to move to other (ftaiws. HJWldinfr rthftin vicatea could not be rented to white people, and their owners, not inclined to see them re- y main idle, yielded to the force of circum- 'c 8tance$^${gt*il?rt*alsoto Chirtamjen. I THU8 THE XNCUOACHMENT WENT OS $ From house to house until perhaps a block }J waa ftciiredithem.. Their occupation of [; the block made .the street "no,thorough- v fare" for witfteV people; The street thus [; uioacu. ib noo an w?y nuuirr iu cross It, and wnito ^BW*t)f property rdfajir8a% them asked and; obtained for a short tUne ( exorbitant rents, they soon found that they were but children in the hails of their st for a time, to demand a reduction of the d renta to mucKlesa than ttie premises ever e had been rented lor. Some property own- ^ ere endeavored to securc themselves by (j leas^. but what means^ ha^^^gff m(^, }, cUre tne pro^rtv for less? And in rase j of his removal it is a well-known fact that \ there is'scarcely an instanco on record in 3 this city where a white tenant has ever ?, i&mffcsuw}1 the opium smoking and otherwise peculiarly odoriferous people. So-uraiu had the Innocent heathen, with his sleeve full of i trump cards, played to win, and succeeded s as usual. So.Iroiri rfiyjto, dav, from vear tl to year, tney cunningly planned and pa- I tientljribided the inevitable fruitd of their o sagacity, until to-day the empire bnilt up b that solitary house on Jackson } itreet extends from Kearny street on the a east to Stockton street on the west, and fntna: California street over to Broad way. True, they have not as>yet settled on Kearny street, neither had they on Stocks , ion street untlt & a^ort time ago. but now " they are on Stockton Street, arid is it nrQ-' a posteroua to.predict that eventually they I wilKKav* iMfctod'on at least the west Hide * of. waMboufcr?B^''bf^ rasm6n] *Kteafnr t street? For twelve long years, despite all their attempts?and they have been freIuent and desperate?they have MrraiK, tJne builtBfct! in particular,Uold and f eathw bpaten, liad stood Uie brunt' ol i their oriueavors like some grim fortress, or?lMtta^tiU/Ukftpaepl Napoleon's vet- ,, : known air Dr. Smnft'ii old church. ? r corner ?* California and Dnpont : streets, and now occupied by tlie Academy qf Natural Sciences, an enormous rent has been often offered and as olten refused. ~ As this seemi to be the only spot on whloh ' an end ot~their intended bridge can be thrown, while it proves uiiyfolding that riqrtjkOii ?f( the city directly south can 8 breathe freely. Great and disastrons as J liave been the direct effect of Chinese <00* S cupation upon the-property "-(XJCU- 8 med, that calamity aiuks into com-'c Iterative insignificance when.^he mind'4 contemplated tho* .Vast .depreciation that .1 ithoJproperly for some blockawestof Stock- \ !ton and north of Sacramento street has u iindenjqi^m -.oousequeuce of every ave- ^ ritie ofapproacli being as effectually block- 1 ed u'yUiaV cancer, Chinatown, as though it Were a miasmatic swamp, through which' 3 to force a wav would bo deatli to the.one , attempting. Other parts of the city havj [j kept nace with-it? growth; old buildings . J?vo beeirtorn down and naw ones orwt-. i vacant lota have been built upon until each individual quarter resembles the liesli bidding branches of a vigorous tree ' ?all but the aeetion mentioned, which resembles tho withered branch around which an iron band had in its irilincjj V Jjpon placed, delving the life blood of the I trunk to cirttilato in the .tiroscrihpd i?<>KhA M i of Chinatown unon the value of real estate adjacent will fully substantiate,.what, bus ' btcn written'on!Uieaufl}tiel.> nl? .1M:J , KOita ISSTATOtK OV DKPRSCIATlOy. i; ' r 'Some years ago property on Stockton ! street, from California far to tbe north, was worth from $100 to ?100 per foot front, j >'ow, the samo could be purchased from $ 5 to JllWper front foot A house and lot MjltnorJ^siX). The owneriuiahoori otTercd i tq'SOftfor itbutfi,(e^ years ?go. The 60- : T?ta and improvements on the southwest corner of Stockton and Washington were ? ice ownod by Ilev. Albert Williams, the fl st--nihister to hold servico |n San J tficlsco. Tjtat gentleman mortgage!; ( it some years ago for 918,000, a third of the value then placw upon it. Although since offered lor sale, the amount of tlie mortgage coulil not be obtained, andlt* porfore?. felt Into-the mortagee's poMPMion. Then there ii the clmn.'li on Stockton street. between 0[?y ami Sacramento streets, In which Starr King'/lrat'otiiciatod, 'nDMf oefinited1 by colored Presbyterian*, who offer U forsalo at any price, but And no one with temerity enough to buy, and ?o the enumeration might bo extended, but It would all reaolt in proving the one fact, that the Chinese are slowly, but purely, destroy/ng the value of millions of dollars worth of Propqittjn JBiat$#WS ^"ttrly ond avenue through Chinatown, ttashlngwn street, was PAgSADLK VOU THE WIUTK PEOKSTKIAN. How not one. ^xiaU between California street on Ihtf south' to Broadway on I he north. In consequence of this North lleach property also declined in value/Its citizens, fully alarmed, resolved upon a radical ohangvand Montgomery aventio was ojiened. Tt was to bo the grand artery of travel to tliaUjioHiom 4E1M: city. No Chinese, it was said, would over ho allowed to clustoron it. llnt,alas! forall )Mr resohitutions?they counted without thai" host. Tliey forgot that oil the north siileot tUaaVehm-thfeU'iiipleof jow erected bvthe wing uwong Company stood, and to that picket thrown across the street the heathen Hooked, and It was not long/beWrd there! were as many Chinese* stores on the street rMdTT??tOTew^nT>r^ And ovorv-tffjF qew&tgjpMmothorandj mother Chinese residence s<jnatted there, until the conclusion is forded upontis that it will not be lonp befbre that street is ulded to the dominion of the Chinese Iragon'. In behalf of the residents of i North Beach and ofthoso residing In the TidiiltT )f the Chinese qnarter we ask, is there no emcdy; is there no hone of u change tluit an be made that will, if it does not restore muv y destroyed ? This certainly is a question VQrthy of uiu^cpnaujeration., -, ^ , ^ I'IRE RKCORU. / ! V1I : iTT-fll 'I 1 i L Quiscy, Tli.., December 31.?Cooper's >rick block, Paris, Missouri, was burned. in, Mich., this morning destroyed the aw and grist mill owned by Clias. Flint. -OSS $12,000; insured for $I?;000. Lainghhuro.Micii., December 111.?Last light Hurt's dry goods and Huntington's )oot and shoe stores, and Smith's saloon, vere burned. Jx)ss $5,000; nninsured. Mkmihus, December .'51.?a special from juiuiiu, at*,, gives me 101 lowing account >? the lire which occurred there this : Doming: The lira originated in the dry :ooda establishment of I). T. Ryebor, on commercial Row, and destroyed eight two^ tory buildings. Jpur of the buildings ' I est roved were owned by Jack kOG.fnnured lor$0,000; ono by 8. L. Avery k Co., >f New Orleans, insurance unknown; one >y iseelig A Bender, insurance $2,000; one >y II. Fink, insurance $11,000; one by K. ' ).,& J. B. Billow, insurance unknown. 1 'he names of the companies in which the 1 nsuranee is held are'not giFen. " ' ^.rrubTQOtAPflTQjaucBr. St. Louis, December 31.?The extensive ; hptographic gallery of John A. Scimitar, orner Olive and 'lentil streets,.burftea ietween 1) and 10 o'clock to-night. .Loss i 10,000. This was one of the finest guller- ; es of its kind in the West, and, besides a irgu number of valuable negatives, it conained a great many tine photogrriplii , oth plain and colored, and several vain aile paintings in oil. 'hlrairnV llrnvlulnn Un.in.y. rn> 111*111 ' ? ? ? ] Chicago, December 31!?The aggregate i reduce and'provision business ,for the ] ast year in Chicago has been unpreqfel ented in nearly. every article. Hie re- i eipts for the year were: Flour, 3,120,000 arrels; wheat, JM),000,000 bushels; corn. 3,000,000 bushels; oats, ft,000,000 bushels; 1 ogs, (5,345,000 head; cattle 1,083,000 head. 1 'he receipts for the prpqeding year werdV ! 'lour, 2,091,000 barrels; wheat, 14,000*000 : ushels; qora, 148,000,000bushels; oats, 3,500,000 bushels; hogs, 4,020,000.head, 'ho clearing of the associated banks were, owever, $77,500,000 less in ,1878 than hi 877.'' 9 - , | ' A Double Harder on Trial. Li Xobw%? CossV, December' :il.?The , uperior Court. opened. this morning for tie tr^al ol kate M. Cobb and Wesley, W. lishop charged with the doublo poisoning 1 f Bishop's wife and Mrs.; Cobb's husand. It was decided to try the case of1 1 Irs. Cobb 11 At; a jury was impanelled i nd the trial beg^n. l{ f Untidy with (he NhoMlun. AHii > ii.i.k, ueceniyer oi.?j4UWiQAUin ; ay, at .Sparta, two MctMierson brothers'! ttacke?r.Tde biebfoll,' son of Congressman Hebrell. when he killed,one instantly rith a shot-gun and dangerously wounded he other. f TELEQI^APHIO DROPS. ; J At noon* yesterday Madame ^fndilteon , nw completing the one thousand and Drty-eiglith quarter mile of her long walk n Brooklyn,, Sebastian Dufly, Greenback an4.De.iuo- ! rat candidate for Cortgf-e&'iTi tli6 Oswegpf iml Madison district of. New York, an lounces tliat he will contest the seat of oseph Mason, alleging Bribery.' f " Edward Jdbbiis, 'nged"Sl, master stono utter of Quebec, wps murdered -liwt night ly two brothers named duvet qnd a man lamed Ohamberlan&nor* refusing to'tre&t, heiu. AU,tJiree wero arrested? r - A At ViAcennes, Monday, Isaac Gombel hot, (ial>iel Joseph in th?. arm during au iflray. #Both belong to wealthy families. Jatiae unknown-, (tombel was arrested ind lodged in jail. He will bq examined in Thursday. , H' ' < | Warrants have been: iasttedfoU'reteiv; ler Karagorgwitch, his son and six other wrsons, ;fqr high, treason in 'plotting igainst the life, qi l'rince Milan. The jovornment appeals to the M>mo and for;ign authorities to assist in captures. A man purporting to lie id agorit W tHd tfethodiat.. Irak ^Concern, of .Cincinnati, allinghimsdfWftliaco Kvans,whskafrertted n Zanoaville, Ohio, on Monday, aud iiiinll ,W..,.U.a( <*i mn I'll : . V" ' *'|VW UBII, IUI )l)Uuung money under false pretenses. A team altached to a vehicle, wtiiln rousing lli? ice yesterday, between' Richnond mtf^Ml'lbbnrno, Catpdn,' b$ke hroujfh and were carried nndor hy the rapid enrront The occupant* of the vellijur*.<wiu niiB. i^iurari urmciuuarnvi Were Irownod. . Moncui'B counsel, his wife and child tvero given an audience by King Alfonso pesterday. They have presented to the Minister of Justice, a petition pruning fof and C'wtclior have interceded with Senor Eanoras del Castello in bohalf ot Monca.il. A siHScial to iho St ftul' Pia'nm Preu |ays: The jury in the caaaof Win. Chase, on trial at Chippewa Falls, ..Win., tar Uje killing of Frank Goodhuoi'PectftnoeriM, brought in a Xfrdiijt of uUlty Jjf liiurderin the flrA degree last night, anivlie was senleniW/tOmirisoumont gt, life, Cluuw was at oncu taken (rem the jail by a mob, Mid only escaped lynching by breaking out of tnelr hands. " Ho lias been strongly guarded during the trial. r BY TELEGRAPH. TO THE DAILY INTELLIGENCER. GENERAL NEWS. Report of the Sub-Committee on Indian Affairs. Pottgr'siMtt^ Side Show Open In New Orleana?More Docu, j aenUfrom Ijlrs. Jenke. Katisaa the First State to Resume Specie Payments. "o& 'HSr is&iaiy Interest ,'tiuou -i i . - > r -Extraordinary Produce Business of the West 11 rtepreierfted by Chicago and Milwaukee?Vaitly More Butlneu In 1878, But Let* Honey Value. i 4 i .. _____ 1 WASHINGTON. OUTSTANDING UNITED STATES CURRENCY. !WAinr5RT0.v, Decombor 31.?The following is the United States currency outat this date: Old d ensnd nolo. ? Of,08ft I/Kul trailer notes, all Issue* M,881,016 Om yew notes, *?3.. ;. 80,208 Two year notes, '63 14,000 Two ysar coupon note*, '63.. . 23,780 Compound interest notw... t '^>8,760 Fractional currency, all 11,108,168 COMfcUftVWf STATEMENT OF REDEVITION OK i NATIONAL BANK NOTES. The following is a sUUementrol the oper ndtau ol National Bailie?Rodefripfioi Agtmcy'-for the iflonth and six irfbrftltfc ending this day, aa couiparet.LwiUi last year:' . . . ^ National Itauk Notes Ouo t SI* , disposal of. Mouth. Mouth*. Notes fit ior circulation assort* < cJ nnd returned to Uuksof . I sorted and delivered to Contp* I troller ol Currency for Ui- i MrucUon aud replacement ; with Dew 2,707,800 10,231,700 Notes,Of failed liquidating sud 1 reducing banks deposited in \ ,tho Treasury .... 336,100 3,418,480 Totals foe 1S78..................8 fU87,700 fW, 130,080 Totals for 1877.. 17,468,100 18,784,400 Decreaso 8,603,400 8_'l ,C24,:i60 j TAX REGULATIONS MODIFIED. 1 a circular trora the internal Keventie ] office modifies the existing regulations 1 concerning the payment of tax on brandy j distilled from apples, peaches, or grapeB axclusively.so that hereafter collectors will ' not report to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the assessment of the amount Df bucH tax, which becomes due and payable on the 10th of the month except in defaulC&f payment within four months "fro in mclHOtn day of the month. y'; j RRronti-OP BUB-OOMHItTKE on' ikdIan af- , . %r i .?onfil6ri^|)att&fsbn,'GaVland and Gro- I ver, wno, in behalf oT the Seiaate Com- i inittee on Territories, have conducted the J inquiry into the condition of aflkirfin In- < iliari Territory, will "be ready next week to i report; to the full committee. They, have I agreed to recommend the enactment of legation, by .Congress vyhich shall proFrst, For the establishment of a United States Court in Indian Territory to possess bqthAirirainatwid civil juriBdictioft: ' Sefcond, That all theundians coiSprising the five nations shall bemadecituensoT the United States, amenably to the Federal laws, and competent to serve on juries in United States Courts, etc. '*** -' Tl?5?1 Tl..t lftn/ln I.-1.1 ! xiauu, jnoii uib uuiyBiiyn nviu iu wum* ' mon shall be divided and held in severalty, but inalienable for a term of years. The < syb-conuuiit^e ? 4a, not ..at present} jnorfoq^m<i?ld: the establishment !by j Congress of ft regular territorial -govern- , tncnt for these Indians, but provide merely that they shall be entitled to repre- 1 lentation by a delegate. The sub-commit- I tee will probably advise the insertion in i the proposed thill, of a proviso that the I conditional, land grants which .various. 1 tomptM ,^esirui)(j jjfejlleraenl i of this territory, have announced them- I selves willing to relinquish shall be for- 1 mally relinquished. The recominenda- j ti<jnsof tho. subicownUtee will probably, < teamjoraed by a majority of the lull com-? initteo. but the Entire projec.t of- legiHlntiOn^ I Is strenuously opposea by authorized 1 representatives uof the fiye Indian nations. Alleged Attempt to Binrkuail a Park* er*burg Lawyer. Pakkrhsbukg, December 31.?There was 1 ii decided sensation to-day, in certain cir- 1 cleapby the effort to blaukmail a prominent attorney by Jas. Baker, ex-Constable, ! detective and saloon keeper. Baker charged tlie kwycf wijtli- having seduced bjs^wite in his office, nfgnt beforo last, and said he stookl near the door with a pistol. He called at the lawyer's house and threatened to kill hlm/bnt, ric^siiftceedingr m bldflling. sent a challenge to tight a duel. A friend of the lawyer received a note offering to com-, : promise. The lawyer claims that Baker ( waylaid him with a gun, but he got away. Baker ha* justsent word that he woiild give bolia'alu! publicly retract if let alone, but tho Prosecuting Attorney will have him 1 arrested, lor- blackmail-and-sending a challenge if he "can Arid him. Officers are searching for him. Baker is a desperate man. -v _ Produce Trade of JHilvrnnkcc ftr 1OT8. {Milwaukee, December 31.?'The Witcon- 1 sin to-night prints a full arid comprehensive review of the produce trade of Mil wuuitvc luj iv o, tw I'/Uiupureu wiin lorrocr * yearn. The receipts of wheat, flour and coarse grains show a very considerable Itv jcreaso over the two proceeding years, while the receipts anu manufacture of Hour aggregate a larger amount this year.khan over before. The live stock tables show an unprecedented increase in the business done. The receipts of live hogs are nearly double, and those of cattle are Ihree-eights larger than last year. The receipts of cheese reached the. enormous ttKgregateof itl,203,000 pound.*, an increaso of noarly 5,000,000 pounds over 1877. Tlie receipts 6f wheat were 21,900,000 bushel; flour 2,205,000 barrels; shipments of flour were 2,020, OOOJbarrels. A Villain thnt DwfrtM the Onllawi. Cobvjwij. ,Deceuit)ec 31.-Cli?. ,IW, Superintendent ofGas Works oJ the Central Lunatic Asylum, was arrested tixlsjr, charged with attempting to outrage the person o( Flora Corrodt, aged seven years. He was removed to the jail to-nlglit to prevent posalblo violenoeUroni the amraged^riegdsol theUttjy jrlctln). c, | ;r.muerelBl Traveler*' Auorlnllmi. j St. Louis, Deteniber 'Sli?The Western Commercial..^ntVftes'.AwQdatlon held their first annual meeting at the Lindell Jiotel to-day. , There was a large attend; ance. Ex-Governcr Stanptard addreisfii the association by invitation, alter which LIBRARY^~~Wf fJT VIRGINIA UNIVF.R President II. R. McDonald made theannu(1 address, In which he uld the association ?u In a highly prosperous condition Vid increasing In membership very rapidly. II. R. McDonald was re-elected President and Walter D. Jones Secretary and Treas- I urer. There were also six Vice Presidents and a Board of Directors elected. To-night a banuuet and hop lain progress at the Undell llotel, which la being hugelvfenjoyod by members and friends. FOREIGN NEWS. KHGIL4KD. I ni'MMABY or rixASciAi. Arriins. , < London, December SI?The TVnutiiua I financial summary for the 7th, aaya: The Industries have been deranged, cradit 1 shaken and failures multiplied on everv J hand. The failures will be nearly 8,000 ' more than last year. Not onlv have wa- I ges been rcdnced and many thousand* pf artisans thrown ont 6f employment, hot < many thousands of thro above UteVr- > tiMB'class are eitlier in actual wanfdr on j the coniinea of It. The increaalng numbers ' driven to grant bills of sale on their eQects ' U olio significant proof of what Isgolngon ' In the ranks of the lower clau. TROUBLE AMOXC1 THK IRON WORKERS. j The AlAlImmillftl flnclitlv nl tnnlnMk . Iiu rewival tp 1 increase of hours of labor proposed by c the LondOtt Iron Trades Employers' As* ] sociation. A general organization of the ( trades to'resist the extension ! hours is t intended, and there is said to be a large [ amonnt of funds available for the purpose in addition to the quarter of a ipjl- Q I ion dollara which the engineers have,- i TtJBKSY. >t J treaty mattkk8. London, December' 31.?A Constantino- ! pie "dispatch says that Ali Pasha, Presi- 0 dent of the Council of Htate, has been ap- * pointed second negotiator on behalf'Of ' Turkey for a definitive treaty of peace d with Kussia. In the Eastern Roumelian Commission, Sir Harry Drummond Wolflj ti English representative, has proposed a ?. mixed occupation of Eastern Koumelia in certain contingencies and its organization v an the model of Lebanon. hunting a flght. Mareclial, a Frenchman, who obtaiiifed \ contract from Prince Dondoukoff Korjakotr, relative to tithes in Eastern Kouninlin nnduavAMul *r? Q!> . ?< VUUVH<VIU<< kv |>iuiuac Ull llOUIT Drummond Wolff and Mr. Whitaker, ed- d itor of the ComtantmpU Nmenger, into a e iluel, on account of their action in expos^ c ing that affair,; but the British Counsul K General Interfered and prevented hostili- I ties. U \ I. ARMING CONDITIO!? OP AFFAIRS IN cos- n fTTAKTIXOI'tK. A Vienna dispatch reports that alarm- J] ing news wines from Constantinople of uocturhal arrests, general destitution anjl ipprehended -riots. The'-, correspondent believes that the cry of alarm lijis been ^ raised by a section'of the official class which thinks its interests are threatf n&l >r injured by the prea4Mrt Ministry a * ? j e J AN ADDITION TO-TIIE BMPril*. 4UI?J tl London, December 01.-?The-Viceroy of 11 India reports that Syad Mahomed, chief of .iic n.uran > auey. announcesnia intension )f coming in. The Time* on the military situation savs this may be heralded as the forerunner "of intelligence already hinted it, that the district* of Ohitrnl, Smat and tvuran will be incorporated into the Indiftq umpire. By the occupation of this tract ineasv and direct road will be opened Tom Punjierab to York. d tl NW1TZKRLA X D. f, ia ELECTION OF CATUOIC I'JUESTS. gl Geneva, December 31.?The Swiss Kqm^n, cl Catholics having received permission from .heir superiors to vote at the election of r. Parish Priests, instead of leaving to the jld Catholics a monopoly of this privilege, a lave just carried by 440 to 2ti the nomina- j, ;ion of a Roman Catholic Priest at Raige- q egier, in Berne. I. N. Court Matter* In Mlaftourl. n St. Lovik, Decernber-3L-rThe; United States* GhinV Jury, 'aft&rVbrief desiitoh to-day, adjourned until January 14. This tl iction was taken partly 011 account of the jj holidays and partly because Judge Kreckel ci is too "sick te hold Court. It was stated '.his aftornoon, on what,is said to bft perfectly rtfBttule hutnortty, that the jiiry nod a ignored the bill against James B. Kads, 3 [ailing to find any evidenco against him J io justify an indictment; also that tho J iury have not decided to indict any of the J directors of the old Bank of the Stato of I Missouri. Tho rumors previously men- | tioned in these dispatches seem to have been without any foundation in fact. iv 1, A Uorae.WIUpplns lkr*p?. 8 December "81.~Jj W};Mar- :0 jan," hailing from Brown county, Ky., created quite a commotion on the floor of the Chamber of Commerce at noon to-day ^ l)y horse-whippinsr Mr. Charles Maffuirt*. 1 of thotirinofSluUttne ?fcJCo., heavy deal- J ore in grain. Morgan was arrested and u jailed. He states <that the trouble grew 4, grew out of a grain transaction. Morgan c wan apparently under the influence bf liquor. . a Bain Fnll oiTtbc* Pnrlflr Count. Sax Francisco, December 31.?'Weather 4 re|M)rt8 received to-day from all portions { at ^ie State show a general rain fall Quite f plentiful in" tho 'southern counties and b light in thp north, hut with4he prospect J of a continuance. * a' m ^ J Indicted for Conspiracy. ( Nkw Yobk, December sl.-^-Tlia grand M inry of Brooklyn has indicted the City v Commissioners, John W; Flaclierty and G. [j 0. Bennett, and two subordinate officers. mm iuim|'iiw;jr i" ucintuu uio riiy out 01 -1 550,01)0 through fraudulent claims. T ' Hmldrtt Jtrnlh. * ( * x .Mmi'itts, December 31J udge Henry Smith dropped dead to-night at Iris rasi. tlence* on Madison street. lie wax at one time'judge-of ttie Supreme Court of thii State. lie hwl just returned from a citizen* mass meeting. Louhlnna Drfnultw on Jaanarjr iRtcmt. Nkw Orleans, December 31. ?There seetnB to bo no alternative but lor the State to default on January coupons on consols. . Tho Htoteauthoritiesexpress the belief that tbe entire interest will be paid within three months. Marine Ntin. Norfolk, December 31.?Tho steamer Tunis got alloat this morning and is on her Yi>i:k,Di'i'cinlht 31. ?The < ilunh'rn. from China and Japan, via tbe Suei Canal and Ilermuda, has at length arrived. Men accumulate money by taking care ,of"H. BtJt-fltr-mtm-^raVHHa-fn -*n "Egyptian Fever and 'Ague aad.^iver Pad will preserve that priceless boon, health, which Is better than riches-health, bet-, ter than wealth. , Vicksbcho, December 31."?Slow rain all Way. Up: Harry F. Hijward, ^Golden, Crown, Down: Satchei, White, Golden I City. ?- 158432 Birv NEW ORI.KANN. NtlnOfm HJitta*-M.na llaller AhMat, . N?wO*i.xa*s, December 31.?'The I'otter Snb-Coinmitteometthlsmornlng. i'rosent, Hon. Clsrkson K. l'otter, Chairman, and ex-Governor Cox ami Oscar Arroyi. The Secretary ol Stato produced the records ol his office relating to the election of 1870. P. (S. Destlnde, Secretary ot State under Kellogg, testified to alllilng his signature to the first set of Republican electoral certificates; signed it December (Jth; don't reoollect signing any second set during Christmas week, witness also tcstiQed lhat ho furnished to Gov. Kellogg during August 1870, blank commissions for the upervisors of registration and clerks to be isod by Geo. f.. Smith, the present collecorof this port, while running for Con [rem In the 4th District. Judgo Billings, of the V. ft. District Jourt, testified to the request having been uade on hlin to return the first set of Helubliean certificates, aa It wan alleged that hey were informal. Judgo llilllngB dodined to grant thb reciueat, and luljseluwtly.MM00ilaet.waii handed to him. I'oter Joseph, Republican elector, testiled to the fcola already known about signng the first and second sets of Republican J. J). JConneily was examined and delareti tliul he luul pot spirited away negro vellv as he bad.hoen charged by aome of he Northern papers. In fart Kelly was low and had been fur months in Waalin?o6. i : fi C Messrs. Raymond, Lloyd and Malony, lerka in a carpet honae here, testified to laving found in their store on September fKh, a bundle of documonta left there by nd addressed to Mrs. Agnoe Jenks. These documonta wero produced liefore he committee. The moot important waa me purporting to be the alleged original I the "Sherman letter." Chairman I'oter made a statement to the press to the Sect that- these documents had been Topped by Airs. Jenks for the purpose of n posing on thfcommlttee. lie declared hat the so-called copy of the "Sherman itter" was a forgery. The committee then adjourned to Wednesday morning. . ' 1 * m ? Paying; Out Gold. .Sx.'Louis, December 31.?A Topeka, Ks., ispatch says: This has l>cen pay day at lie State Treasurer's office, ami a good eal of gold and silver having accumulate il it was paid out indiscriminately with ukiojiu^. muiiy jirciurrvu gruununcKS. "ansae wus the first State to subscribe for 1 Inited 8tates four per cento, and, it is beeved, was the first to resume specie paylenta. The Atchison Topeka & Hanta Fe Kailaad Gompanv made a sweeping reduction i passenger fare, to take'eflect to-morrow, lie company reduced to four cents per rile on the main line and all the branches i KarfiJas, Colorado and New Mexico, his is a reduction of over thirty-three per ent. ^ (cniptilM McckN a Repeal or ller Charter. llwi wus, December31.?At the adjournA mass meeting of citi/enB held to-night. i le resolution favoring the unconditional ?peal of the city charter was passed. Financial and Commercial. Wheeling W&olewiIcXarkd. Office Daily Intkixiuexcrr, ) Wheeling, Tuesday, December 31. ] The leadiuearticlea of merchandise continue nil, as $s to oc expected just at theclosc of ic year, and present no new or important (aturea. The Inquiry for almost everything j i of a liand-to-mouth character, 'while in reard to values, there have been no iuii>ortcuit , banges for some day?. The quotations given in the following reports ! reprices realized on wholesale transactions, nless otherwise specified. Am.**.?Demand is rather bettor, hut with n ample supply, prices are no letter, ranclg from $1 OOal 60 per barrel, according to ualily. Baking Powder?25a3Gc per lb. Beans?Are in fair supply, with asteady de- : mnd for prime white Navy at (1 50 per bush. , Bekswax?20a25c. Brooms?Fancy, $2 00a2 50; plain $1 25al 50. Bitter ?The market conunnc* dull, and to supply of old stock is larger than it has een for many years; prime fresh Is in fair emand; but price* are no better.- Wo quote Itoice dairy rolls at lQal2^c. Cabiiaue?Per 100 heads, ft OOafl 00. Canned Go?w??Quotations: Peaches, 3 lb uis, i?er do*, new, $2 50 ; 2 tb cans, new, 12 25; tb cans tomatoes, $110; Window corn, 2 lb ins, $100; sweet corn, $1 50; common corn L 251 strawberries, 2 lb cans, $1 20; blackberesi 2 lb cans,'$( 00; raspberries, 2 lb cans, $150; Inma *> !h onm *1 SO' llmo linnna '? H. CmcEKE?There i.? a ftiir demand and modertely good trade. . Price* remain as reported Lst week. We quote prime Ohio factory ut ^a9c, w*ordlnff'toAuAlitJr;iNow "York cream, ^alOc; Sweitxer, 12c. CmKR?Per tairrel. $2 iJ0a3 00. Coait?Per 100 bushels, $000a7 00. C'kanuerbim?Per barrel, $7 60n8 00: per ox, $2 50. Diukd F,*uitt?Quiet and pricesa .shade lower n some quo tat ions. A pples are quoted 2a2^c; 'caches 3Ka4c for prime halves. Other quoitlons: Prunes at (J!4a8c;old Current* at c; new 5a6Me; llainins, new $1 90;'Valenia, nu.w.Ic,. ?008?The market is firmer, with con&idcrble Inquiry, but!price* remain as l?u?t quoted; resh 20a25c per down. Fjuthjuut-Iii . good demand; live geeae OaSOc. JFibii?Quotations: JFor jvackagcs containing w {fuuuua ui auunu ii.su, ugui weight ftlUi inerior quality at prices to corresjjond: Ccxltlsh onclcw $4 00; Take herring, half bbls, ut 160; pickerel, half bbls, $150; white Iluli, 4 00. Jlulf UbU. So. Z maukerel fcJUOaa 50; Flour?Tlierv'in * conthimfi fair demand Dr the season, but no change in price#. We lUOte white wheat family at $5 (?0u5 25; red rheat family $4 25a4 50; supehi $300o3 50; ^e Hour$300. Buckwheat, $2 75a3 00 per 100 (iWSclttf^-Thifl iuarket is rather, dull;a* it 1 WaWFif JAM' MGftfXAtr TCar's. Sugars are' tcady, the advance on lower grade softs havng beien sustained. N. 0. molajwes firmer, the narket at the source of supply having ruled trong for several days past. The receipts at Jew 'Oriearui to December- 20th were 147,653 bis/ against 138,017 bbls last "year, and all old but 10,430 bbls, which were'stored in the hails. N. ,U Mgar steady at our quoatloiis. Ttlee lirfii.-' Teas and sptas Inu.lu C.r.loll /I... .......... 1 vol /. ujimjo ??mh. v/ui iiuuumiou arc: hjftet, fair to. good Rio at 13al4 cents, prime 5 cents, choice 10 cents, bent roasted 19 cents, ellow Bi61fcrtaja,2fc. SWJ* common 40a 5c, printe 48cPJJewr Orleans' riiol&fovprime 0c, choice 45c. Sugars, re lined hard crushed He, granulated fttfc, powdered, U&o, A cof. oe 0c, B 8^c, commercial A sugar 8?c, comuercial C 8$?C| yellow C 7J<c, goldeji C 7c, ommon yellow 0fta7c. Rice, Carolina choice c, New Orleans prime 7a7)fe Game?Venison, 12Hal0c per lb; rabbits and quirrels, 10c each. Uraix?The grain trade is quite active; the eceipts have been light for some days, owing 0 the almost Unmissable condition of the jountrp roads. Wheat is carce, and would jommand au advance were it not that the offerings of Hour aro liberal, and at price* that leave no margin to millers at the present price 3f wheat we quote medium at 80a85c perl bushel; Com, 35a40r, Oats, 25c; Rye, 45c. Hay?Remains quiet and weak; baled, #9 00 alO 00; loose, $7 Wa?,00 per ton. Houh-^c per lb;, In prhne packing lots. Kaiui?The foiWwing*afre tlfe card rates: Naili, Brails and Fencing, 10 to 70d $2 15, 8d and W $2 40, Odand 7d$2 05.4dand 5d$290,3d g 05j 05 IK Inch $315, IK Wwi $2 MlFlubhinK, Unci! $715. \HInchJ$019. IX inch W40, l&tcltf inch |4 15.2 inch *3 90, 2 H inch $3 55, 5 inch and over $3 40. Casing and Box, lOd to SOd, 1290, 8d |3 15,6d 1344,4d W25,3d Fine SS3BS 8<1 #2 90. Oil antl 7d $316. Clinch,all stents90. Cut Spikes, All sigea *J 40. Boat8pikes,$8 90. Slating. 5d $4 13,4d $315,3d *1 00, 2.1 15. Potatow?The market cottflritiei quiet, but holders anticipate an improvement both In demand and prioein the near future, ai an increased demand In expected, ^e continue to quote pearhblow* at ?8a70c per bushel. 8weet ijotatoes. ti 00 uer barrel. Poi LTav?'The market to-day waa dull, with n large supply and moderate demand, and prices were weak and in buyers' favor. We (lltota chickens, live Si 4Uul <finer docen. anil 'dressed 7uBc j?or lb; turkeys. 8al0c per lb dressed: geese, 6c per lb dressed; duck*, 8al0c pox lb dreased. Provisions?The market U without nay general features of Interest, there being ho nremuro to sell, and not inneh change in ilgurai. Mmm pork dull and nominal. Dryaalt nieata dull and neglected. Green. description nominally unchanged; Following are the current rates: Mass Pork? Family 19 00; clear|950. Bacon?Hams, uneanviwscd, 8c; plain shoulders 3&c; sugar cured do fic; clear tddes at 5Hc; breakfast bacon 7c: fresh sausage, 7c; Bologna sausage, fle. Dried Bcef?llc. UrU?Fancy city, 7c in flerees; In Imrrels 7Jic: }( barrels, VA<:\ In StO lb. pails, 7fcc; In 10 iti, palls 8?c. IUuk?1 Kc per pound. . Skiw?'Timothy seed, $1 SOaUQ per bushel; clover, $5 00o5fi0. Salt?Per barrel, Ohio rifeiy'll 20; Pittsburgh $1 10. Tallow?SKaflo for country.' Tobacco?Natlen, MaOOr;' 68a70c. Ti?axir?-Per bushel, Ufa. VixruAK'?Per barrel. 15 fiOaQ 00. Wooi^-Quoted at* 30d foV.chplce washed, and one-third off for unwashed. Marketdull. Wuutuxo Sroaiaa?Par 1.Q00, $10 60all 60. Baltimore Uvc Mock Market. Maryla.no Livm Stock. Stalks, ) December 80,1879. j rw-e1ptr for flit wssk. bmtm. ........... 2,011 Shoepaud .... ..... 1,803 Swine Iv. 4.970 Total 8,010 : PRICKH OF BEEP CATTLE AT THTt MARKET TIIU ' WEEK. I Verjr heat on sale ibl* we?k...M.M....M...MM 4%a.iiu c'ta. That generally rated lint quality...... 4 a4K " i Me?Uuiu or good fair quality-.. ........... 8J4a?2 " Ordinary thin Stcera, Oxen and Cows 2 a.'i}I " tienoral average of tbe market thla week ? ? 1 Kxtrume rntiKu of prlc?i 2 a.V?< Moot of the Mlea were from.../......'.... 8%a4% " WHERE THE CATTLE ARE REPORTED FROM. 1 Virginia- 624 Ohio. :. - - 802 W?t Virginia .. .. ......... at Maryland...... - W . UIIdoU. .................... 284 j Total....' ... i....... .....2,013 I REMARKS OX BEEP CATTLE. 1 Tho arrivals of Cuttle during the week \ amounted to 3,013 head, ogulnttt 1.634 last j week, anil 1,000 head the corresponding week of last year, and the sales during the week amounted to 1,062 head, against 1,116 last week, uud 'J67 head the corresponding week uf last yeur, and were as follows: ro Baltimore butcher* 6 to . ro country dealers ..u. ?... 136 r? Eastern njieculaUir* 2S9 So Washington City butohm .; .. 87 Total roles....... >1,052 j Thu market has shown some improvement ] in the price of the top Cattle of a shade ns compared with lost week, the advance on the ' wholesale prices of tops being a full. x/tc; but J prices for other grades are without any liu provement, and the market genorally has been j very slow, and the prices obtained have been 1 accorded by dint of liard holding. Quotations, 1 JoStfc. - ' [The quotations .given, in our Live Stock re- j ports are of Llia-retail-market,-except where otherwise stated.) Miwu'Cowa?1The receipts have been fair, Imt trade veh' dull. Quotations, $25a50 i>er liead. > TUE SWINE MARKET. Arrivals this week ................ 4,970 I Arrivals last wert 7,111 1 Arrivals oue year sgo.... 4,187 There has been a considerable falling oft* in , numbers since last week, but the quality i? j fully ?h good as it was then. The receipts, ' though comparatively light, have proved to 1 be more than equal to the demand, in view of the full uuniber (some 3,600 head) left over 1 unsold from last week. "Wc quote prices at B&a-IKc, no serious change in quotations being observable. , BliitKP AND LAMB"!. I Arrivals this week ............ 1,(03 y Arrival* last week .... 709 , Arrivali one year ago. 636 ' The receipt* have been in eirew of the de* ' mand, which has been very limited, there be- \ Ing none wliatever on the?parfc of Eastern buyer*, and our home butchers buying very sparingly. The quality is fully as good as it was last week, but trade more slow oven than it was then. We quote sheep at ?Jaa4?ic; lamb* 4a5c. , , BY TELEGRAPH. Hew Tork Money and Stocks. New Youc, December 31.<?'Moket? Active ( at 4a7 per cent. Prime mercantile paper 4a6 per ccnt. The Assistant. Treasurer disbursed 11,012,000. Custom* receipts $284,000. Clearinga $30,000,000. Sterling Exchange, Bankers' hilts weak at 4.81%; sight exchange on < New York 4.87. The prtwuce expdrt for the week was $?.783,000. Gold?Par. Carrying rates none. Borrow;. , ing rates VA to flat and 1-04 per diem. Go VBBNMBNTS?St rOJlg. Doited Staiasfeoi 1891, couponj....M....?............109lW Ftve-Twentiw Fltfr.Tw.nUw (16<?) .. 108 Saw Flvea. ..10?^ New Four and a ..........lOifi aow fours. IOC% T?o-Fortl? 1W? Ttn-ForlU* (ooupom)m.................................^10hw Currency Kail bo ad Bo?db?Firm. Btatk BoaDs?Quiet except Louisiana connote, which urc one per cent lower. Stocks?The market won active and buoyant again to-day with a further improvement of J^alM pcrcont in prices; A alight reaction took place during the afternoon, but the final dealings were strong at the beat figure# of today. Lake Shore, Michigan Central, New York Central and Hook Island were the special feat urea arising under the active demand. To-day witnessed tho. closing of the gold room as u medium of speculation in gold. At the New York Clearing House there hereafter will be no gold exchanges. Transactions aggregated 172,000 shares, of which 43,000 were Krie, 22,000 Lake Shore, 8,000 Northwestern common,14,000 preferred, 4,000 St. Paul common, 11,000 preferred, 22,000 Lackawanna,8,000 Michigan Central, 3,000 St. Joe and 11,000 .Western Union, WMtern Union.-... ?!jCC.a41. U% Quicksilver ^.?',11 New Jersey Central... QuIcksllTei pfd - 32 Bock ItUndran..MM...(|119U Pacific Mall 8L P?ul....; ?CU M^po?....v. ? 3( at ftaal preitmd 7$ AdamsExjire*........!tofi Fortt$? IBiSSSa= $ United States 4*1 Chicago A Alton Vj<? New York Central JISM Chicago* Alton rW...100 8&?sa=:SS Harlem ......... .-.141 A- A P. Teleoreph... 88? Michigan Central.-.* "V>i Missouri Pacific 1U Panama .. .... 123 Burllnaton A Qulncy.llOft Union Pacific- 6C34 Hannibal A 8t. Joe.... li?2 LakeSbore J fflAZ Hannibal A 8t Joe pfd :n?; Illinois Central 19% Central I'aclflc bonda-lOt^ Pittsburgh 83M Union Padfle bonds...lOtf^ Northwestern com... SOW; Land Grant* iwVt Kothwjttern pfd.... 7?Vi U. P. sinking fund.,...iw); *Ex-dlv. _ Brltlnh Corn Trade. 1/?XIH)X, December 31;?'The Mark Lane Exprfu, In a review of the corn trade, nays: Another week's wverefrost,followed by a sudden and rapid thaw, lias brought us to tne close of a yoar which will not easily he forgotten by tleo merchant or agriculturist, a*having been frnunht with discouragement and Ions to l>oth. All farm work Ium iMpepttr!^ been at u aland( till and farmer* have found it hard work to Jlml out door employment for their men. In Scotland, too. hill stock suffered severely for want of freuli bile, which has not brni procurable. Owing to the heavy snows cattle have had to be fed on half froaori roots. Tntde ban necessarily been of a holiday oliafactor at Murk Unc and tho country markets, but there luis been lfttle or no alteration In prices. The Imports of foreign wheat into London li moderate; the only noticabla feature* in re* turn have !>een the cessation of arrivals from | Rusria. The Increase in. those from the fcaat ] lmjios Is quiet bqt steady: a demand has been experienced for all description? at last Mon> day's prices, but there has been very little dime in barley.oats and maize; although VAluea have not reoeded to any notable extent. New ion. Nnr York, December 51.?Cotton?Kav at ? Mfle0 9-ltfc. Flour?Quiet; su peril iiK State and western $3 OOaS 00; common to good X extra 13 50a4 00; good to choice it 03ai 50; \ white wlieat extra |4 55a5 25: extra Ohio > $3 70a0 00; St. foui* |3 80a3 75; Minnesota IHitent proce* $3 80o8 00. Wheat?Quiet; . rejected spring 78c; ungraded do 90a02c; No. \ 3 spring Msfiojic; No. 2 do We; ungraded red $1 OGal 08; No. 3 do $1 03Xal 04; So. 2 do |l 00b1 00K; No. 1 dottl TOMal 10; No. 2 amber |l 06 Hal 06& unladed white tl 06a 1 00; No. 3 do $1 05; No. 2 do $1 00**107; No. I do salea 28.000 bushels at $1 09ul 10; extra do sales 12,000 at $1 Hal UK. Kp-GnUt and unchanged. Barley?Steady. Malt?Dull and unchanged.. Corn?Buyers' favor; ungraded 47a47tto; No: 3,44*/c; steamer 46>fe: No. 2, Mtc store: 47Xo afloat Oata-Dull and uitclianged. Hay?Quiet but tirm. Hops ?Steady and unchanged. Coffee?'Unchanged. Rice?Nominally unchanged. WhUky?1114. uucaie. Chicago. December 31.?Flour?Nominally unchanged. Wheat?Weak and lower. No.2reii winter No. 2 Chicago ttpritig 82kja 82Ko casns 82tfc January: 83VSa83*o February; No. 3,70c; rejected 51 c. Com?Dull, weak and lower at 29?*e coshj 30^c Kebru tu/. v?ur-vuii mm uiicuniiKva. uye?otcauy and unchanged. Barley?null and price* a shade lower at M.'fc WeediH-Flax unchanged. Pork?Unsettled but generally lower; opened strong and higher; closed at innld? prices, $7 30cash; $7 S0o7 32H January; $7 45a 7 47M February; $7 55a7 67^"Mtrch. LardDemand fair aud prices higher; closed weak, at $5 40 cash; $5 40o5 42)i January; |5 47^ 5 W February. Bulk; Meata?Fairlv active and a shade higher at $2 6503 0Ou3 7b. Dressed Hogs?Good demand and price* a shade higher at $2 05a3 02*. Whisky-Steady and unchanged, at $106. B*lUn?re. U.vLTiMotiR, December .11. Flour ? ITnchanged. Wheat?Western quiet; No. 2 Pennsylvania red $1 07>fal 07tf; No. 2 western red, ipot$l 05^; January $1 OOal 0G&; February |107^. 'Corn?'Unchanged; western mixed, spot and January. 43&a43%c; February 43Ka 4SJfc; steamer iiiyic. Oat??Firm and In good ilemand; western white 32c; do mixed SOaSlc; Pennsylvania 30a34c. Rye?Steady and quiet at 50uo8e.. Hoy?Dull and fiuchanged. P.rovisions?Unchanged.' Butter? Steady; westsru packed and roll* unchanged. Petroleum ?Dull; crude 7%c\ refined unchanged. Coffee, ?Firm ana unclianged. Whisky?Phil and' unchanged.1 ? ???? CtHcnwATi, December 31.?Cotton?Weak it 8Jtc. Floor?Quiet and finu. Wheat? Strong; red and white DOcoll 00. Corn?Dull ind nomlhaljjat 32a33c. Oats ? Quiet anil iteady at 24a2Be. Rye?Quiet sales at fi'-to eajih and seller January. Barley?Dull and nominal. Pork?Dull: jobbing$?00. Lard? Opened strong and hither and closed at thfetae prices; steam $5 45a6b0. Bulk Meata?Firmer; not quotably higher at $2 50a350a3'G0a3 70., Bacon ?Dull at 2^a3a4a4Ka4J^e. Whisky ?Steady and fair demand at $1 03. Butter' -Finn and unchanged. Linseed Oil?Quiet it fiOalilc. Philadelphia. Philadelphia, December 31.-rFlour steady; lUpcrtlnc $2 25o2 75; extra $300*3 50; Minnesota family $4 00a4 62#, high grades $G 00a r CO. Wheat?Weak and unchanped. Corn ?Dull; steamer 41a43c; new yellow 43c; nixed 43. Oata?Weak; white western 29>$a 11; mixed western 28a29J<c. Rye?Nominal ; steam 5Xe. Butter?Quiet; Sew York State and Bradford county, Pa.,.extras 2la23c; western reserve 10al7c. Egjjs ? Nominally nnclianged. ('heot>e?Nominally unchanged. Petroleum?Weak; refined 8Kc; crude 7*e. Whisky?Nominally unchanged. Chime* Cattle Market. vmvAuu, uvwuow: Ol.?xao XJTOYtn' JOUrnal reports: Hous?Receipts 10,000 head; shipments 1,800. Opened' excited and uneven; choice l.eavy $j 80a3 Oft; liriil $2 05*275, closing' tame and lowers mixed $2 0Oa2 7ft. * " Oattlb?Receipts 3,000 huad; shipments 1,800 head. Fairly active; good shipping at; |0 OOaftOO; medium $3 50a3 75; butcher's dull and weak; cows $1 40a3 40; bulls $180a8 2ft. > Shkkp? Receipts 800 head, fjtcady at $2 50. i3 80. Toledo. Tolxdo, December 31. ? Wheat ? Flriu; ?xtra white Michigan Oft^c; amber Michigan (pot January W^c; February 90c; No. 2 red winter spot 05c; December 95&c; January MXc: February 9CJ$c; western amber 95c; No. 2 Dayton and Michigan ml 93K?. Com -Quiet; now high mixed 32>ic; do No. 2' J2c. Oats?DuU; No. 2 23c; Michigan 23V?c. Hogh?All weight $3 OS; choice heavy $310. Allefttooj (Mile. Bart Libibty, December 31.?Cattlx?Re? :eipu> to-day 443 head all for this market; no through st<K-k. Market fairly active at about last week's prices. I'rospects only fair. ?um??iwwipia totiay z,?vo ncaa; VorUtni|2 73^2 80; Philadelphlas $2 90n3 00. Suekp?Receipts to-day 4,000 head. Belling rery doll and s!ow|at a decline of 15 to 20eenl? ofFfrora last week. Dry UootlH. New York, December 31.?'The dry goods., business was quiet to-day in all departments of trade (.tot ton goods market has improved In the undertone, and prices generally steady. Print* remain quiet. Spring clothing woolen* In light demand. The Jlnllctin ?ay?:Vomniira* tircly'fetf changesIrt dry goodg (Inns will lake place January l?t._ Petroleum Market. PimBOBOH, December 81.?Prrnourou ? Steady; crude $1 at Parker's for immediate shipment; refined dull at 8J4C, Philadelphia delivery. Lo.miom, December 81. ? Petroleum?ltefined 10J4al0&d. Antwerp, December 31. ? I'etkoj.kum? 21 ?f. __ Cinclnniiti IIoic Harkfl. Ciscwhati, December 31. ? Hoas ? Demand active and prices advanced; common $2 25a2 00; light $2 00a2 7.*?; packing $2 76a ? w, uiuciii-nj Receipt* ft,070; shipment* 310. Nl. LoiiIm Hor Xarkft. St. Lnni*. December .U-Hog*-Higher on light supply: light flipping *2 35ii2 5U; narking *2 50a2 75; tiutrken! to extra heavy (2 05#2 80. Receipts ,2,000 heart; shipment* none. '* * New Orleaua. New Orleans, December 31.?Sugar?Strong oiid higlier; Inferior lo good common, 4??a J*c; common to good common, yellow clarillcd, 0J$aQJ$c. others unchanged. QHARLE8 E. D WIGHT, PRACTICAL CHEMIST, la prepared to make caroful and complete analyses of Iron Ores, Limestones, Miners "Watere, etc. LAUOR'ATORY, CoR. 24TB AMD COAPLXXE 8T8 . W WHBKLINO. W. VA. $15,000 for $1. ix rar. KENTUCKY STATE LOTTERY, Which Draws January II. Don't orwlook the opportunity. Sumt one m?ii it IA< huky u lnna , and uh>j itol jtout PCIIEMK: t Prltoof 91.1,000 la ...115.000 t Price of e.OOOla ......... ..... 8,000 1 Friaeof s.ooou 9,000 % Prim Of 2,600 are ..... 0.000 2 Prim of 1,000 are .......... '2,000 10 PrliM of 500 are.... 6,000 M Pilaaa of 100 ai*. 3,1*0 100 Prim of 00 are ; fi.000 rx sir" ?t ^ *r#- 5.000 iSSft&S llm - * ?.? ' 1,000 Prim of 3 ? ? a>jo. 'i7 Api?rmlmtloa Prlica ?meuuUo* ?jw> l,BM Prim awounUug WHOLE TICKET* II. Tl? K.ntuok, Butt Lotlfrj Ku, duiini Ita.llMenc*. paid morn utonojr In lirlua than any T.,utr*,domicile or lonlra, whow ll'lint. Inula In tbli fouiiWf. ho drawing* b?t mi l*tn poatponxl, ni Prim " '" J, without deduction. on pr?. . filiation. W* alio dnlft to call particular atttnuuu ' SrtMj, Prt,r.a ^faSiss'ssiTtai ?ysi?