inis, $3.25®? ,50: pearls 
f lour, sales at 
IDs. Wheat, f2,?5i.ji3;t5 
•i,zm 
iXl M 'J ‘ e -• e • 
62®55e; meat an), 4V®5UC: common, HDGt lie ■ Caluoi: 
‘&6> 40t*: Canada, 50@70c; polled, extra, Kettle; supwil- 
•}0®C0eiNo. Smyrna l%45c; Buenos Aytj- 
16@88C; Cape Good Hope, ife&Ssc; Chilian, ; In 
can, 10®50e, East India, 16®50fl, 
iiji, v.uuvaviwup. --: , 
dlura. 43c: due., 46c. Kentucky—Uuwatted, 26c: W8* !l 
no«. v I «>Y/» . nnllA.l .'UV* TaiiHMAAP — TTTiWH' 
(tit* ^uMi$hcr to tlie ^mmc. 
Patience, Agent-Friends !—We had hoped to be 
able to enter names of new subscribers and send all pre¬ 
miums therefor without delay, bet the unexpectedly 
large number of Club remittances received during the 
part two wee Jo—a third greater than ever before at this 
season—has overwhelmed ns, and we must ask the indul¬ 
gence of agents who do not receive their premiums 
promptly. It i< Impossible to enter names, mail papers, 
and »!*o Compare lists <to ascertain as to new sub¬ 
scribers) and -end premiums at once—so we send papers, 
aDd defer comparing and sending prizes for a few days. 
Are doing the bert we can, and trust friends will excuse 
temporary aDd unavoidable delay —cot forgetting to 
keep on recruiting! 
Ilow to Help the Knrnl. — There arc numerous 
ways in which its friends can aid iu circulating the 
Bubal. First, show the paper, or talk to your friends 
about It, or both. Get up a club, or aid some friend to 
do eo-or Induce your P. M. to act a* agent. Our pre¬ 
miums lire liberal and sure, Bend for the list, which 
(together with ‘•how-bill, prospectus. Ac.,) we send free. 
A little effort will secure a good club in almost any lo¬ 
cality, anil this Is tbe best season to make the effort. 
Reader, will you please see that the matter Is attended 
to iu your neighborhood ? 
About Premium*, Ac. Agent- ai.d others who 
form club* for our premiums will please be careful, in 
sending In their lists, to note which are the new sub¬ 
scribers and which arc the rcrmwalt. Tills Is essential 
that we may keep the account* correctly. Any one. 
using deception will forfeit premium,—but of course no 
honorable man or woman (arid all oui recruiting friends 
are supposed to be such) Wlll^atternpt any dodge or de¬ 
ception In the matter. 
Addition* to Club* lire always In order, whether In 
ones, twos, fives, tens, twenties, or any other number. 
Subscriptions cun commence with the volume or any 
number; but the former lathe best time,and we shall 
send from It for some weeks, unless specially directed 
otherwise. Please note this. 
Keep n JAM !— If each ageDt will keep a list of ail 
the names sent us, with dates and amounts of remit¬ 
tances, it w ill greatly facilitate the correction of any 
errors which may be^tnade at either end of the line. 
No Traveling Agents are employed by ns, and we 
give no certificates of agency. Any person so disposed 
can act as Local Club Agent, on hie or ber own author¬ 
ity, and compete for premiums, etc. 
ftrnal |Xcit’-4Jo flier. 
NEWS DEPARTMENT. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., JANUARY 26, 1867. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
From the Natloual Capital. 
Tbe receipt* of internal revenue for the year 
ending the 20th inst., amount to $176,631,074,71. 
Amount of National Bank currency in circula¬ 
tion, $398,652,680. Securities on deposit for cir¬ 
culating notes of National Banks, $3-10,362,150, 
The Committee on Bunking uud the Cur¬ 
rency, it is reported, favor the bill of Mr. 
Randall, 'which establishes a sinking fund for 
the extinguishment of the National Debt in 
thirty-six yeais, by a modification oi the Banking 
Act. It lias been ascertained that there is hut 
little opposition among the members of the 
House to the bill. 
A bill lias passed both Houses to set aside the 
net proceeds of the internal revenue in the Ter¬ 
ritories for the years 1866, 1667 and 186S, for the 
erection of Penitentiaries. 
It is understood the President has a veto pre¬ 
pared lor the bill providing for universal suffrage 
in the Territories, It is thought the President 
will also veto the bills admitting Nebraska and 
Colorado into tbe Union as States. 
The new hill prescribing the time lor the 
regular meetings Ol' Congress reads, “That in 
addition to the regular times of meeting of Con¬ 
gress, there thall be a meeting ol the Fortieth 
Congress ol the United States, and of each suc¬ 
ceeding Congress thereafter, at 12 o’clock M., 
on the 4th day of March, the day on which the 
term begins for which the Congress is elected, 
except that when the 4th ol March occurs ou 
Sunday, then the meeting shall take place at the 
noon hour on the next succeeding day.” 
The bill fixing the compensation ol post-office 
route agents ax not less than $900 nor more than 
$1,200, has passed the. House. 
The indications favor the idea that the Niagara 
Ship Canal bill will become a law. 
A joint-resolution has passed both Houses oi 
Congress to provide tor the erection of the rnuch- 
talked-of post-olfice in New York city. 
The President, on the 15th test., sent to the 
Senate the name of ,Jobu M. Murphy for Gov¬ 
ernor of Idaho. 
Bonds to the amount ol $040,000 were issued 
last week to the Central Pacific Railroad Com¬ 
pany for twenty miles more of completed road. 
Among the Engineers’ estimates of appropria¬ 
tions for the repair and maintenance ol New 
York State fortifications arc the following: — For 
Fort Porter, near Bluek Rock, $50,000; Fort 
Niagara, near the mouth of Niagara River, $100,- 
000; Fort Ontario, Oswego, $50,000; Fort Mont¬ 
gomery, outlet oi Lake Champlain, $00,000. 
The testimony of General Sickles before the 
Congressional Committee in relation to affairs 
in South Carolina is very strong. He declared 
that many counties of that State require con¬ 
stant military control to secure to the Frcedmen 
any ol their rights. 
The Ways and Means Committee are steady at 
work on the tax bill; it is probable that they will 
not agree upon any material reduction oi inter¬ 
nal taxation. The income tax, it is thought, will 
not be modified at all, and the tax on whisky 
will hardly be reduced below $1 per gallon. 
The Iron and Steel Association is exerting a 
powerful pressure on C'ODgress in favor of pro¬ 
hibitory duties. 
The Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the American 
Colonization Society was held in Washington on 
the 15th inst. The report showed the receipts 
' for thefyear to he $88,158: disbursements, $88,- 
342.. Six hundred and sixty emigrants sailed for 
Liberia last November. Six hundred and forty 
are now ready to sail. 
The U. S. Supreme Court has rendered a de¬ 
cision that the Missouri law forbidding clergy¬ 
men to preach or attorneys to practice without 
having previously taken an oath of loyalty, is 
unconstitutional. 
The conservatory attached to the Executive 
Mansion was badly damaged by fire on the morn¬ 
ing of the 18th inst., at least one-third of the 
valuable plants therein being destroyed. Loss 
on buildings $20,000. The plants destroyed are 
of the rarest character and of foreign origin, 
and cannot be replaced for years, and will cost 
hundreds of thousands of dollars. 
Canadian flatter*. 
Teams are now crossing the 8t. Lawrence 
on tbe ice at Ogdensburg. 
A Montreal dispatch dated Jan. 17, says the 
St. Lawrence River has risen a foot, and there is 
great danger of its flooding the city. 
Patrick McGrath, Thomas Maxwell, James 
Burke, Daniel Quinn and Peter P. Ledwitb, 
Fenians, were tried at Toronto last week, oi an 
attempt to “take Canada,” and found guilty. 
Patrick Norton plead guilty to the Bamc charge. 
The sentence in each case was deferred. 
The plans arranged for the defence of Montreal 
against any attack or inroads from Fenians 
or other enemies, have been approved by Her 
Majesty’s Government at London. The Im¬ 
perial Parliament will be called upon to make 
an appropriation of two millions of pounds ster¬ 
ling lor the completion of the work. It is pro¬ 
posed to begin the erection of the delenees early 
next summer. 
The Toronto Globe learns that tbe Confedera- 
From Mexico. 
A dispatch from San Francisco of Jan. 18, 
says “a letter from Durango dated Dec. 27th, 
states that Juarez arrived in that city on the day 
before, and received a most enthusiastic recep¬ 
tion. He was escorted by over six hundred citi¬ 
zens and entered the city amid roaring of cannon 
and ringing of bells and great rejoicing of the 
people. Next day the President commenced op¬ 
erations against the invaders. 
An army 200 strong was sent in the direction 
of .Jalisco with orders to join the division of 
Gen. Auza and follow the French on the way to 
the city ol Mexico. 
|t Official news was received that a column of 
French troops, 1,000 strong, fell into an ambus¬ 
cade near San Jnan De Los Lagos and were en¬ 
tirely cut off, losing all their arms and material 
of war besides 250 prisoners. Gen. Rikc-rs com¬ 
manded the victorious party. 
Gen. Plueivcvcgft left Durango Dec. 28tb, for 
the city of Mexico, in command of a brigade. 
Previous to the arrival of President Juarez the 
French evacuated the city and went towards 
Zacatecas, fighting all the way to Guadalajara. 
On the staff of Juarez are 18 American officers 
lately arrived from California.” 
Late advices from tbe city of Mexico say that 
Maximilian’s confessor is virtually governing 
tbe Empire, the Emperor himself living quietly 
and secluded in the Capital. An Austrian war 
vessel is awaiting him at Vera Cruz. AU tbe 
abandoned cities are being occupied by the 
Liberal troops. 
The last, of tbe French troops in Mexico were 
expected at the Capital daily, preparatory to a 
NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
Late papers from England contain accounts 
from all parts of the country of great storms, 
floods and shipwrecks, and deaths from cold 
and starvation. 
A bill has been introduced in the Minnesota 
House to strike out the word “white” from the 
Constitution; also a resolution requesting Sen¬ 
ator Norton to resign. 
A Select Committee of the English Parlia¬ 
ment, which has been investigating the subject, 
reports two thousand deaths in the English coal 
mines in the last ten years. 
The Indiana Legislature has before it a bill to 
make “bolting” from either House by any mem¬ 
ber, when a qnestion is before it, a misdemeanor, 
punishable by a fine of $1,000. 
The Republican members of the New Jersey 
Legislature have nominated Frederick T. Fre- 
linghuysen forU. S. Senator, and the- Democratic 
members Ex-Senator Stockton. 
A dispatch from Concord, N. H., the 14th, 
says Ex-President Pierce has been confined to 
his bouse by an illness ol - several weeks, but to¬ 
day is thought to bo much better. 
Accounts received from the east and west 
represent that there has been great snow storms 
the past lew days, blocking up the railroads, 
and causing great suffering by the poor. 
Gen. Ghaut has won a lawsuit in the St. 
Louis courts, whereby he has secured possession 
of a farm sold several years ago, but for which 
he got no pay. On the first trial he failed. 
A tobacconist at Berlin, on recently opening 
tion Delegates in London have agreed upon the general embarkation, and the Liberal forces were a from St, Domingo, was astonished to 
plau of Government, and submitted the matter following closely in their wake. find near ltie Q f j t dried human hand of 
to the British Cabinet. . The very latest advices from Mexico state that a ne g r0l and a little farther down a bowie knife. 
Advices from Ottawa represent that much j;, expected that MaximiliaD will leave tbe 
anxiety prevails there on account of rumors country with the French or soon afterwards. 
plau of Government, and submitted the matter 
to the British Cabinet. 
Advices from Ottawa represent that much 
anxiety prevails there ou account of rumors 
that the. Capital of the Confederation is to be 
removed eastward, it lias resulted in the stop¬ 
ping of building operations. 
The exports from Canada to the United States 
during the year I860, were as follows: — Wheat, 
610,000 bushels; barley, 200,000 bushels; flour, 
150,000barrels; butter, 640,000 pounds: lumber, 
127,000,000 feet._ 
A flair* »t (lie Kontlt and South-west. 
The Legislature of West Virginia has ratified 
the U. S. Constitutional Amendment. 
A telegraph cable to cormeetFlorida with Cuba, 
it is reported, will be laid daring thepresent year. 
A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn., says the 
Legislature w ill pass an act extending suffrage 
to the Freedmen. 
The steamer “Sunny South” with 1,045 bales 
of cotton, was destroyed by fire last week, on 
the Alabama River. 
Excitement has again been revived in Lexing¬ 
ton, Mo., by the arrival there of two companies 
of Gov. Fletcher’s militia. 
Several ballots were had in the Kentucky 
Legislature last week for a United States Sena¬ 
tor without making a choice. 
The steamer “ Mary Swan,” running between 
Louisville and Memphis, is reported sunk near 
Roekport, Indiana,— a total loss. 
The Missouri Legislature has before it a reso¬ 
lution recommending tbe impeachment oi the 
President. Also, a resolution recommending a 
Convention of the States in J uly next. 
The Freedmen’s Bureau agent at Galveston, 
Texas, reports that the Frcedmen are contracting 
for the year’s labor with great rapidity. Georgia 
Freedmen arrive in almost every steamer. 
A Jefferson City (Mo.) dispatch says a bill has 
been introduced into the House to amend the 
State Constitution by striking out the word 
“white.” A similar bill is before the Senate. 
The Grand Jury at New Orleans has refused to 
find bills of indictment against any of the parties 
implicated in the riots last July. The District 
Attorney refused to admiuister the test oath to 
the jurors. 
Tbe steamer “ Platte Valley,” which left Mem¬ 
phis the 17th inst. for Vicksburg, struck the wreck 
of a sunken gunboat in the afternoon, and sank 
to the hurricane rool in three minutes. A large 
number of persons were drowned. 
The Freedmen are leaving the vicinity of 
Columbia, S. O., in such numbers as to excite 
alarm for the future cultivation of the lands. 
They arc chiefly bound for Florida, whither they 
are transported at Government expense at about 
live dollars per head, and a promise of rations 
until the working season. The main reason for 
leaving arc the hopes they indulge of better em¬ 
ployment iu the region of their destination. 
From Soutli America. 
We have received advices from Valparaiso 
of December 18th, which give confirmation to the 
rumor that Chili had refused the mediation of 
England and France in the Spanish question. 
The South American Congress is to meet at 
Lima, and all Republics which have not yet 
given in their adhesion to the League are .to 
be invited. 
The bark Teeumsch, with sixty cannon lor 
Valparaiso fortifications, had arrived. 
Lima advices to the 28th ult., state that an 
attempt was made on the night of the 20th to 
assassinate the President at Callao. The assas¬ 
sin, a Chillian, had been arrested. 
The Herald’s Panama correspondent of a late 
The State Military Association — Which 
held its Annual Meeting in Albany on the 15th 
and 16th inst., we should judge from the pro¬ 
ceedings, did tbe State good service in the 
recommendations which, if carried out, will 
tend materially to verify the maxim, “ In peace 
prepare for war.” A larger number of members 
than usual were present. The Address by Iu- 
fpector-General Batcheller on the evening of the 
16th, was an able production, and listened to 
by a highly appreciative audience — military 
and citizens — among whom where a large num¬ 
ber of ladies. After the conclusion of Gen. B.’s 
Address, the Association, per special Invitation, 
marched to the Executive Mansion, where tbe 
“Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy” 
had provided ample rations, upon which a charge 
was made which resulted to the satisfaction of 
all concerned, and tbe cementing still more 
closely the bonds of friendship. 
bring a crisis, but this would not bp so bad as a long 
period of stagnation and suspense which at last would 
end in a revulsion. What the country needs. Therefore, 
and what Congress should adop:, is a fixed policy. 
The reduction of legal tender notes since Jnne 1st, 
1865, to the close of 1366, aggregates *133,761,881. There 
are 399 National Banks authorized by the United States 
Treasurer to receive deposits of Government funds. 
These banks furnish an aggregate security, in bonds, 
valued at 
CouNTEErEtrs.—There are in circulation recent, coun¬ 
terfeit 5’s on the First National Bank of New Tork and 
on the First National Banks of the following places: 
'Washington,D.C.; Scranton. Penn.: Cairo.111.: Boston, 
Mass. There are also 5‘s on the “ Oil City Bank " in eir. 
cnlation. They;are worthless,the bank having “gone 
np " in company with Culver & Co. of Venango Co.. Pt 
The counterfeits above mentioned are a dangerou- 
imitatlon of tfce genuine bill. 
DrbssedIHoos.—T he hogs in market last week were 
betterjfatted and heavier than heretofore. Prices have 
not materially changed. Shippers yesterday paid 8 cts. 
Buyers for home consumption, as nsual, paid a little 
higher. 
The Cincinnati Gazette of Friday says:—“Hogs ad- 
vanced 15c per cental, under light receipts and an active 
demand, Sales were made at ?6,2onj6,65 gross, and %1%. 
@7.80 net, for light to heavy averages, the latter rate for 
boga weighing 280 Rs. and upward. One of our largest 
packers, who has held off al] the season, commenced 
operations to-day.” 
Wheat attd Flora.—The markets East and West art 
inactive. Prices rather favor the buyer. 
Wool.—N othing doing except tn the Eastern market*, 
and transactions In New York and Boston have not been 
large the past week. Messrs. Bailey, Jenkins & Garrb 
son of Boston, in their last week's CJrcularsay“ There 
is no material change in the wool market, and we no:*: 
continued inactivity. Ftuc fleeces arc in moderate de- 
mand at firm rates. Manufacturers have little encour¬ 
agement to buy white the market allows no outlet for 
their goods at paying prices. Mneh interest is felt as to 
the course Congress will take on tbe proposed Tariff 
and until.thc question is settled we look tor an unsteady 
trade." 
Hoes.—Hops have improved. Emmet Wclie, of New 
Tork,in hts Circular of the I9tb says:-“Our revised 
, , ... , _ „ . quotations thia week show an advance of to 5c. f ft. 
negro, and a little further down a bowic knife, iu pr | cce 0 f choice grades. There te more inquiry for 
The Parisians have discovered a process of very low grades, which are extremely scarce and sell 
.ntn/MinXinn tbo 1 ll,om>cc t \f thp. nwTipr nnon readily at S5@40c. cash. 
The following are the latest quotationsAmerican 
common to fair, 35®45c; do, good to prime, 52X®5'J6c; 
do, choice to fancy, 62>j@?0c. 
photographing tbe likeness of the owner upon 
lineD garments in lieu ofi writing the name. 
Washing, it is said, does not Injure the portraits. 
Thebe was a loss of $100,000 among tbe ship¬ 
ping at Cincinnati on the 17th, caused by the 
flood and ice. Large numbers of coal and other 
barges were broken from their moorings and 
sunk. 
The Hudson River Rowing Association, com¬ 
posed of a large number of clubs, have resolved 
to challenge auy European rowing club to row a 
race of three or five miles either in England or 
France. • 
Rochester Wholesale Prices Current. 
Flour, Feed, Grain, Etc. i Fruits, Vegetables, Etc. 
Flour, w’t wh't.fl6.00f!tl6Ao!Applce, green... f 0,75® ] > 
Do. red wheat, 11,15®lft,00 wo. dried, ^ a. io® u c 
Do. extra 8-tat.e, 9,!i0®lOj60 Peaches_ . . js® :u 
Wo. buckwheat, F ct. 3,5U Cherries. 90c# k 
Millfeed, coarse, 20,00(3)22,00 Haul's. >o® 
Do. fine. 25.00f435.00 Blackberries. 00® (•• 
Meal,cum,owl.. 2,500® 2,75 Potatoes, p bn 5G®62Vc 
Wheat, red. 2,30® 2.H5 Onion-. 50 k 62 V 
Meat white. 8,00® a, IU Turnips ....... .. 00® ill 
Cora, old, F bu. 1,10® 1,10 Carrots., . I0<a *) 
Do. new. l,00w J JO cb.sJ 
Rye. 1 , 00 ® 1,12 H,des and Skins. 
Oats. 50® 55e Green bide* trlm’d s® te 
Data,. so® »c Green hide* trim’d s® 
A public meeting was held in New York on Barley........... i#j| LJ0 ^ 
the 19th InBt. to express sympathy with the Meals ^ ee p pcita, each, 1 . 35 ® 
Executive Mansion, where the Greeks ol Crete, and a committee was appointed old me«..^.00|^oo seeds.'' 
-Chid of the Army and Navy” of influential citizens to collect funds, iood and po’ele^r, F ». .*’ 1 #® nc Timothv w bu ...* 3 j 5 ® 4 ,oo 
y clothing for them. ®: d . h0 ^. c !! 
Charles Dickens has begun public readings 
The Cretan War. —The Tribune’s Syria cor¬ 
respondent says the enthusiasm of the Greeks 
has been fairly roused in favor of the insurgents, Bayg llie ma ji j, ur ty was attacked 40 miles west ^ese^dairy..... m 
and the youth of Greece are hastening in large of bm . la6t njgn, by Indians, who captured Lard', tried...‘.‘.-"'. 1 12® 
numbers to aid the Cretans In their desperate sevc . u mules and one wagon. A stealing party of T»Uow?t^ed !!"! am® 
struggle against the Turks. The captain of an ludianc are reported prowling about this post. E £,°; .; 
English gunboat, moved by sympathy for the rpn *M** the act of the New York ’ Forage. 
clothing for them. 
Charles Dickens has begun public readings 
of “Barbox Brothers” and the “Boy at Mug- 
by ” in the city of Leeds. The London journals 
report that “Mugby Junction” has had a sale 
of two hundred and fifty thousand copies. 
A dispatch from Fort Laramie, the lltli inst., 
says the mail party was attacked 40 mileR west 
of here last night by Indians, who captured 
Hama. 
Shoulders.,. DM ■ ■ I 
Chickens. 13® 15 Wood.'hnrd. f.7JXX3i1& 
Turkeys. 16® 18 Do. soft.»J50®«,50 
Geese, each. 00® 00 Coal, lump, V tun. 8,25®0,00 
Dairv Etc Do. laree egg..,. 8,2500,00 
nairy, tie. Do. small egg.... U,00f«,Q,t/ri 
Batter, choice roll. Vir Wo »tt>v» o.uowo.to 
Do. packed . . .. 25® 2 * Do. chestnut.T,t5®o.0j 
Cheese, dairy. 14® 16 Do.j«»ft. 8,00®0,0j 
Do. factory.If® IS Do. char F bu... 15@ in, 
Lard, tried.. 12® 11 Salt, V bbl 2,8:®3,i) 
Do. rough..U® It Wool, F #■•.... 45® .Vie 
Tallow, tried.9k® lOHopa. 50® ® 
Do. rough... .... bCso Ok While Gull, k bbl... 750®7.75 
Eggs, dozen.55® 28 Codfish, F 100&>s ...T,. r ,0®S.io 
Foraofi Honey, box, * tt... 30®S0e 
forage. Candles.box_ 13® u 
Hav F ton :.. .. $10,00620,00 Do. extra. 1«@ 15 
Straw.$1,00<£.U).00 Barrels. 3b® « 
0® 6c Flax. 
.. 1,50®Q,CO 
Sundries. 
Dairy, Etc. 
Buffering Cretans, had received certain fugitives 
onboard his vessel and conveyed them to a place 
of safety. This act hw been disclaimed by bis 
Government, and the gunboat withdrawn from 
Crete. Meanwhile tbe American Consul, it is 
reported, has applied to our Government lor per¬ 
mission to employ one of the vessels at his com¬ 
mand iu removing non-combatants from Crete, 
Sympathy for the Cretans is spreading on all sides. 
Major-Generals. — Gov. Fenton, last week, 
sent to the Senate of this State the following 
nominations: — Joseph B, Carr of Troy, late 
Major-General of Volunteers, to be Major Gen¬ 
eral of the Third Division National Guards, State 
ol New York. Theodore B. Gates of Kingston, 
late Brevet Brigadier-General ot Voluutcere, to 
be Major-General of the Filth Division. Henry 
A. Bamum of Syrac use, lat e Brevet Major-Gene¬ 
ral of Volunteers, to be Major-General t<l the 
Sixth Division. Craig W. Wadsworth of Gene- 
eseo, late Colonel of Volunteers, to be Major- 
General of the Seventh Division. 
The Sunday Liquor Law.— This law, we un¬ 
derstand, is again fully intoreed by the New York 
Police, to the great increase of sobriety and or¬ 
der and the decrease ol arrests for drunkenness 
and disorderly conduct arising from it. These 
results arc chronicled by the press with great 
satisfaction, and the inforcement .of the law is 
urged in the interest of order and tbe general 
welfare of the community. 
Earthquake in Oregon. — A Jacksonville 
(Oregon) telegram says that a terrific earthquake 
was l'elt at Fort Klawath ou the 8th inst. The 
sky was darkened with ashes and the air filled 
with sulphurous vapors, which came fr«m the 
direction of Klawath Marsh. Klawath Lake had 
fallen abont sue feet, and Crooked Creek was 
completely dried up. The account purports to 
have been written by order ol the Commander 
ol* Fort Klawath. 
A Great Army in Russia.— The recruiting 
which is to take place in Russia from the 27th ol 
The bill repealing the act of the New York 
Legislature last session which prohibited the 
granting of “free passes’ on railroads, passed 
the Senate on the 16th inst. As the bill had 
previously passed the Assembly, it has “gone to 
the Governor” ior his signature. 
Commercial, ffilavftets, (fttc. 
Rural New-Yorker Office, ) 
Rochester, Jan. 22, 1867. i 
Mt'NEY if a little easier in *.618 locality (ban a week 
since, but tbe market cannot be considered easy. There 
is some- improvement In New York and other eastern 
cities, but the biuh rates of Interest paid by outside bor¬ 
rowers give a pretty decided indication of the true state 
of affairs. Lenders, on call, are firm in their demands of 
7 per cent,, with beet collaterals. Average commercial 
paper goes at Sm®i 0 per cent. 
Tlit' fetrlDgcncy of the market at the Weet continues. 
The Banks, as a general thing, arc able to accommodate 
only a portion of their customers. The. Cincinnati Ga- 
zetie of Friday cays:-" Business men are striving very 
tiard to bridge over these rough times, Ln the hope that 
a chance lor the better Ss cot far distant. Kates for 
money are pretty generally what lenders choose to ask. 
In tbe street, good paper ranges from 15 to 24 per cent." 
This indicates about the condition of things in tile lead- 
ing commercial cities West and Southwest. Collections 
are slow ana uncertain, and merchants report that they 
ure receiving hut about 50 per cent, of what they antici¬ 
pated. 
The general railore of the wheut harvest last year in 
Ohio, Indiana, and some other States, leaves farmers 
without the means to cancel their indebtedness from 
sales of surplus wheat.— and the price of pork being 
about half it was last year, money from that source U 
much less than anticipated. Ohio and Indiana, with a 
good crop of wheat, might have exported to the value 
of f 50 , 000 . 000 ; now in some localities ln those (states 
farmers are buying wheat from the Northwest to make 
bread for their families. 
Gold steadily advanced during the week, and touched 
3 fraction above 137. Ou Saturday sales ranged from 
136 y. to 136'*. The price yesterday was 136^. Only $156,- 
000 in specie was sent to Europe by Saturday’s New 
York steamers. Stocks are lower : nearly all denomi¬ 
nations, except Governments, tend downward. 
The number of mercantile failures reported in the 
Northern States during the yearlkflG was 632, with aggre¬ 
gate liabilities of f 17 ,330,000. The losses the past year 
arc much larger than reported in any year since 1861. 
That vear the number of failures reported was 5,935, 
with liabilities in the aggregate of *188,633,000. The 
number of failures the last year is less than half the 
average between 1857 and 1668. The last year has not 
Eggs, dozen.35® 
Forage. 
The Provision Markets. 
15. Wheat.*S,00®8JOO. Rye, $1,06®1,J5. Barley, 60®rlx. 
Corn, (mi", tiffi.iiOe. Purk, old mess. 
20,00: new do. f20,K&21.4&; prime, $16,'5®1",00. Larii, 
12®l3kCt- Rutter, ir,fi.nsrf>. Cheese,iB&SOc. Dream'll 
hogs, 8V®8Jtc Western and irfSsUJirW for city. IItun»,l<& 
I2e. Shoulders. 8)i<!i93'£C, Hope, 35®6CC- 
Albnnv, Jan. 18.—Flour, Miles at (9,TS® 16.50; rye Hour 
tr ,; buckwheat floor. *2Atf<S3 ; corn uienl, 2,4tl®2,K ?' UC 
66 for Western: state, $8j60®E,6?i£. Hams, 16c. Butte 1 
$5®S8c. Lard, 14® 15c. Cheese, 16®21c. 
Hulls, lo, Jan. 19.—Flour,sale*at$U.75®15,00; Wheat 
18.15®2.95 ; Corn, SSe®: Barley, fl,00611.03; Rye, |1(.U - 
UV. Hops. 55c: l’eart 5l.u r >; Bums, IU0&2.15. Pr 
visions—Fork. $2050®«l; Lard, 12KC: Butter, 25®Ki ct- 
Cheese, UColtic. Dressed hOga,1\&Sc. 
Chicago. Jau. 19.—Flour. *10611,12; Wheat, 
11; Corn,79 m®E1cU; Oats, «l®UWc; Rye,KissMic; Barley 
65®70c, Fork, tnc&s, <f 18,00® 1E.15; Lard, lljie. Dressci 
nogs. $6,60®7,25. 
Toronto. Jan. 16 .— Flour ranees from $fl,O5®8^0. 
Wheat, spring, fall, U.TSfcUhO: Gate, tflfc.sue 
Barley, 06<«.56i ;reas. tB®10c; Fork, iik*-. *1H,50; prim- 
615; flams, HI&lJc; Bat on, 10®10)4C; Shoulders.Te; 
ijwc&UWc; Butter, Cheese. UK&12HC S Egg-. 
17®2Uc; flay, *10®12,00 . Straw, $6@8,50; Wool, 30c; Dre¬ 
ed hogs, $4.75®5Ji5. 
The Cattle Markets. 
New York, Jan. 14. —The current prices for tie 
week at all the markets are as follows:—Beef Cattle. *l» 
QfiS- Cows and Calves, f40®100; Veal Calves. 9®l; 
swino—Corn-fed, 7®75tc;-. 
light medium, 6K®6’4V' 
Brighton nml t'ntnbridgr, Jan. 16.—Beeves, sal 
atn®ucis. (More Cattle.—Working Oxen, *ico@250 p<- 
nair; handy steers. ?ii0®150. Milch eow%,f50®75; heii 
Albany, Jan. 18—Beeves, prices ranging from V) 
10kc. Sheep, common to good, 5k,@0kc; extra, G®G.k: 
Hoge.OK&lc ; dressed hogs, 7®&kc. 
CbicoBO. Jau. 16.—Beeves range at from 
Veal Calves. 8t>@14!5; Sheep,|250®5,00; Hog8,$5,35®6A 
Toronto, Jam 16.—Prize cattle, fi2.50@15; 1st claw, 
$9@10. Sneep, prize, *30; extra, *lWal2 each. Lam;-. 
*i®5 each. Dressed hogs, *4,'26&5,25. 
The Wool Markets. 
New York, Jan. 19— Market firm, with sales 2S0.W) 
IDs at 32®62c for domestic fleece; 43c for pick locks; 2CS 
®32c for Texas. 
Boatou, Jan. 16 —The following are the Advertlsi' 
quotation-:—Ohio and Ptnnflyivanla — Choice, to®, 1 ' 1 
tine. U04S62C; medium, S 3 ® 880 ; COBTse, 4fi®50c. MIclilgM’- 
New York and Vermont —Extra, 55®WC; fine. 52<j'4* 
date, Bays it was rumored that the U. S. Minis- January to the 27th oi February, at 
. . _ . „ _• a.._ 1 AAA i-.Y, rt »vi4>ow. 
f been a year of large profits. Merchants have every- 
the rate Ol . __ . ,,, ..I Ihn rtpoline in nrtcefi. 
ter to Columbia, Mr. Burton, has had a serious 
difficulty with President Mosquera, and had de¬ 
manded his passports. Mosquera told him he 
did uot require a passport, and he could go or 
stay as he pleased; whereupon Mr. Burton broke 
off all communication with the Columbia offi¬ 
cials, and has referred the matter to the. United 
States Government. 
At last accounts the war in Paraguay was still 
going on. Tbe Brazilian army was waiting for 
reinforcements to renew the attack, and the Mar¬ 
quis de Chxias had assumed command. The 
Paraguayan army is reported to be full of con¬ 
fidence and ready for action. 
four conscripts per 1,000 inhabitants, and five 
per 1,000 in certain districts, will produce 850,000 
men. The Russian army at present numbers 
800,000 men under arms ; add to which the 850,- 
000 produced by the new levy, and the round 
number is 1,650,000 men. 
Election of United States Senators.— The 
following persons were elected United States 
Senators last week by the Legislatures of their 
respective States: —New York, Roscoe Conk- 
ling; Pennsylvania, Simon Cameron; Missouri, 
CharlesD Drake; Illinois, Lyman Trumbull; 
Nevada, James W. Nte. 
where suffered from the decline in prices. 
Business prospects for the future have an uncertain, 
not to sav eloomy, look. Some prophesy, however, that 
the present condition of affairs Is but the harbinger of 
better times. We trust this may be the case, but the 
indications do not very clearly point in that direction. 
Very much depends upon the action of Congress. There 
never was a time when sound financial legislation was 
more necessary than at present. VVe need a policy com- 
prehensive and general in its principles, and then let it 
be permanent. The commercial writer of the Cincin¬ 
nati Gazette says; 
Asl: a business man his opinion about toe future, and 
U wA be found he has no opinion pending the action of 
rnneress So much depends on legislation that business 
innai bp nr,set periodically to await the action of Con- 
“5®* “L ^ ascertain whit direction the Secretary of 
fhe^Treasnry will give to his discretionary power. No 
hJStnlsB prosper under this state of uncertainty. 
The continued^sharp contraction of the currency would 
Cincinnati, dan. 16.—The Gazette gives the folic*! 
VIULIIIUUtM V t'ni.czn I,!,. . • ,1 
ed/25t\ imbou—Coarse, 35<&37c; mediuou.S8c; fiue. A 
In this city, on the 7th inst., by the Kev.EJ.HFRM^' 
Mr. JOHN F. CONNERS of Chicago, and Miss MINM* 
E. O'NEIL of this city. 
§ i ert, __ 
At ForestvUle, N. Y.. Nov. 15th, 1366, of typhoid fever, 
Mr. J. F. BRAND, aged 34 years. 
