President that he would so remain, and thus become 
a party to the controversy. A subsequent examina¬ 
tion of the law convinced him of the course he must 
pursue, and 48 hours before the Senate acted he 
waited upon Mr. Johnson of his own volition and 
announced his determination. 
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs has 
agreed upon a bill for the protection of American 
citizens abroad. It declares that all naturalized citi¬ 
zens of the. United States, while in foreign States, 
shall be entitled to and receive from this Govern¬ 
ment the same protection of person and property 
that is accorded to native horn citizens in like situa¬ 
tions and circumstances. 
The House Committee on Appropriations will re¬ 
duce the estimates originally made for the naval 
service some $200,000. This will be an immense re¬ 
trenchment, and will cut down the work largely in 
every navy yard in the country. The army estimates 
will not be retrenched so much, owing to the vast 
expense of keeping troops in the Southern States. 
The Secretary of State is advised of the execution 
of a treaty between the United States and the Re¬ 
public of Colombia for the construction of a ship 
canal across the Isthmus of Darien. 
The Senate Committe on Territories is preparing 
a bill for the admission of Colorado as a State. 
A petition bas been sent to Congress by the Louis¬ 
iana Convention asking for the removal of General 
Hancock and for power to appoint all civil officers of 
the State. 
The appropriation for the purchase of Alaska is 
still held in abeyance in the Committee cm Foreign 
Relations at the instance of Secretary Seward, and 
there seems to be no disposition on the part of the 
Government or Committee to take action on it. 
'Die cable dispatches on the subject cost ten thou¬ 
sand dollars, and Russia thinks the United States 
should pay the bill. 
The. first public meeting of the Congressional 
Temperance Society this season was held on tha 
night of the 25t.h ult. in the Hall of the House of 
Representatives. There was a crowded auditory, 
both on the floor and in the galleries. Senator Wil¬ 
son presided. He said the society was organized 
one year ago, and believed it had exercised a good 
influence all over the laud. 
The Government is understood to concur fully in 
the position taken by General Banks in his report 
and bill on naturalization, protection of citizens, 
&c., and will make no opposition to its passage. 
There is more unanim ity in regard to it between the 
different parties in Congress, and between that body 
and the Administration than on any measure intro¬ 
duced before during the session. 
Secretary Stanton has not yet issued any of the 
orders which require the usual formality—by order 
of the President—but continues to transact all the 
other business of the Department. 
The Committee on the Frcedmen’s Bureau will re¬ 
port in favor of extending the operations of the 
Bureau one year from July next. 
'The President has decided on the Hon. W. D. 
Bishop, of Connecticut, as successor of Mr. Thcaker, 
ex-Commissiouer of Patents, and will send that gen¬ 
tleman’s name to the Senate in the course of the 
week. 
The Post Office Department, owing to the multi¬ 
plication of agricultural and other journals, is a 
growing institution. The expenditures for the en¬ 
suring year arc put down at $20,500,000! 
command of the Austrian army, has been ordered to 
make ready to take the field.' 
A dispatch from Madrid says that news has been 
received there from the provinces of Aragon and 
Catalonia that a speedy rising was anticipated in 
favor of the eldest son of Don Juan. The widow of 
Don Carlos had sent forty million reals to aid the 
insurrection. 
The Spanish Minister of War has ordered 500,000 
American breech-loading rifles, of what pattern is 
Dot publicly stated. 
Ten of the public newspapers of Paris have been 
fined a thousand francs each for printing illegal re¬ 
ports of the proceedings of the Corps Legtelatif. 
Dispatches have been received giving accounts of 
quite serioue anti-ministerial riots in Prague. 
The latest Abyssianiun news is, that King Theodore 
is in camp in a position Fitimtcd between Wadila and 
Delanta, near the palace of Magdala, where it is pre¬ 
sumed all the captives are at present held. Native 
rebel chiefs have drawn their forces in his front, and 
by this hostile attitude aid the operations of the 
English. The powerful Wagshum, or Gobazyd or 
Guhozyse, of Tigre, is also near. He is friendly to 
the foreigners, and has sent a message to this effect 
to Major-General Napier, the British Commander- 
in-Chief. 
Rural matters in the Southwest 
Itochestet' Wholesale Prices Current, 
Flotir, Peed, Grain, Kte. Fruits, Veiteti 
Flour, w'twneat .fo&.sosiO.ao a 
P o. ml wheat... IM.rwvp. IflfJO 
Po. extra State.. O.OOojlO/Hi J§. 
Po. buckwheat, F ewt. .5,00 Peaches, 
Millfced, coarse... -- 
Po. fine. 
Meal. corn. ewt..., 
Wheat, reel, F bn,. 
Po. best white... 
Corn, old, F bn.... 
Rve. 
Oats. 
Barley. 
Beans. 
Meats, 
Pork, old mess 
Do. new mesa.,,. ’AfiOUlasioO 
Do. clear, F no® noe 
Dressed liogs, ewt. - 
Beef. 
Spring lambs. 
Mutton, F 1k. 
Hams. 
Shoulders,.. 
Chickens. 
Turkeys.. 
Geese, each. 
Dairy, Etc. 
Butter, choice roll 
Do. packed.. 
Cheese, dairy,. 
Do. factory. 
Lard, tried.. 
Do. rough. 
Tallow, tried. 
Do. rough. 
Eggs, F dozen. 35® aSj^yhlteflslj/K b'bl 
Forage, 
Hay F ton, 
Do. new. 
Btraw .... 
iiblisbcr’s ptsh 
Weather in Arkansas—Cotton Picking—Tenants Wanted 
—Good Chances for Young Men—A Fine Country for 
Stock—Schools, Churches and Preachr-rs —Northern 
Men Safe and Welcome—A nealthy Region. &c., &c. 
Arkansas Post, Ark., Dec. 29, 1807. 
Fbtend Moore:—A s j’ou were kind enough to 
publish my November letter to you, (which, by 
the by, I did not intend,) I have eenclnded to give 
you some further items from this country. 
To-day we have the first cold weather; snow 
three inches deep, We have had one hundred days 
to pick cotton, during which aiiy active boy 15 years 
old could have picked 10 bales; first-class cotton pick¬ 
ers could have saved 15 to 20 bales, while the aver¬ 
age picked on this river has been about 2 to 3 bales. 
Upon this yon can make your own calculation. 
Large quantities of our best river bottom land will 
lie idle, next year,— as wc have lost all the money 
and credit we had experimenting with the Freed- 
mcn Plantations,—and, with everything necessary 
to make a crop, can be rented for $3 per acre, that 
will produce $0 bushels of com or IX bales cotton 
per acre. This is cheaper than buying land. I think 
there is a good chance for young men to settle with 
us and get a start in the world. Any quantity of wild 
land can he purchased for 50 cents to $1 per acre. 
This county (Arkansas,) is composed mostly of 
prairie, upon which cattle, sheep, horses and all 
other kinds of stock, can be raised without any 
trouble. The western portion of this State, from 
Bayou Bartholomew to Red River, is high, rolling 
and healthy, and will produce well, and lauds are 
very cheap. 
Next comes Eastern Texas, which has a very heal¬ 
thy climate. Land not very rich, hut the best wine 
country in the world. The land is oak and pine 
land; rather too sandy—still it is a pleasant coun¬ 
try to live in, and immigrants will find schools and 
churches as plenty in proportion to population as 
in Now England, and more preachers in proportion 
than any other country in the United States. 
I am astonished to find that the Northern people 
still labor under the belief that they will not be wel¬ 
come among us, and that there is personal danger in 
coming here. ’Tis true wc don’t want politicians ; 
hut will gladly welcome all who come to cast their 
lot with us;—and if your people knew the advant¬ 
ages of our country, and the great chances to invest 
money, there would soou he a great emigration to 
the South and Southwest. 
My family are now eating beef, killed off the grass 
during Christmas week, that will compare favorably 
with your best stall-fed beef. As for health, I have 
lived here on the river bottom twenty-live years, and 
raised a family whose health record will compare 
with any in the North. Upon our prairie, all will 
have as good health as any in the Western States. 
Respectfully yours, Arkansas. 
[Though the above letter has been deferred two or 
three weeks, it will be read with interest.—E d.] 
Eplefi. green, bn.$ 0.75® 1,00 
Do. v- bb!. 2,50® 8,85 
Do. dried, F 0 .. 
,,_ f ._- ; i, t i)iiitj ^ SO 
25,00®2S,Oo|ctierrjes.SO® 35 
3C>,00®35,M Plum* . 25® 30 
2 , 50 ® 2,7 . Blackberries. 7 ® 8 
2,60® 2.0' Potatoes, F bn,... 75® 88 
2,H0@ ,3 ,00 Onions. 1,50® 2,00 
1,20® 13 Turnips. 00® 50 
1,30® t.fi# Cranberries,F bbl. 15,00®00,00 
1 , 55 ® \% mdr8 nn ‘ l GHtlna. 
S,00® 3i# Green bides trim'll 8 ® 9c 
Do. untrimmed.. 7® 8 
Green calfskins.... 12 ® 12 
t licep each - 1 - 35 ® 2 »°° 
^’ 00 ® rib“ 
, 9 , 00 ® 10,25 Timothy F bn.$ 2,50® 3,00 
7,00®U,(JO Clover, medium... 0.50® 7,00 
0,00® 0 , 0(1 Do. largo. 7,00® 9,00 
1® 6 u Peas. 1,40® 1,50 
14® 15 Flax,. 1,00® 2,00 
mm Sundries, 
if*® is Wood, bard.$ 7 , 00 ® 7,50 
OO® 00 Do - ff °D’. 5,50® 6,50 
Coal, lump, F ton 8 , 21 ® 0,00 
Do. large egg,... 8,50® 0,00 
SO® 32 Do. small egg.... 8,50® 0.00 
30® 35 Do. stove. S.S5® 0,00 
13® 11 Do, chestnut. 8,is® 0,00 
15® 17 Po, soft. 7,00® 0.00 
13® 14 Do. eharcoal. bu 15® 16c 
12® H Salt, F bbl. 2,70® 2,80 
0® 9 b Wool, F . 30® 40c 
G® 6 k , Hops. 45® 60 
35® 36; Whltcfish, )4 bbl.. 6 , 00 ® 6,50 
Codfish, F ewt_ 6,SO® 7,00 
! Honey, box, F 0.. 22® 25c 
$15,00®25.00! Candles, box... 12 k® 13« 
OO,O0®OO.OO Do. extra. it® 15 
10,1*)® 14.00, Barrels, each. 35® 40 
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may be In some matters, we cannot guess correctly, and 
therefore wait for directions or—a scolding. Those who pre¬ 
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about these days, and sonic jiremiunts may not be forwarded 
on the day ordered—especially If the articles mentioned are 
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Photograph Albums,— Cantors, Clothes Wringers, Churns, 
Washing Machines,-Gold and Sliver Watches,—Alclodeons 
and Organs,—Sewing, Knitting. Mowing and Reaping Ma¬ 
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Southern Editorial Correspondence 
THE PROVISION MARKETS. 
„ TOBK, Jan 25.-Ashes pots, * 8 . 2508 , 50 ; pearls, 
nominal; Cotton, middlings. l8®38Vc; Flour. *8.50®16; Rye 
F'’U@2.U0; Rye. $1.78; Barley, 
IjSjSMJB Corn ’ Oats, 85@8So; Pork, mess, 
$20.3ng.vl.i5; (irimp, $L.25®18,pO; prime mess, $ IS. 75® 10.00; 
Beef, new plain mess, $l#jD®2t,6q; Beef hams. $29 50031.50; 
Shoulders,tedi,c; Hams, 12 ® 1 : 0 . 4 e; Bacon, lOM0t3e-. Lard, 
t 2 t»®l 8 kc: Butter, S8®4!lc; Chee 9 e, 11® 15c; Eggs, 40®42c; 
XiOpRr 'N^wCi 
nvl AN rU 1.250 1 5 DO; Rye flour. $8.75; 
Buctwheat flour, $4.25® 1.25; Corn meal. $2.7502.85 F lOOlbs; 
Wheat, $2.e5@3.255 Rye, $1.65; Corn, Sl.30OJ.3I; Barley, 
$1.82: Oat-, S2@X5c; Pork, new mess, $2i.00; clear, $26,U0; 
boneless, *2i, 00 ; Hams, 18c; Shoulders, 12c; Smoked beef, 
22c ; Lard, 11X®15^o. 
BUFFALO, jAW. 25.— Flour, $10J25@n.U5; Wheat. $ 2 . 00 ® 
t .13; (v0ni.81.i kjDl.13; Oats.Tlc; Rye. none; Bariev, $l,d5®1.75; 
; Pork, mess, $21.00®2^2.50: Lard, 
~‘®'~ c uie Cheese, 15@17c: Eggs, 82@85c; 
Salt, fine, $2.5o: coarse, F bbl., $2.60. 
CHICAGO, Jan. 25-Flour, $8.50010.50: Wheat, $2.07@2.07K • 
Corn, 8l@84o; Oats, 54k'®58; Rye. $ 1 .53® 1.51: Barley, $ 5 L?d 
@2.18; Pork, mess, $20,00020.50; Lard, 123 ic.; Bnuor, 20 @ 34 c; 
Dheeso. 1**1 d»cs Seeds, timothy, $ 3 . 8002.404 clover, $7®7.- 
K00HESTER AND NEW YOKE: 
SATURDAY, THEGB’Y 1, 1868. 
New York State Items. 
A long and interesting debate took place in the 
Convention last week, upon the report of the Com¬ 
mittee on Education, of which Geo. Win. Curtis is 
Chairman. Mr. Curtis reported in favor of a Bureau 
of Education and abolishing the time-honored Board 
of Regents, and supported the proposition in a very 
able speech. Ex-Gov. Alvord and Judge Parker de¬ 
fended the Regency. The Convention finally voted 
to strike the abolishing clause from the report. 
The Senate in executive session has confirmed 
Guilian C. Vcrplank and Patrick McElroy as Com¬ 
missioners of Immigration, and Geo. B. Lincoln as 
Sanitary Commissioner. 
A bill for the removal of Genesee College to Syra¬ 
cuse, is now r in the hands of the Assembly Commit¬ 
tee on Colleges and Common Schools, it will meet 
with some opposition, but it is thought will pass. 
The Auburn Paper Company’6 Mill, situated near 
Auburn was destroyed by lire on the 28d ult. The 
loss is stated at $80,000, 
Hon. Wm. Murray, Jr., has been appointed to the 
place made vacant in the Supreme Court by the re¬ 
signation of Judge Mason, who accepts the appoint¬ 
ment of Judge of the Court of Appeals. 
The annual meeting of the New York State 
Temperance Society concluded its sessions at Utica 
on the 83d ult. The meeting was one of exceed¬ 
ing interest and profit to the cause. The attend¬ 
ance was largo and comprised some of the most 
active and hard-working temperance men in the 
State. The political status of the temperance ad¬ 
vocates was a vexed questiou, and received much 
discussion. The questions of finance and the co¬ 
operation of the Secret Temperance organizations 
•were also mooted. Strong resolutions, embracing 
all these subjects, were, warmly and thoroughly dis¬ 
cussed and separately adopted. 
The State Military Association met at Albany on 
the 22d ult. Gen. Lloyd Aspinwall, the President, 
delivered the anuual address. The expenditures of 
the Association for the year were $503.10. A com¬ 
munication was received from Adjutant-Gen. Mar¬ 
vin, stating he would recommend ari amendment to 
the military code by reducing the maximum force 
of the National Guard, now fixed at 50,000 men, to 
25,000 or 30,000, and also ask for an appropriation to 
make an enrollment of the reserve militia, so that a 
yearly tax may he collected und a fund reserved in- 
dejiendent of the necessity of taxing the people for 
the support of the. military. 
A lying-in asylum and fouudling hospital was ex¬ 
posed in Now York last week. 
The New York Sun has beeu bought by an associ¬ 
ation of which Charles A. Dana is manager, and will 
he removed to the old Tammany Hall building. It 
will remain a two-cent paper, and will support Grant 
for the Presidency. 
A list of failures in New York for the four weeks 
ending Jan. 25lh, exhibits aggregate liabilities of 
over eight million dollars, of which the assets will 
cover about one-fourth. 
The anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns was 
celebrated on the 36th ult., in New York city, with 
much eclat, at a banquet given by the Burns Club 
at the Pacific Hotel. Over a hundred persons sat 
down to dinner. 
The aggregate production of salt at the Onondaga 
Springs for 1867, was 7,595,565 bushels. Revenue, 
$76,058.06. Expenditures, $50,968.33. Surplus to 
THE CATTLE MARKETS. 
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—Beeves —Market in moderate sirp- 
P\y; sales ten orally duller; receipts 5,900 head; quotations 10 
©SOe. Yeal calves firm; receipts 479 Im-ad; quotations 6@ 
l..e. Sliee£ and Lambs -Receipts 29,366 bead; quotations 
blieep 4,'r.® i ),:c; Lambs 5®6v,'o. Swine—Demand moderate • 
receipts 16,630 head; quotations, 7W@?k'c. 
CAMBRIDGE AND BRIGHTON, Jan. 33.—Beeves range 
from bfiiilMc. Worklne Oxen, $1000275 F pair; Steers, $fi)0 
@l.i0. Milch Cows, $.550100; Heifers and farrow. $35055; 
yearlings, $186428 ; Iwo-jcar-oWe, $3S@50; three-ycar-oida, — 
imvaStSSPi «®7 'tic; by the head, 
Swliie, 7®(3tc. Holes, 8®10c. F 0. Sheep and Lamb 
Skins, 7bc®$l each. Call Skins, I0®l8c. F 0. 
ALBANY. Jan. 23.— Beef Cattle sell at 3011 wc; Milch 
HOtwllO; Sheen and Lambs, isx®?)sc; Dressed Hogs, 9 
@9;*C ; live du. , Vatic. 
ruSmSMeP' JAN; 25-Beer Cattle are. active; sales range at 
a® Suafaul&W ; sheep range at « a ’ 00 ® 4 * 75 5 
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 22.— Cattle dull, sales at 4®10c: 
The Haytien Rebellion.— The Caeo rebels con¬ 
tinue to attack the National troops on the northern 
frontiers. The Haytien corvette Sylvan has captur¬ 
ed the Dominican war steamer Uapotillo, with Gen, 
Inanances, forty men, and armament, at Santiago de 
Cuba. 
political history of the country. Bold, fearless and 
independent, be has a soldier’s notion of prompt and 
unquestioning obedience to orders, let the conse¬ 
quences fall upon whom or where they may, yet 
tempered with that redeeming kindness which chal¬ 
lenges your respect, though you iny be the victim 
of Ills relentless power. I have now seen six of 
the Generals who have lind command of these Mili¬ 
tary districts, (aruler circumstances which have given 
me great opportunities of forming a correct opinion 
in regard to them and their administrations; hut — 
speaking of plows — 
I met the other evening, iu a friend’s room, a gen¬ 
tleman who lives at Dahlonega, the California of 
Georgia. On being introduced to him, he said he 
had seen that name in the Rukal, and wanted to 
know if he was any relation of miue, I “ allowed ” 
I was somewhat acquainted with a gentleman of 
thnt name —indeed he was frvery intimate friend of 
mine, — but the acquaintance, or friendship, had 
never been productive of profit, nor much honor. 
He is a lawyer by profession, but one of those choice 
good fellows who arc never satisfied if they are not 
doing something to make the society around them 
the better for their having lived,—the little lump of 
leaven which is sure to set everything in motion for 
improvement. I was exceedingly interested in his 
account of what he had done and was doing, up there, 
and he promised he would write a good long letter 
to the Rural on the subject, so I will not anticipate 
him — only adding, I hope he will do so, for I know 
the readers of the paper could have nothing more 
interesting than his experience. 
Well, the sun comes out bright and warm, and 
fires are only tolerable in the morning and eveuiug. 
Planters are commencing their spring work, and 
will plant more com, and less cotton, than over. 
They are rapidly learning to diversify their agricul¬ 
ture. and make cotton an incident rather than a prin¬ 
cipal in their system, and will thus get a prosperous 
condition of their country as soon as reconstructed, 
which will be in a short time, ns they vote upon 
their Constitution early next month, aud the pros¬ 
pect is favorable for its adoption, it is alleged, by 
those who ought to know. That done, and Georgia 
will be a very inviting field for capital and enter¬ 
prise.— t. c. P. 
SPECIAL NOTICES 
THE PORK MARKETS. 
are firm; few offer- 
@8:1 for h|av}q r<:SBCa Hog8 aredull; <*lea at fl.OB 
TOLEDO, Jan. 21.—Dressed Hogs steady at 7Vf@8)ic. 
MILW AGREE, Jan. 21.—Dressed hogs dull at 7g@8J^c. 
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 21.—pressed hogs; nothing doing, and 
prices are nominal, 0 g® 64 fe. 
NEW YORK, Jan. 25,—Dressed bogs are dull at8^@8Kcfor 
Western, and »k®a.ke for city. * ” 
AldUNY, Jan. 25.-Dressed Hogs are selling at J0L'@10Xc. 
for Slate, and 9X@Hc. for Western. 
t< T 9. ROn : TO 'Y. 1 ay - The foHowlng are the rates paid: 
Light aud nuxUaui, 6®6‘A c.j choice to extra, 53f@G‘*c. 
WHEATON'S OINTMENT will cure the Itch. 
WHEATON’S OINTMENT will cure Salt Rhenm. 
WHEATON’S OINTMENT cures Old Sores. 
WHEATON’S OINTMENT cures all Diseases of the Skin. 
Price 50 cents;—by mail 00 cents. All Druggists sell it, 
Weeks & Potter, Boston, Proprietors. 022 
Prom tlic Soutli. 
In the Mississippi Convention the report of the 
Committee on general provisions has been adopted. 
It declares that the General Assembly of the State 
shall never assume or have any power to assume or 
pay any debt or obligation contracted or incurred iu 
aid of the Rebellion, or to make any compensation 
for emancipated slaves, or to claim from the United 
States any compensation for slaves emancipated or 
liberated in any manner. 
The Virginia Convention has referred a resolution 
in regard to a law compelling children to attend 
school, and one prohibiting special privileges to any 
company engaged iu bringing immigrants to Vir¬ 
ginia. Dr. Sears, agent of the Peabody Fund, ad¬ 
dressed the Convention recently on the subject of 
Education. Ten thousand copies of the address 
were ordered to be printed, 
A resolution has been offered and referred in the 
Arkansas Convention declaring public carriers to be 
public servants, and recommending the next Legis¬ 
lature to make it a penal offence to deny accommo¬ 
dations or refuse to transport citizens, irrespective 
of color, over the public highway. 
The Georgia Convention has spent considerable 
time in discussing the section defining treason. 
An order Inis appeared from Gen. Huger, the army 
officer detailed as Governor of Georgia, rescinding 
Gov. Jenkin’s order suspending the collection of 
taxes in this State. The army officer detailed as 
Comptroller-General orders the tax collectors to im¬ 
mediately collect and forward to the State Treasurer 
all the unpaid taxes of last year. 
In the Arkansas Convention a resolution was 
adopted levying a tax to defray its expenses. The 
members of the Convention have voted themselves 
eight dollars per day and thirty cents mileage each 
way. 
An ordinance has been proposed in the North Car¬ 
olina Convention to the effect that the Convention 
has the right to declare null and void all laws ex¬ 
cept those relating to marriage and previous Con¬ 
ventions and Legislatures, until the meeting of the 
next General Assembly. 
The bonded warehouses of S. A. Matteson & Co., 
New Orleans, were destroyed by fire on the 25th ult. 
Loss about $300,000. 
A communication from Col. Willard, of Gen. Can¬ 
ity’s stall', and in charge of the Bureau of Civil Af¬ 
fairs at Charleston, is published, to the effect that 
crime in the States of South Carolina and North 
Carolina is no greater than the courts are able to at¬ 
tend to, that life and property are as secure as in the 
Northern Slates, and that there is no truth in the 
report that a war of races is possible. 
ommmiitl, itturhets, §cc 
RURAL NEW-YORKER OFFICE, ) 
Rochester, January 28. 1868. ) 
Money is still accumulating In New York, and it is pre¬ 
sumed Hie present large supply will continue until the mid¬ 
dle of February or first of March. The funds sent West last 
fall to move the crops have been for some time coin) ng back, 
and flic money going South causes but a sliaht drain com¬ 
paratively. The present ease of the market is having an 
effect ou stocks, and many descriptions have for some days 
been advancing. Money is also nbundant in Boston and 
Philadelphia. At the West a rather close market is reported. 
Financial questions continue to occupy much of the atten¬ 
tion or Congress, hut nothing is settled thus far. except that 
there shall be at present no further contraction of the Cur¬ 
rency. The Banking and Currency Committee In the House 
have agreed to report a bill perudtUhg State Legislatures to 
tax shareholders in National Banks resident within their re¬ 
spective States, either at the place where the bauk is located, 
or at their place of residence. This, of course, does not alter 
the taxation of the shares of non-resident stockholders at the 
place where the hank is located. The Committee also agreed 
to report a bill which will put in the form of a statute what 
was only put Iu the form of a resolution last winter, that no 
disbursing officer shall deposit the public money lit any Na¬ 
tional Bank in any city where there Is a Sub-Treasurer or 
other public depositary. 
The New England Manufacturers' Convention, which was 
held last week at Worcester, Mass,, was largely attended. 
Delegates were present to represent the following interest®: 
Shoe aud Leather, Iron, Paper, Soap, Straw, Glass, Drugs 
and Dye Stull's, Furniture, Hardware, Woolens and Cottons, 
&c. The proceedings of the National Manufacturers’ Con¬ 
vention,held at Cleveland in December, were tally endorsed. 
A memorial to Congress was adopted, asking a reduction of 
the taxation on Urn industries of the country. The resolu¬ 
tions passed, among other things, assert that ” The taxation 
ou necessary productions in thJs country, imposed when the 
life of the natlnu was endangered, and most cheerfQlIy paid 
to preserve it, becomes unendurable when It is paid to sap 
the foundations of tiro industry which sustains the material 
life of the nation, 
THE WOOL MARKETS. 
Market is quiet. Sales m, 000 lbs. 
at 41053c, lor Domestic Fleece, 8S®40c.for Pulled, I8@20c. 
for Texas, 20@23o. for California, and Cape and Mt.atlza p. t. 
BOSTON, .Jan. 28—The following are the quotations taken 
from the Boston Journal :-Saxony and Merino tine, 55067c.; 
Full Blood, . 4 ) 0550 .; v. and % Blood. 42®tSe.; Common ,880 
■UC. ; 1 ulled, extra, 45@53 l\; Superlllie, 85045c.; No. 1,25@ IOc.; 
Wufclern Mixed,37<jip42c.; Capc,o?( 3 / 4 #c.; Buenos Ayres,2T»(g&8c« 
CHICAGO, Jan'. 23.—The following are the quotations:— 
Fleece, 33® 12 c.: Median), 33®40c.; Coarse, 35037c.- Heavy 
Unwashed, 22®2Tc.; Tub-washed, 40@4nc. 3 
CINCINNATI. Jan. 23.—The following are the Gazette’s 
quotations: — Pulled, 2i@73o.; Tub Washed, 35®88c,; Un¬ 
washed, 22®23c.: Fleece, 33@42c. 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS 
Advertising Rates.— After the first of January, 1868 , 
the Rates of Advertising in the Rural New-Yokkse will be 
as follows, for each insertion: 
Advertisements, inside, 75 cents per line, Agate space. 
11 Outside, @ 1 « “ •• 
For Extra Display and Cuts, a price and a half. 
Special Notices, Nonpareil leaded, 81;50 per line. 
E#' No advertisement inserted for less than $3. 
A'wtou—O ur measure will be considerably wider and cir¬ 
culation much greater (at least twenty thousand) than when 
the former rates were established. I Dec. 28 
ADJUSTABLE HOE. See At 
— ? J rnent in this paper, March itith, is«7. 
OR <100 BUSH. POP CORN FOR NALE- 
1 wo years old. Address GEO. M* CURTIS 
Box 272 Rochester, N. Y. 
FINE, STRONG ONE-YEAR 
100; $i per UlOtl; $30 per5,000. 
>. H. BROWN, New Brunswick, N. J, 
SPAR A GITS 
PLANTS.—$1 I 
Fifty-one delegates were appointed to 
proceed to Washington to represent the views of the Con¬ 
vention. 
The Sorgo crop the last year was a partial failure, and the 
yield of sirup for 1867 it is estimated did not exceed sixteen 
millions of gallons. It is hoped the misfortunes of last year 
Will not discourage farmers at the West and Southwest from 
planting the usual amount of cane the coming season, for we 
are confident it can be made an important crop. 
Wool.— The market continues inactive and sales moderate. 
Holders feel confident that prices have touched bottom, and 
that when manufacturers desire to stock up prices will im¬ 
prove. The movemehtto take off the tax on manufactures it 
is thought will have u favorable el lee I. on the price of staple. 
Grain. —The grain market b without material change—a 
slight advance on red wheat bring the only one to note. 'The 
sleighing remains excellent, bin it does not add to the volume 
of grain Offering, which some regard as a sign that the quau- 
tity In first hand* ts not. large. Barley, which advanced regu¬ 
larly for several weeks in succession, has conic to a stand¬ 
still,Indicating that about the Highest point has been reached. 
Corn and Outs show no Improvement, but are steady at quo¬ 
tations. 
IIay is in good supply, and presents no new features. The 
good sleighing and a rather free slaughter of cattle and sheep 
tend to keep the market well stocked. Quotations remain 
nnehanged. 
Dbussed noos.—The street show is quite meager, and 
rates tend upward lu consequence, though the advance Is 
not very marked. The samples now offering are of the 
lighter kinds, and In quantity barely snillcent to meet the 
dally demand. We advance our quotations a trifle over 
those of last week. 
Beer and Mutton.- The. supply or Beef aud Mutton Is 
fully equal to that of several preceding weeks, especially of 
the latter—indicating that the low ruling of wool and an ap¬ 
prehended short stock of fodder are impelling farmers to a 
free use of the knife among their flocks. It Is owing to this 
that Pork 1 h restrained from mounting to figures which would 
severely test the pockets of men of small means. 
Gbass Seed.—T he market shows little movement as yet, 
but all kinds are firm at quotations, with an upward look— 
especially with respect to clover seed, 
An Excellent Woiuc. — Charles N. Emerson, 
Esq., Assessor Tenth Massachusetts District, and 
author of “ The Internal Revenue Guide,” lias pre¬ 
pared a “Hand-book of the Internal Revenue for 
Popular Use,” which is published, by Samuel 
Bowles & Co., Springfield, Mass. It gives a suc¬ 
cinct yet comprehensive outline of the system of 
Internal Revenue, together with many official rul¬ 
ings aud decisions of com plicated provisions of the 
statute. All tax-payers will find it very useful for 
reference, and acting upon the information it con¬ 
tains, will be enabled to intelligently meet their 
legal obligations—if they have the greenbacks. 
£>•)!W \ TO 1*300 PER MONTH SI RE TO 
Oj«« yl' Agents. Permanent employment. Active men 
wanted immediately everywhere, No money required in nd- 
yanct. circulars free. Address GRANT BROTHERS & CO.. 
482 North Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. ’ 
pHILDREN.-ALL PARENTS SHOULD UN- 
YV demand i imt children's shoes, willi metal tips, will wear 
at least three times as long as those without. The new Silver 
J in is decidedly ornamental, and is being extensively used on 
children s nrst-cluss shoes. Sold everywhere. 911-lt 
Trouble in St. Domingo.— Late advices from St. 
Domingo state that the situation of the Dominican 
Republic is deplorable, and the insurgents are mov¬ 
ing onward. The inhabitants seemed hopeful of a 
transfer of some of the Dominican territory to the 
United States. The country is bare of provisions and 
starvation stares them iu the face, War vessels have 
been dispatched to neighboring foreign ports for 
provisions. They are provided with funds consist¬ 
ing of three hundred thousand dollars in paper and 
one hundred thousand dollars in silver. The war 
schooner Altagrftzia has left Mayaqu.es, P. R., with 
300 barrels of provisions for St. Domingo. Repeated 
earthquake shocks have been felt on the Island. 
Latest Foreign Intelligence. 
Charles Kean, the tragedian, died in London 
on the 23d ult. at the age of fifty-seven. 
J ANTED, EVERYWHERE GOOD AGENTS 
I lor oni new \ml, '-IloMF. BOOK OF’ WONDERS•” 
I.iv.r a new FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH BIBLE, (xmtain- 
iivco,rt - AUmi "’ &c - 
l-tt. BKA1NARD A SAMPSON, Hartford, Conn. 
r HAT ALL TAX-PA YEKS need j q Order 
to understand wlrnt taxes they must pay, is 
Emerson’s Hand-Book of internal Revenue, 
t published 1 >V SAMUEL BOWLES & CO., Springfield, 
;s. 96 pages, duodecimo, In paper cover, 25 ceuts. Sent 
From Washington. 
The statement, said to he supported by the 
authority of the Cabinet Ministers that Gen. Grant 
admitted at the Cabinet meeting the 14th ult. that 
he had agreed to hold on until removed, has been 
pronounced false, it is claimed that Gen. Grant did 
say on that occasion that Mr. Stanton would, of 
course, he obliged to resort to the Courts to assert 
his claim, hut he never made any promise to the 
Fiendishness. —At a tavern near Brampton, C. IV,, 
a few nights since, a man recovering from an attack 
of delirium tremens was lying on the floor, when 
some your g men entered, laid shavings around his 
body, and burned him to death. 
ATTENTION ALL WANTING FARMS.— 
Um-aplmmsand irult Jots for m.W, at Urn Junction of 
tbe West Jersey aud Gapu May Railroads, 18 miles south of 
I hihidclphhi. Soil, flue loam, superior l'or all crops; country 
rolling enough tor beauty ami utility; climate mild and pro¬ 
verbially healthy; water soft and pure. No fuver and aiue. 
Circulars giving full information sent free. Address b 
°4T3t WM. ARJfOTT, Glassboro', N. J. 
