as at present. There are some descriptions not obtainable, 
andjobbers are impatiently waiting a supply from mannfac- 
turn'?. The demand sprung up so suddenly that the mills 
arenow some weeks behind their orders. 
Ihe market for foreign goods is dull, and prices do not 
advance. Thus far this season importers have done an un- 
sjtisfactory business. 
Wheat ash Flour.— The Eastern market is fairly snp- 
filed with wheat and ilonr. The receipts from California 
ire considerable. 
Western millers are grinding very little this winter, wheat 
being relatively higher than flour. The following was the 
amount of flour, wheat, corn and oats in store at Chicago, 
Feb. i". 1868, and oil the corresponding day last year: 
Feb. 17,1368. Feb. 17.1867. 
Flonr. bbls. 92,926 102.495 
Wheat, bu. 1,044.332 708.187 
Corn, bu. 2,60S.7K2 708,610 
Oats, bu., . 1,040,090 759,106 
There arc not far from 1,000,000 bushels in store at Milwau¬ 
kee, and the receipts at all the lake ports continue large. 
The Avalanche, published, at Silver City, Idaho, 
says there are two kinds of wood in that county—hr 
and mahogany; the former rates, in town, at from 
twelve to thirteen dollars per cord, the latter at 
fifteen. Hay sells at $100 per ton, aiid barley at 
from seven to eight cents per pound. 
A lire in St. Louis on Sunday destroyed $15,000 
worth of property. 
A nail mill recently erected at Bellaire, Ohio, and 
in operation but a few weeks, was totally destroyed 
by hre on Sunday night, supposed to have been the 
work of an incendiary, The loss is estimated at 
$70,000, which is partially insured. 
Garfield's Tin and .Japan-ware Factory, at Chicago, 
was destroyed by fire on the 21st inst. Loss $00,000; 
insured $45,000. 
Four persons and $40,000 counterfeit fractional 
currency, together with dies, &c., were captured at 
Chicago last week. 
From the South. 
Gen. Hancock contemplates issuing an order 
providing that the election for State officers and 
Congressmen in Louisiana shall not be held at the 
same time with the vote- on the ratification of the 
Constitution. The Republican members of the Con¬ 
stitutional Convention have arranged that the two 
elections shall be held at the same time, with the 
idea that the personal and political interests involved 
in the two contests would bring out a full vote. 
Official returns from forty-two counties in Ala¬ 
bama have been received at the district headquarters, 
but under an order from Gen. Meade, publication is 
not permitted. The whole vote of the State on the 
question of ratification, it is estimated from partial 
returns, will be about 72,000. The white vote is less 
than 3,000. Half the registration is $4,000 votes. 
At a negro political meeting held in Tallahassee 
on the night of the 20th inst., violent speeches were 
reported to have been made by expelled members of 
the Florida Convention, denouncing any constitu¬ 
tion other than that formed by the minority. 
NEWS PARAGRAPHS 
The Titusville Herald states that two of the Ben- 
ninghoff robbers were recently arrested in Memphis, 
Tenn., by an officer of Westfield, Chautauque Co., 
New York. 
One of the roost terrible storms ever known in 
Newfoundland, has been experienced within the 
last few days. It is reported that thirty people 
have perished from cold and in the snow. 
At a sale in Hines Co., Georgia, last week, a 
splendid village residence, with ten acres of im¬ 
proved land, brought $60; a plantation of seven 
hundred acres was sold for $184, and thirty acres of 
fine cotton land for $3. 
It has recently been declared the law of Michigan 
that a person who asks for divorce must be i bona 
Jlde resident of the State, and not a person who has 
come into the State with the sole object of getting 
one after residing a year. 
We see it stated that a Philadelphia Life Insur¬ 
ance Company, whose capital was advertised to be 
$200,000, failed lately, and the sole assets were two 
desks, one table, two pen-racks, a mucilage bottle, a 
bottle of red ink, a mat, and two signs. 
The London Times wants the English railroads 
to adopt the American plan of giving the engineer 
and fireman a small house on the engine. As it 
now is, these important functionaries have nothing 
whatever to shelter them from the storm. 
A new fraud in National Bank notes is reported. 
Ten dollar bills, without regard to their place of 
issue, are collected, and a small piece cut from each. 
The clippings are put together aud a new bill made, 
which is well calculated to pass for a genuine one, 
unless closely scanned. 
The Luzerne (Pa.) County Court has sentenced 
Judson Westcott, a notorious desperado, on three 
indictments, to fourteen years and three months’ 
imprisonment, with an order that at the expiration 
of that term he be returned to the county again for 
sentence under eight other indictments. 
It appears from statistics kept in France that 
during the last thirty years more than ten thousand 
people were struck by lightning, of whom two 
thousand two hundred and thirty-two were killed 
outright. Eight hundred and eighty were killed 
during the last ten years, and of these only two 
hundred and forty-three were females. 
Miss Anna Dickinson had some very severe ex¬ 
perience on her Minnesota tour, just completed, 
including a sleigh ride on the river, from Winona to 
La Crosse, on the 19th ult., without a halt during 
the whole thirty miles, and with only a single buffalo 
robe for shelter. The weather was very severe, and 
both Miss Dickinson and her driver came near per¬ 
ishing with cold. 
Some workmen in La Crosse, Wis., while boring 
an artesian well, which had been 6unk to the depth 
of two hundred and eighty feet, were suddeuly 
startled by a deafening explosion, which was fol¬ 
lowed by a stream of boiling water gushing with 
mighty force through the tube. The workmen 
were badly scalded and the horses terribly fright¬ 
ened. The mystery is yet unexplained. 
Some Southern and Western papers are canvassing the 
prod acts of the wheat, crop. It is too early yet to pro¬ 
nounce on these prospects, even in the milder sections. 
The price of tuition in the Pa. Agricultural College has 
been reduced from $100 to $30 per annum, making t he 
whole cost lor a year $200. 
A writer In the Geauga (O.) Democrat in favor of sub¬ 
stituting spring for fall wheat. Plant corn and till well. 
When the crop is off, plow and in the spring manure and 
sow to wheat. It pays better than the winter variety. 
The Southern Farmer thinks the cultivation of the 
peanut in the South among the most profitable crops 
grown there. The ground is prepared much in the same- 
way as for growing cotton. The yield is about seventy- 
live bushels to tbe'acre. 
The ‘-California Live Stock Assurance Company'’ was 
recently organized in San Francisco. Capital stock, 
$200,000, with 2000 shares of $100 each. Object —to in¬ 
sure animals against death from any cause, to the extent 
ol three-fourths their actual cash value. 
Here are some frost tracks in the WestRock Island, 
111., Feb. 10th, 2b deg. below zero; Freeport, 28 deg. be¬ 
low ; Cherry Valley, 30 deg. below; Quincy, 8 deg. below-; 
Beloit, Wis., 37 deg. below; Mad son. 34 deg. below; 
Sparta, 31 deg, below; Keokuk, Iowa, 10 deg. below; 
Dubuque, 22deg. below; Dos Moines, 21 deg. below ; Mus¬ 
catine, 33 <leg. below; Winona. Minn., 42 deg, below; 
Bastings, 30 deg. below; St. Paul, do deg. below. 
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Rochester Wholesale Prices Current, 
Flour, Feed, Krnln, Etc, Fruits, Vegetable*, Etc. 
Flour, w’t wheat. ?15,5O@16,00 i Apples, gTeen, bu.| 0,75® 1,09 
Do. red Wheat... 13,50@14,0m Do. # bbl. 2,50® 3,25 
Do. extra State, -:>,00&i(J.OO Do. dried, V tt.. 7@7%c 
Do. buckw't, F cwt o,50@ 1,00 Peaches. 25® 30 
Millfeed, coarse... 25,00(8j28,i)0j Cherries,. 30® 35 
Do. line. 30.0tkfc35.fi0, Plums. . .. . 25® 30 
Meal, corn,cwt.... 2,'AS 3.13 Blackberries. 7® 8 
Wheat, red, V bu.. 3,65® 2,10 Potatoes, « bu.... FB® 94 
Do. best white... 2,80® 3,00; Onions. EA0® 3,09 
Corn, Old, V bu.... 1,15® 1,20 Turnips. 0o@ 50 
Rve. 1,65® 3,70 Or auberries.fi bbl. 15,00®00,00 
S' 1 !;*:-----. , f M Hides and Skins. 
BeansV.IiV.il!’.”.!! 3,53®4i6o Green hides trlmM SM®9>*c 
’ ' Do. nnlrrour.ed.. 7>;® 8X 
-“Heats. Green calfskins.,,, 12® 12 
Pork,oldmess....|00,00@D0.0n , sbeeppelts,each., 75® 2,00 
Do. new mess..,, 28,00® 28.re Seeds, 
Dresstdhogs!CWtl 10,00®11°M)!Timothy ? bu.I 3,IS® 3,50 
Heel' 7,00*124# Clover.medium... 7,00® 7,50 
Spring iambs!ill!. 9,00® 0,00i Do. large. ?-9S® ?-99 
Mutton, V a. 5® Sc geus. 1,50 
Stmulders. }0@ 21 Sundries. 
S«lbat5?. p? Wood, hard.*7,90© 7,50 
Oees| y |ftOb“'. 00® 00 Do. SOtt.. 5,70® 6,50 
Geese, each... w® w Coal, lump. * ton. 3,25® 0,00 
Dairy, Etc. Do. large egg.... 8,50® 0,00 
Butter, choice roll 38® 40 Do. small egg.... 8,50® 0,00 
Do. packed. 38® 40 Do.stove... ... 5,0?® 0.00 
Cheese, dairy. id® .1 Do. chestnut -■£$; 2*29 
T)n. fftCtorVi - 17 DO. 501t.. 4,00@ 0,00 
Laid, tried.i 1 !!:::: J5«3!SX c do. charcoal, bu X5® 16c 
Do. rough. 12® U'Solt, a bW. 2 V.?f 
Tnilow, tried. t<® 9f^; Wool. V tt.. ^ 
Latest Foreign Intelligence, 
The latest dates from Crete represent the pros¬ 
pects of the Turks there as more gloomy than ever. 
They have been defeated in several engagements of 
late, with severe loss. The Mussel men population 
are becoming more and more discontented, and the 
troops have shown such mutinous disposition that 
they were obliged on one occasion to be led back to 
headquarters. Saw as Pasha lias failed of getting even 
into the outer verge of his Pashalic or Sphakia, hav¬ 
ing twice been driven back with his troops in disor¬ 
derly Bight.. The Sultan's Grand Vizier’s mission to 
Crete is a failure, and the Island is now in a more 
successful state of revolution than ever. Arms and 
provisions continue to be sent into Crete from all 
quarters, for the relief of the Cretan warriors. The 
women and children continue to liee from the Island 
to Greece. On the 24th uf January a Russian cor¬ 
vette landed 1,400 women and children from Crete 
at the Piraeus. The total number of Cretan non- 
combatants in Greece at the present time is esti¬ 
mated at 03,000. The. Provisional Government has 
again appealed to the Christian powers to send ships 
for the conveyance of Cretan families to Greece, and 
has also protested against the cruelties lately perpe¬ 
trated by the Sultan’s mercenaries. 
Sir David Brewster, the eminent English physician 
and distinguished scientific author, died in London 
on the 17th inst. 
Late dispatches from Spain state that the leaders 
of the Cariist party have effected a revolution 
against the authority of Queen Isabella in the 
North, and their adherents have taken up arms in 
considerable numbers iu Navarre. The police are 
on the alert and have seized^documentary evidence 
of the fact. The officers have already fouud and car¬ 
ried away from Navarre three thousand copies of 
revolutionary placards or manifestoes addressed to 
the people of Spain. Each copy is headed with a 
wood cut., or portrait, as it is termed, of the eldest 
son of Don Juan, who is entitled and named Charles 
the Seventh of Spain. 
Hon. Anson Burlingame, the Chinese Ambassador, 
leaves China for San Francisco on February 2oth. 
His suite consists of thirty persons, and includes 
j. Me Leary Brown, late Secretary of the British Le¬ 
gation to China, first Secretary, aud E. Duchamps, 
who accompanied Mr. Burlingame to the Empire last 
year, second Secretary. Two Chinese officials of the 
highest rank proceed with Mr. Burlingame as novi¬ 
ciates, hut by Imperial decree Mr. Burlingame has 
been placed at the head of the mission, lie has let¬ 
ters of credence to each of the treaty powers, signed 
for the first time by the Emperor himself. The 
mission is to be permanent as soon as the Chinese 
officials fit themselves for foreign diplomatic duties. 
This mission is regarded by the residents of China as 
the greatest step iu advance yet taken by tbe Empire. 
Dispatches and letters from Lisbon represent that 
the political agitation in Portugal continues. The 
new Govermneut is very unpopular. Revolts are 
reported in various parts of the country. 
The London Globe has a report that alarming 
revolts have broken out among the prisoners in 
India. 
The Independence Beige of Saturday has an article 
on the prospects of peace in Europe. It expresses 
a general feeling of apprehension which prevails, in 
saying that vast military preparations which are now 
going on in all parts of Europe are of a character 
and on a scale which lead to the conviction that 
they are designed to meet other purposes than those 
of national defence. 
A street fight between the police and several Fe¬ 
nians occurred in Cork on the 10th. A bayonet 
charge was made by the police, who drove their as¬ 
sailants from the grounds, killing one and wounding 
several. 
NEW YORK, Feb. 24. -Ashes, pots, $8.25@8,37X ; pearls, 
nominal; Cotton, middlings,22i*®23e: Flour. $8.50@14; Rye 
Flour, *7,50tf?,9.50 : Wheat, $2.5fi@2.55; Rye. 41.87; Barley, 
$1.92®3.10; Corn, $1.24® 1.30; Oats, 8.8KiaKiVo; Pork, mess, 
A 2H.50(3*23.63 : prime, $18,50(531 .50; prime mew, f 20.00&30.75 ; 
Heel', now plain mess. $13.00(3,21.50; Beef 0010 !“, ?29.00@>29.50; 
Shoulders, 9't®l0c , Hams, 13®11;(C; Bacon, 10*®14 k; Lard, 
14*v.'®15)»Ci Butter, 43®35C; Cheese, U@U>XC; fifcgK, 37®3Sc; 
Hops, 30® 50c, 
ALBANY. Feb, 23. —Flonr. f&.00©15.50; Kyo flonr, #8,75; 
Buckwheat floor, $4.t2®i4.25; Corn meal, «.75®J.S5 W 100lbs; 
Wheat, f2.75*3.20; Uy.\ $1.04; Corn. $LS0®1.S0; Barley, 
12.00; Oats, 8S®S6C; Pork, new moss. *25.00; clear, $27.00; 
bom-less, *28,00: Hams, 17c; Shoulders, ;i-Ic; Smoked beef, 
21c; Lard, K@16c. 
BUFFALO. Feb. 21.—Flour, fl0.25@13.50: Wheat, $2.18® 
S.lO; Com. 11,04® 1.05; Gate,72®i4e; Rye, >1,05; Barley, #1.95; 
Peas. $1,30; Beans, #4.50; Pork, mess, $23.50(7,24.50; Lard, 
15(5.15clx ; Butter, 35®Wc: Cheese, 15@l7Cs Kyzs. 3*»35c; 
Salt, fine, 12.55: coarse, bbl.. $2.60; Clover quoted at*7>75; 
Timothy at $3,60®2,75. 
CHICAGO. F*n.88—Flour,$8.25@10.25: Wheat, *1.B4X@2.06; 
Corn, 77(4/77 XC; Oats, (*@55)4 ; Rye,flAg®I,54 ; Barley, $1.00 
@2.20; Pork. mea».<fiS.0C@i3.25; Lard. 1P«?,15c; Butter, 20® 
S3c: Cheese, 12® 18c; Seeds, timothy, $2.20@2.35; Clover, $7- 
35@7.30; Dux, $2.20. 
CINCINNATI, not. 22.-Flour. fll.25@12.T5; Wheat, $2,40 
@2,45; Corn. 79®tfflc ear; Oats, 64®65c; Rye. $l.7fi® 1,741; Bar¬ 
ley. $2.30(812,35; Mess pork, >24.25(5.25; Lari. '.XSsilSC: Bacon, 
lu,Vj@i4c ; Clover seed, 13K@18Xc. ¥ »; Timothy, $2,30&4,65. 
TORONTO, Feb. 20.—Flour. $7.00®7.1Q: Wheat, fall, $1.78® 
1.7S • Spring, #1.60® 1.63: Oars, f>«@.f>3c; Barley, #l«:2Si; Peas. 
l.TVal.W; pork,mess, #17,50® 18; Bacon, OlvCn- YC.i Hanw,7X 
Beef hams, 13c; Lard, 9@9WC; Eggs. UXSWdc; Butter, 
15@20c; Hops. 20@43C: Cheese, 8@ilc; Dried apples, c@9)iC; 
Hay, $13®1S; Straw, 8H®12, 
E00HESTER AID NEW YORK: 
8.A.TTJ RDAY, FEB’Y 29, 186& 
CHICAGO, Fun.22—Flour,fS.25@10.25: Wheat, $1 
orn, 77@T7>4Cj Oats, X-@B6kj; Ilye,llAg@I.54; B: 
2.30; Pork, ttiess,faJ.OC®23.28; Lard. 1tk@15c; I 
From Washington. 
The conflict between the President and Con¬ 
gress has reached a very threatening point On 
Friday, the 21st inst., Secretary Stanton received an 
order from the Executive summarily removing him 
from office as Secretary of War, and commanding 
him to transfer all records, books, papers, Ac., to 
Brevet Major-General Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant- 
General of the Amy, who was authorized to act as 
Secretary of War ad interim. This order Mr. Stan¬ 
ton immediately laid before the House, and a com¬ 
munication containing information of Mr. Stanton’s 
removal was transmitted to the Senate by the Presi¬ 
dent. That body went into Executive session, and 
appointed a committee, consisting of Senators Cam¬ 
eron, Chandler, Catteli and Thayer, whbh proceed¬ 
ed to the War office and informed .Secretary Stanton 
that, pending any action, it was the desire of the 
Senate that Mr. Stanton should retain the office and 
disregard any orders from the President to the con¬ 
trary'. Secretary Stanton replied that he would not 
recognize the President’s order unless concurred in 
by the Senate. 
On Saturday morning Gen, Thomas was arrested 
on a warrant issued by Judge Carter, Chief Justice 
of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. 
The affidavit of Mr. Stanton, on which the warrant 
was issued, sets forth that he, Edwin M. Stanton, on 
the 21st of February, 1868, held the office of Secre¬ 
tary of War by appointment constitutionally made, 
that he had never been legally dismissed, and that 
he now legally holds the office. That on the said 
21st of February, the President issued an order with 
the intent, and purpose of removing him from the 
said office and authorizing Gen. Thomas to act as 
Secretary of War ad interim and immediately enter 
upon the duties of the oiliee; that this pretended 
order is wholly illegal and void, aud contrary to the 
provisions of the Tenure-of-officc act; that the said 
General Thomas had accepted the appointment, and 
served upon him the pretended order of the Presi¬ 
dent ; that the said General Thomas decided to re¬ 
move your affiant from the Department by force and 
take control thereof; that the said Thomas, by ac¬ 
cepting this appointment and attempting to exercise 
the duties of Secretary of War, has violated the fifth 
section of the law referred to, and is guilty of a high 
misdemeanor: whereupon the affiant prayts for the 
arrest of Gen. Thomas, and that he he brought be¬ 
fore the court to be dealt with as the law directs, 
Gen. Thomas was released on the joint bond of 
himself, E. A. Eleson, and Geo. R. Hall, in the sum 
of $5,000 each, on condition that he appear on the 
24th. Jle then proceeded to the War Department 
and informed Mr. Stanton that he had come to dis¬ 
charge the duties of Secretary of War. Mr. Stauton 
replied that he could do no such thing, and ordered 
him to his room to perform his duties as Adjutint- 
General. Gen. Thomas answered that he had been 
ordered by the President to act as Secretary of War, 
and he intended to do it. After a long consultation 
with Robt. J. Walker, Gen, Thomas went homo. It 
is reported that Walker’s advice to hint was to re¬ 
main passive, to carry out all the orders of the Presi¬ 
dent, bnt to await the action of the courts and not 
to forcibly eject Stanton from office. 
On the afternoon of Saturday the House Recon¬ 
struction Committee, through Mr. Stevens, pre¬ 
sented the following report: 
“ Upon the evidence collected by the Committee, 
which is hereafter presented, in virtue of the powers 
with which they have been invested by tbe House, 
they are of the optni >n that Andrew Johnson, Pres- 
dent of the United States, should be impeached 
of high crimes and misdemeanors. They therefore 
recommend to the House the adoption of the ac¬ 
companying resolution. ’ ’ 
This report was signed by Messrs. Stevens, Bout- 
well, Bingham, Beaman, Hulburd, Farnsworth and 
Paine. The resolution accompanying was as follows: 
Resolved, That Andrew Johnson, President of 
the United States, be impeached of high crimes and 
misdemeanors. 
A long discussion of the report and the question 
at hsue then took place. The resolution was op¬ 
posed by Messrs. Brooks, Phelps and Beck, and 
supported by Messrs. Spalding, Bingham, Farns¬ 
worth, and others. The latter claimed that the fact 
of removing a man from office while the Senate is 
in session, without the consent of the Senate, is of 
THE CATTLE MARKETS. 
NEW YORK. Feb. 17.—Beeves —Receipts 4,926 head ; quo¬ 
tations 13(520c. Veal calves; receipts 582 Dead; quotations 11 
®13M<t. Sheep and Lambs — Receipts 23,301 head; quotations 
Sheep 4X®8*•;<“.: Lambs 5@8>.,c. Swine—Receipts H,388 head; 
quotations, S%@oxc. 
ALBANY. Feb, 20.—Beef Cattle sell at 9V@12c; Milch 
Cows, $50®too; Sheep and Lambs, 4Jv'@8>.:c; Hops, 7.¥@S}*c. 
CAMBRIDGE AND BRIGHTON. Feb. 19— Beeves range 
from S@l44sc.; Working Oxen, $160(5.265 ^ pair; Steers and 
Slim Oxen, $l(K»®ir,0( Milch cows, $55@100; Heifers and far¬ 
row, $41 @55; Sheep and Lambs. Northern, 4®6ct8; extra, 7@ 
8c; bvthe head, *2@6,00; Hides, 9® 10c. f< n>.; Tallow, S@9e; 
Call skins, 16@18c. F lb.: Pelts, 65c@$l,50; Swjne.nosaleB. 
CHICAGO, Feb. 21-Beef Cattle,8X®8\4o. Veal Calves, 4* 
@6.i'c. Sheep, $3,00@5, Hops, $7,20®8,G2>f. 
CINCINNATI, Feb. 21-Beef CatUe, $4,00@7,50; Sheep, 4J*® 
7C; Uol'S, 7@8)tC. 
TORONTO, Feb. 20— Beef ranges at $0,50@7,10; Sheep and 
Lambs, $2,00@5; Calves, $4®5 each. 
New York State. 
Syracuse held its charter election on the 18th 
iust. Charles Andrews, Republican candidate for 
Mayor, was elected over Gen. John A. Green, Jr., 
Democratic. 
A desperate affray recently occurred in Bainbridge, 
Chenango Co., between two men named E. J. Kidder 
and Robert Corbin, who quarreled concerning the 
possession of a house and lot. Kidder was killed. 
The trial of Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., was brought 
to a conclusion on Tuesday, the 18th inst. Judge 
Fullerton made an argument for the defense, and 
Mr. S. P. Nash made the closing argument for the 
precentors. This ends the case for the present. 
The next step will be the report of the Court’s de¬ 
cision to the Bishop, who will then be called upon 
to act upon it. 
Travel on the Rome and Watertown Railroad has 
been greatly impeded within a few weeks by snow. 
A sleeping car of the night express train eastward, 
on the N. Y. Central Railroad, was overturned near 
Clyde, one night last week, and precipitated down 
an embankment of twenty feet. The conductor, 
brakemau, and one or two passengers were severely 
injured. 
The Union Elevator at Buffalo, owned by Messrs. 
Bennett and Sherwood, was burned on the night of 
the 21st inst. It was fired by incendiaries. Loss 
$30,000. 
The Gerritt Smith Library at Oswego has received 
an additional gift of $4,000 from its founder. 
A provision has been adopted in the Convention 
postponing the erection of the new Capitol Jive 
years. It is believed thi6 will be reconsidered. 
Tbe Forbes block, in Syracuse, was burned on the 
20th inst. Some occupants in the upper stories had 
to be removed by means of ladders. Loss heavy. 
Markets 
RURAL NEW-YORKER OFFICE. ) 
Rochester, February 25, 1868. ) 
No change in financial affairs In tills locality. Money is 
still reported easy in New York, and loans were made on 
call yesterday at 5 per cent. Stocks arc steady, and very 
little change In prices. 
On the receipt of tbe news front Washington, last. Friday 
evening, at New York, there was considerable excitement in 
the gold market, and the premium advanced. The transac¬ 
tions on Saturday, though it was a holiday, are reported to 
be something above $12,000,000. Sales were made yesterday 
at 1485G At tlie early sales on Friday last, gold sold at 140 
and a fraction. 
Wool,.—Ti.ere was a great change iu tbe wool market last 
week, particularly toward the close cl the week. No im¬ 
provement in prices was reported; in fact the highest sales 
were hardly tip to tbe highest tig ores the week previous. The 
amount of sales both iu New York and Boston was unusually 
large. In the latter market the tales foot up about 1,175,000 
its., at a range of 3S@50c lor lieeae, and 30@50c for the vari¬ 
ous grades of pulled; Rochester extra sold for the outside 
figure. Those who have watched the cotton market for tbe 
last lour weeks must have been convinced that the past ex¬ 
treme dullness of wool could not long continue. A Boston 
paper of Saturday notices the market for woolen goods thus: 
"The market for woolen goods exhibits acheerlng improve¬ 
ment, and some new and desirable styles Of fancy enssirneres 
are moving off quite briskly and at a better margin. Tbe. rise 
in cotton has exerted a sensible and favorable influence upon 
light spring fabrics, and both clothiers and jobbers are be¬ 
ginning to look about for sapplies. Hr view of the fact that 
goods cannot be replaced at current selling rates, a strong 
upward tendency is being developed ; aud those who expect 
to buy seasonable woolens at bottom prices, will have to en¬ 
ter the market and supply themselves during the next twenty 
days.” The Eastern demand for wool, just now, ruu.s largely 
upon pulled wools, which are comparatively cheap. Coarse 
and medium grades arc also in demand, and are selling more 
rapidly than fine fleece. The supply of all doscripfloli at 
the sea-board is light. 
Tbe dull market and low prices the last year have discour¬ 
aged many wool growers, and the prospect that the clip of 
1868, is likely to be much less than that of 1867, will doubtless 
have a good deal of effect upon prices for the next few weeks. 
A letter from Ohio Bpeak6 of the coming crop as follows: 
“ What is true of onr section, so far as wc can learn, i£ true 
generally throughout rhe West. Thousands of sheep have 
been slaughtered for their pelts and tallow. Wool growers 
have become so dissatisfied with the experience of the last 
two years, and the future is so inipronitaHiu. that they are 
turning their attention to other branches 0! stock -raising. 
We tlunk Hie next crop of wool will be reduced Ifitjuantity 
fully one-third, and perhaps more, throughout the. country ” 
Cotton.— During the last month the advance in cotton, 
both in the Liverpool aud American markets, has been large. 
A month since middling cotton was selling In New York at 
I4ji@15jf. Last week quotations were 24@25c. The transac¬ 
tions have been large for the last two weeks in all the, sea¬ 
board markets. Up to last week we have shipped to Great 
Britain 613,000 bales against 564,000 in same time, of the. pre¬ 
ceding year; to France, 118,000 against 50,000: to other for¬ 
eign ports, 145,000 against 38,000. The stock now in our ports 
is much smaller than at the corresponding period of the last 
two years. 
Dev Goons..—Tbe Eastern dry good? trade was quite active 
last week, and prices, particularly for cotton fabrics, ad¬ 
vanced. There has been a decided advance in bleached and 
brown sheetings, and in prints. The New York market was 
scarcely ever known so bare of goods, even during the war, 
In Avon, N. Y.. Feb. 17th, Mrs, SUSAN GILLETT, wife of 
Stephen Gjolett, aged SO years, 
In East Bloomfield, on the 13th Inst.. LUCINDA B., wife of 
Cholutt Collins, and daughter of Wm. and Maria Bruce, 
aged 32 years. 
SPECIAL NOTICES 
MONROE COUNTY BONDS. 
Tbe Mechanics’ Saving’s Bank ol Rochester will pay 
par for a few thousand dollars of Monroe County Bonds, if 
presented soon. JNO. II. ROCHESTER, Sec'y. 
WHEATON’S OINTMENT will cure the Itch. 
WHEATON’S OINTMENT will cure Salt Rheum. 
WHEATON’S OINTMENT cures Old SoreB. 
W HEA TON’S OINTMENT cures all Diseases of the Skin, 
Price 50 cents;—by mail 60 cents. AH Druggists sell it. 
Weeks & Potter, Boston, Proprietors. 922 
Advertising Karen.— After the firBt of January, 1868, 
the Rates of Advertising in the Rural Nxw-Yoeker will he 
as followB. for each insertion: 
Advertisements, Inside, f5 cents per line, Agate Bpsce. 
« Outside, SI “ “ “ 
For Extra Display and Cuts, a price and a half. 
Special Notices, Nonpareil leaded, $1.50 per line. 
CT"No advertisement inserted for less than *3. 
Reason—Our measure will he considerably wider and cir¬ 
culation much greater (at least twenty thousand) than when 
the former rates were established. [Dec. 28. 
New Dominion News. —A resolution to repeal 
tbe Canadian Union has been offered in the Assem¬ 
bly of Nova Scotia. 
Intense excitement was manifested in Montreal 
on the 20th inst., over the departure of the Cana¬ 
dian Papal Zouaves for Rome. An immense audi¬ 
ence was present at the special service held at Notre 
Dame Cathedral on the night of the 18th inst. in con¬ 
nection with the event, and the next day 20,000 per¬ 
sons assembled at the station to see them off. Sev¬ 
eral persons were nearly crushed to death by the 
pressure of the crowd. 
From tlie West. 
The Indiana Republican State Convention on 
the 20t.h inst. adopted resolutions endorsing General 
Grant and Hon. Schnyler Colfax as Indiana’s first 
choice for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency. 
The Waldron House at Hillsdale, Mich., was de¬ 
stroyed by tire on the 10th inst, The loss is $40,- 
000, nearly covered by insurance. Tbe fire was 
caused by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. 
Late Arizona advices give the particulars of the 
fight between the Walla Walla Indians, under three 
of their principal chiefs, and a force of U. S. troops, 
resulting in the success of the latter. The Indians 
were armed with the Henry, Spencer and Sharp 
rifles, and fought with great bravery. Twenty-five 
of them were wounded. A scouting party of soldiers 
under command of Lieut. Stevenson, was ambushed 
by the Indians, but succeeded in escaping without 
loss of life. Lieut. Stevenson and one soldier were 
wounded. 
The bill making eight hours a legal day’s labor lias 
passed the California Legislature. There is no doubt 
but that it will receive the- approval of the Governor. 
New Work on Country Homes. —We ieam that 
Mr. S. Edwards Todd, of the N. Y. Times, has m 
press “ Todd '& Country Homes and How to Save Mon¬ 
ey a book of over 300 pages, in which there is to 
be a Directory of more than 2,000 names of Manu¬ 
facturers, Stock Breeders, Nurserymen, Inventors, 
&e., in all parte of the country. The book tells, 
also, all about New Jersey. Send $1.-50, immedi¬ 
ately, to the author, No. 104 Third Place, Brooklyn, 
L. I., with name and occupation, or invention, to go 
into the Directory, and.yon will receive, post-paid, 
a copy of the book in March. Every young man 
should have a copy. 
JN varieties 6 to 12 inches high. at $5 per 1.000; Bnlsum Fir. 
White Tine. A.-lmr Vitae, White Spruce aud Hemlock : also 
Larch. Racking free. ,TAS. A. BOOT, Skani-nteles,N. I. 
E GGS always FRESH. Prof. Hull. -IS8 
Second Avenue, Now York, has preserved by las patent 
process 11.000 dozen oggs for one man, which wen- sold as 
fresh eggs in February. PcU'nd/i' American., A uy. Ml, 1807. 
Recipe mailed for $3. -J- HALL, 488 2d Avenue, New York. 
I ll PORT ANT. - AN ENTIRELY NEW ARTI- 
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for in akin it money rarely offered. Inclose stamp for descrip¬ 
tive circular. Address “UNIVERSAL INDEX CO.,” Box 
1,766, Boston, Mass. IU5-2teo 
H owe & stevens’ family dye colors. 
Thirty different shade,, all In liquid form. The sumo 
shades, aii'in powder form. We advise the use of the Blacks, 
Browns and Drabs, in the powder form. For sale by all 
Druggists and Dealers. tU5-2teo- 
