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NEWS DEPARTMENT. 
ROCHESTER AND NEW YORK: 
SATURDAY, DEC. 19, 186&. 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
New York State Item*. 
A grand reception was given to Gen. Grant on 
Wednesday evening of Inst week, at the residence 
of Marshall O. Roberts, in New York. About 
twenty - five hundred guests were present, among 
the most distinguished being Gov. Hoffman, Wil¬ 
liam B. Astor, Gen. Burnside, Gen. Banks, Wm. C. 
Bryant, Geo. W. Curtis, Gen. Sickles, Gen. Robert 
Anderson, John C. Fremont. 
Syracuse was visited with another disastrous fire 
last week. A portion of the Townsend block was 
consumed, tbe loss amounting to nearly $70,000, 
There is a panther in Henderson, Jefferson county. 
During tbe past year he has been seen on several 
occasions. The animal is a terror to the children 
and many grown persons. 
The new suspension bridge just below the Falls 
of Niagara is so far completed that foot passengers 
cross over 1'roin the New York to the Canada side. 
It is expected to be completed next season for car¬ 
riages to cross. 
The Directors of the Albany and Susquehannah 
Railroad Company, expect to run the trains through 
to Binghamton by Christmas day. 
The sentence of death by hanging on the 8th of 
January, 18(39, imposed on Christian Garlies of Buf¬ 
falo, for the murdeT of Marcus Werdeen, has been 
commuted by Gov. Fenton to imprisonment for life 
in tbe State Prison at Auburn. 
The stock for the new road from CohlesklU to 
8haron Springs, 14 miles, then to Cherry Valley, six 
miles, is all subscribed, and the work will proceed 
at once, to be completed early in tbe summer to the 
Springs, and by August to Cherry Valley. 
J ) Property valued at $100,000 was destroyed by fire 
in Greenwich, Washington county, on the 11th inst. 
Six stores were burned, the Masonic hull, the law 
office oi Ingalls, Sherman & Burke, and the Social 
Club rooms. 
From Waslilngrion. 
Congress. —The second regular session of the 
Fortieth Congress began on Monday of last week. 
One hundred and sixty-four members answered to 
their names in the House. The States of Virginia, 
Mississippi and Texas were represented, uud none 
of the Arkansas members answered the call. In 
the Senate, the status of Georgia was immediately 
raised, on the question el receiving the credentials 
of Hon. Joshua Hill, Senator elect from that State. 
Senator Drake of Missouri moved their reference to 
the Judiciary Committee. He deemed the action 
of the Georgia Legislature, in expelling the colored 
members^demanded rectification; but if the Sena¬ 
tors are admitted, the power of Congress over the 
matter is ended. 
In the House, various bills were introduced in 
regard to finance, reconstruction, suffrage, &e., and 
referred. The friends of Reverdy Johnson forced a 
test vote on a resolution offered by Mr. Morrill, 
ceusnriug his conduct and requesting his recall. 
The question was on referring the resolution, and it 
was so referred by a vote of 94 to 41. A motion to 
reimburse President Johnson $50,000 for expenses 
in the Impeachment trial was tabled. 
A bill to restore the Bureau of Indian Affairs to 
the Department of War from the 1st of January, 
1869, reported by Mr. Garfield, from the Committee 
on Military Affairs, Las passed the House by a vote 
of 116 to 38. It is thought there will be much 
opposition to it in the Senate. 
President s Message. — This was transmitted to 
Congress on Wednesday. It treats at length oi the 
condition of the Southern State's, arguing against 
reconstruction as being carried on; commends the re¬ 
port of Mr. McCulloch and approves the views there 
expressed relative to a return to specie payments 
through reduced taxation and a gradual contraction 
of paper circulation; 6tates that our foreign rela¬ 
tions are satisfactory, though the Alabama claims, 
go called, have not reached an end, certain portions 
of the proposed protocol of arbitration not having 
been approved by this Government, and having been 
returned to Minister Johnson,—that ofl’erR of arbi¬ 
tration between Paraguay and Brazil have been de¬ 
clined,—that Government has made new treaties for 
the protection of naturalized citizens abroad, and 
has recognized the new provisional Junta in Spain 
as a de facto Government, but has received no for¬ 
mally accredited minister from the same,—that 
arrangements for a mixed commission to settle the 
claims of Americans in Mexico are in progress,— 
that the Government has failed, so far, in its nego¬ 
tiation for the purchase of a naval station in the 
West Indies; says that official facts show enormous 
frauds on the revenue, which must he corrected or 
the revenue will fail and the nation be involved in 
ruin; calls for strong legislation, and urges the 
repeal of the civil tenure, act, which he regards 
as a hindrance to the removal of corrupt officials; 
touches upon our Indian troubles, noting the views 
of the Peace Commission, and fears that the mili¬ 
tary establishment expenditures will be largely In¬ 
creased on the Plains; and favors the withdrawal of 
the troops from the Southern States and a reduc¬ 
tion of the army. Our synopsis gives the general 
tenor of the paper, without regard to the order in 
which the topics are treated. 
The message was considered by the House as be¬ 
ing highly disrespectful to Congress, and was there¬ 
fore denied the usual reference to the Committee of 
the Whole on the State of tbe Union. A motion 
made by General Schenck that it be priuted and 
laid on the table was carried by a strict party vote- 
188 to 38. 
Department Reports— The main features em¬ 
bodied in the reports of several of the cabinet and 
department officers we have heretofore published. 
Secretary Welles, in his report on the Navy, tells 
the story of Admiral Farrftgut’s European cruise, 
and presents many interesting facts and figures, 
from which we condense the iollowing:—Number 
of vessels in squadron service as cruisers, store- 
ships and returning 42, carrying 411 guns, a reduc¬ 
tion during the year of 14 vessels, carrying96 guns; 
number of vessels of all descriptions in use as 
cruisers, storeships, receiving ships, tugs and the 
like, 81, carrying (393 guns, a redaction from last 
year of 32 vessels, carrying 205 guns; total number 
of vessels home upon the navy list 206, carrying 
1,743 guns, a reduction during the year of 32 vessels, 
carrying 126 guns. 
The Postmaster-General’s report shows the de¬ 
ficiency for 1868 to be $10,000,000. He takes high 
ground in justification of the increase of expendi¬ 
tures, and says the deficiency is far less now than at 
the close ol the war, notwithstanding the service is 
very much greater than ever before. Excepting 
Iowa and Missouri, none of the States or Territories 
west of the Mississippi have ever paid their postal 
expenses. The Southern States never have, and 
will not for many years to come. 
The Secretary of War reports the strength of the 
army on September 30th at 48,081, which, by Jan¬ 
uary, will be reduced by the expiration of term of 
service alone to about 43,000. No recruiting is in 
operation, except for the cavalry service. All vol¬ 
unteer officers, except one, have been mustered out 
of service. One regiment of cavalry has been mus¬ 
tered in from Kansas for service against the Indians. 
The Secretary recommends further reduction, to he 
made gradually, by ordinary casualties, by discharge 
of incompetent officers, and by consolidation of 
regiments; also, that the four regiments of Veteran 
Reserve be discharged, officers not lit for service to 
be retired, and others to be transferred to active 
regiments. The disbursements of the pay depart¬ 
ment during the last fiscal year amount to $60,000,- 
000; and for reconstruction §2,500,000. Bounty 
claims to the extent of $25,000,000 have been paid. 
The estimate for the next fiscal year is $65,683,888.85. 
The Secretary of the Interior reports that 6613,575,- 
250 acres of public lands have been disposed of, thus 
leaving still in the hands of the Government 1,405,- 
866,678 acres; that one Revolutionary soldier is still 
living; that during the last fiscal year there was 
paid to invalid military soldiers and dependent rela¬ 
tives the sum of $23,658,59S, and to navy invalids 
the sum of $352,388; that the Pacific Railroad has 
cost a largo sum of money already to the nation, 
but the result will he one of the triumphs of the 
age; and that United States Marshals have been paid 
$1,437,042, and to District Attorneys, Assistants, 
&C., and United States Commissioners the aggre¬ 
gate amount of $1,789,177. The Secretary dreads a 
deficit, unless the fines be increased. 
The Secretary ©f the Treasury has ordered the 
supervising inspectors of steamboats of the district 
in which the recent disaster on the Ohio River 
occurred to make a rigid examination of the causes 
of the same. It is also understood that Mr. McCul¬ 
loch has recommended to the House Committee on 
Commerce the repeal of all laws authorizing the 
carriage, as freight, of petroleum on steamers carry¬ 
ing passengers. 
Messrs. John Jay, LeGrand B. Cannon and Horace 
Greeley have been in the city as a sub-committee of 
the committee of the Union League Club of New 
York on election frauds, with a memorial setting 
forth the facts and petitioning Congress to take 
cognizance of the matter by appointing a commit¬ 
tee to make an investigation. 
From tlie West. 
Nearly forty of the victims of the late terrible 
disaster on the Ohio River have been recovered. 
Of eight bodies recovered from the steamer Amer¬ 
ica, seven were so badly burned as to be unrecog¬ 
nizable. Various accounts of the catastrophe agree 
in representing it to have been one of the most fear¬ 
ful ever witnessed. The burning petroleum, which 
set both steamers on fire, spread upon the water on 
all sides, and through its flames those who were able 
swam to Ehore. Ole Bull, with his concert troupe, 
was on board the America. He was saved, with his 
two famous violins. 
George Langston, Sheriff of Brown county, Wis¬ 
consin, shot aud killed a professional burglar named 
M. Nehill, at Green Bay, recently, while he was 
attempting to escape from him. 
An extensive dry goods establishment in Chicago 
was damaged by fire last week to the extent of 
$80,000. 
The Indians at Humboldt, California, have been 
committing depredations upon the settlers for some 
time past. An expedition organized to pursue and 
punish them, surprised a camp of savages, and six 
Indians were killed during the fight. The settlers 
intend using vigorous measures, until it is beyond 
the power of the Indians to farther molest them. 
Green Clay Smith has tendered his resignation as i 
Governor of Montana Territory. It has not yet been 1 
accepted by the President. 
The citizens of Idaho Territory, through Gov. 
Ballard, have forwarded to Senator Williams of 
Oregon a silver brick weighing about sixty pounds 
and valued at over §1.000. 
A Mrs. Mortou of New Albany, Ind., satisfied 
herself for some unfavorable remarks on her char¬ 
acter by S. S. Moore by shooting him dead on 
Tuesday. 
Five prisoners escaped from the county jail at 
independence, Kansas, on the 13th inst., by sawing 
a hole through the roof. Two were indicted for 
murder, two for larceny, and one for counterfeiting. 
From tbe South. 
The Alabama Legislature is engaged principally 
in granting privileges to railroads. Most of the 
bills acted on arc purely of a local character. The 
Ku-Klux hill iB now under discussion in the House. 
There is but little probability of an early agreement 
on it. The Legislature has now been in session 
over three months altogether, since July. 
A man by the name of Solomon Carver, living 
near Warsaw, Ky., was instantly killed by his wife 
on Snuday, who knocked him on the head with a 
billet of wood. 
The steamship Crescent of the New Orleans and 
Galveston line, took fire at her wharf in New Orleans 
on the night of the 12th inst., and was entirely de¬ 
stroyed. The loss is estimated at $200,000. The 
fire at one time was partially subdued, when an ex¬ 
plosion occurred in the hold, injuring ten firemen, 
one mortally and several severely. The wreck sank. 
Latest Foreign Intelligence. 
The new British Ministry, as formed by Mr. 
Gladstone, has been formally announced, as fol¬ 
low's:—Lord High Chancellor, Sir William Page 
Wood; President of the Privy Council, Lord Kim¬ 
berly; Lord of the Privy Seal, Earl Russell; Chan¬ 
cellor of the Exchequer, Robert Lowe; First Lord 
of the Admiralty, Mr, Childers; ForeigB Secretary, 
Lord Clartindon; Home Secretary, Henry A. Bruce; 
Secretary of War, Duke ol Argyle; Colonial Secre¬ 
tary, Earl Granville; Secretary for Ireland, Chiches¬ 
ter Fortes cue; President of the Poor Law Board, 
Mr. Goschen; President of the Board oi Trade, 
John Bright; Postmaster-General, D. E. Gerry; 
Chancellor oi the Duchy of Lancaster, Charles P. 
Villiers; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Charles Spen- 
ern; Lord Chancellor of Ireland,-. 
Disquiet prevails in Spain. Republicans paraded 
the streets ol Cadiz, recently, making threatening 
demonstrations, but were dispersed by the troops. 
Later, an insurrection developed, and, as proposals 
of capitulation made by the insurgents were re¬ 
jected, open hostilities began. A desperate con¬ 
flict took place, in which artillery was used by the 
troops and insurgents. The loss in killed and 
wounded was heavy on both sides. The result of 
the battle was indecisive. The insurgents still 
occupy the surrounding district. The rebels have 
detained, within the city hall, all the foreign Con¬ 
suls they could Beize, and hope that by this means 
they will he able to prevent the threatened bom¬ 
bardment of that portion of the city by'the vessels 
of war lying in the harbor. Great political excite¬ 
ment prevails in Xeres, Malaga and Tarragona. 
Gen. Prim is now on bis way to the southern prov¬ 
inces, and it is b< ped that his presence there will 
restore tranquility} 
A Constantinople dispatch says that the Sultan 
has sent his ultimatum to the Grecian Government 
at Athens, and requires an answer in five days. The 
Governments of France and England sustain the 
demand. 
Mount Etna is once more in a state of eruption. 
At last accounts, the mountain was enveloped in 
smoke, and laboring with deafening detonations. 
Great crowds had gathered on the northern shore 
of Malta to witness the magnificent spectacle, which, 
though ouc hundred and twenty miles distant, was 
distinctly visible, 
Hopes arc entertained in Paris that a collision 
between Turkey and Greece may be avoided. The 
Turkish Government, however, is tnakiDg every 
preparation for hostilities, and Turkish troops are 
being concentrated on the frontier of Thessaly. 
Dispatches from Athens assert that the Greek Gov¬ 
ernment will yield nothing. 
Mr. Peabody has given another £100,000 to the 
poor of London. 
George Francis TrajB has been set at liberty, the 
plaintiffs in the case against him having withdrawn 
the case. Train has issued writs against the Mar¬ 
quis of Ahercorn, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, for 
$100,000 damages lor false imprisonment. 
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The Cuban Revolution. —The Spanish troops at 
Manzanillo, reinforced by sailors from the men-of- 
war in the harbor, have bad a sharp skirmish with 
the insurgents near the town. Ten of the latter 
were killed and many wounded. The troops cap¬ 
tured a large number of horses, and some important 
correspondence fell into their hands. The Govern¬ 
ment loss is not reported. The Liario states that 
since the “battles at Villa Del Cabre and Quanta- 
namo, 400 rebels have voluntarily given themselves 
up to the military authorities, aud have received the 
pardon of the Government.” The revolutionists 
flatly contradict these statements, and report that 
they are constantly receiving reinforcements of men, 
arms and ammunition. Spaniards in Havana con¬ 
tinue to subscribe money and furnish recruits for 
the Government. 
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South American News.— At last advices great 
excitement prevailed in Chili over the impeachment 
of the Supreme Court Judges by Congress. The 
people had espoused the cause of the Court against 
the Government, and the situation was becoming 
critical. Slight shocks of earthquake were still felt 
in Arequipa, but they occasioned no damage. In 
Peru there were rumors of another revolution, 
headed by tbe President; but President Balta had 
taken active measures to prevent it. The steamer 
Wateree was sold for $3,200. Small-pox was raging 
in Limi and Callao, and yellow fever had broken out 
in Southern Peru. A commission of the Peruvian 
Government, to bring out tw T o monitors purchased 
in the United States, had arrived at Panama. 
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Loss of an Ocean Steamer. — The steamer 
Hibernia, which sailed from New York on the 14th 
of November for Glasgow, foundered on the 26th, 
seven hundred miles off the Irish coast. The break¬ 
ing of the screw shaft caused a fearful leak, which, 
owing to a strong gale, it was found impossible to 
stop. The passengers and crew all took to the 
boats, five in number. Two of these boats have 
been picked up. One is known to have been cap¬ 
sized aud thirty-three persons lost. The fate of the 
people on the remaining boats is, as yet, unknown. 
NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
The Prince of Wales, his wife, three children and 
servants, have started on a pleasure trip on a British 
war ship, which was fitted for the purpose at an ex¬ 
pense of $125,000. 
Geo. W. Cook was, Saturday, sentenced in the 
United States District Court, to ten years’ impris¬ 
onment in the Albany Penitentiary for robbing the 
mails in Richmond, Virginia. 
A newlt married couple were suffocated in a 
hotel at Galesburg, Ill., a short time since, by the 
escape of gas. The wife died and the huebaud re¬ 
covers, with one side completely paralyzed. 
8ome patient little children at North Barnstead, 
N. H., have made a skein of apparently white silk 
from that mort airy of fabrics, the spider’s web. It 
ie strong enough to sustain several pounds’ weight. 
The ponies or horses peculiar to China are used 
only for riding, and by mandarins when upon official 
business. AB agricultural work, plowing, irrigating, 
and tbe working of rice mills, is done by the buffalo 
Deacon Andrews, on trial in Massachusetts for 
murder, has been found guilty of manslaughter and 
sentenced to the State Prison of Massachusetts for 
twenty years. The jury remained out four hours 
heiore they brought in their verdict. 
A panther has been seen in the woods near 
Cffean, Cattaraugus county. It is said to be a large 
one, and considerable apprehension is felt by the 
farmers in the neighborhood that it may pay their 
stock a visit during the still hours of the night. 
A Chattanooga paper states that a French gen¬ 
tleman, named Bryant, has purchased land on Mis¬ 
sionary Ridge, with the intention of establishing 
there a colony of Freuch wine-growers. The Bite 
is said to he admirably adapted to the purpose. 
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Mrs. A. St. John of Rochester, says that during 
the past ten years she has made more than three 
thousand five hundred vests with her Wheeler & 
Wilson machine, besides doing her family sewing, 
and that she has made- over twelve hundred vests 
with the needle now in use. 
ommmial, Markets, Stt. 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Advertising Rates.—The following are the Bates ot 
Advertising in the Rural Nrw-Yokkeb, for each Insertion: 
Advertisements, Inside, 75 cents per line. Agate space. 
“ Outside, SI ** " “ 
For Extra Display and Cuts, a price and a half. 
Special Notices, Nonpareil leaded. fSl.50 pot line. 
C79- No advertisement inserted for less than $3. 
F ree tickets to tiie yvest given to 
Agents A constant an-i profitable business offered. 
For parMe.ularF.send stamp to C. J. COOPER, 206 Broadway. 
N.V. This Is well worth your notice. 987-3t 
\\TANTF,D.-SAL,ESMEN TO TRAVEL FOR A 
TV Manufacturing Company and sell by sample Mood 
wages are guaranteed. Address, with stamp. H. D, HAMIL¬ 
TON & CO., No. 413 Chestnut St.,Philadelphia, Pa. 987-tt 
D orking fowls, i have two or 
three pair of Colored DoTkings that are too good to 
kill. If wanted now I win box and deliver to Express Co. 
•TT. Cleveland, O. 
kill. If wanted now I will box and deliver to Ex 
for Five Dollars a pair. F. R. ELLIOTT, Cluvelan 
RURAL NEW-YORKEP. OFFICE, ) 
Rooukstre, Dkckmbrr 15,1868. 5 
Three is not so active a call for money in Western New 
York, nor in tbe interior generally as there was two weeks 
since. The condition of the banks is working easier. Kates 
of interest are a little higher in New York than last week, 
and there is more call for money. There is some, money 
going South, and there is a large demand from the South to 
move the bog crop. Money is very dote at tbe YVest. The 
decline lu wheat induced farmers to slop selling earlier In 
the season than usual, and they have Utile money to pay de¬ 
mands against them, and arc now relying upon sales of 
pork to liquidate their indebtedness. There Is a good deal 
of money golug West now from New York and other eastern 
cities, and the prospect Is that it will not find its way back 
until later lu the season than usual. 
Gold sold yesterday at 130)4'. The market has been Inactive 
for some days. The exports of specie from New York last 
week were $183,321. On the first of January the Government 
will pay out for Interest then due $32,000,000 In coin. 
The stock market has been growing firmer for a lew days. 
The Erie Corapuny hasleased the Atlantic and Great West¬ 
ern for a term of years. 
Wool.— The eastern wool market continues dull. The 
sales in Boston last week foot up only 623,000 its. Prices 
ranged from 45®r>5c for fleece, and 42fi50c for pulled. The 
supply of low and medium grades ie reported very light. 
The Boston Bulletin 6ays“ The wool trade in Iiostou is 
very dull, though the feeling ts firm among holders, and 
manufacturers are generally running on lull time. The 
stock on hand is small, with an exceedingly light amount in 
the country. The crop of Ohio wool fell short lhi6 yearover 
3,000,000 a s., which,however, was made up l>y tie* increase In 
other States.” 
WbeaT ax b Floub.—T he decline in wheat and flour seems 
to be checked for the present, and there is greater firmness 
in the market, particularly at the East. 
Pork Trade at the West.— At all the packing points at 
the Weet, a large business is being done In the hog trade. At 
Cincinnati packers had purchased something over 290,000 
hogs up to Friday last. The last Chicago Republican notices 
tlie market at that point thus:— 1 “ Dressed hogs were in im¬ 
proved supply, and the market was moderately active and 
nominally easier, though sales wore generally at yesterday’s 
prices. All offerings, however, were readily taken at $3.50® 
0.75 lor lots dividing on 200 its., and $0.80® 10 for extr a lots.” 
There is a short supply of dressed hogs in this market this 
season,—scarcely enough to supply home consumption, and 
the consequence is an advance in price. This is probably 
ouly temporary, owing to the bloekcd state of the roads in 
portions of the surrounding country. 
ROCHESTER, Deo. 15 — Flour, wheat, $9,50@14,00: Bnck- 
iv -at. $1 cwt., $5.5dt«5,50: Corn, per busbel. $4,15® 1,20; Mill 
iced, : ®35; Wheat.red. do. while, *2.Avig,S0; 
Rye, $ 1 , 2 . 1.36 : Oats &-®0 e; Burley. $1,7B®1 90 ; beaur. $2,- 
Uu@3,25; Poik, mess, $23,5U&2.'k00: Beef, cwt. $7,0f®ll,CU; 
Dressed hogs, net., tuU(oan,50; Hams, i(j®isc; Bhouiders. 
10® IW; Chickens, 13® Uc; Tor keys, 16 ®j7c; Butter, 3 s® uc; 
Cheese, lb®20ots; 17iS18cU; Tallow, lOiklOJte ; h'gys ,35 
@3Sc; Wool, JO® tic; Coney,box. tb., 2ft®28e. Day, $i ion, 
$1W&22; Maple sjugar, lifa-AV.; IDUt;*, green, SkftVRC: Calf¬ 
skins. 15® 10 c ; Potatoes, $0,'ici®0,R5; Onions, $1,5001,75; Hops 
nominal at lU®20e.; Clover seed, $3® 10; Timothy, $3@3,25; 
Combing wool, 50®55c : Apples, bn... 42,00®,5,00! Dried Ap¬ 
ples, V tt,,7®7)ic; do. Plums, 22@24e; do. Cherries,30@35c; 
do. Peaches. 20®2jc ; Quinces, N bu., s2,5o®.'.oo; Cranberries, 
V bu., $6,(JO®8',tO; Sheep pelts, 50c®$1. 
THE PROVISION MARKETS. 
rflHE PATENT MAGIC COMII U ll.L COLOR 
T grey hair a permanent black or brown Sold every¬ 
where Sent by mail for $i 25. Address 
W. PATTON. Treasurer Magic Comb Co., 
Springffeld, Mass. 
WHISKERS AND MUSTACHES.-I WILL 
It send to any address the recipe for making the best 
Whisker Dye In the world. Colors brown or hlaek. Price 50 
cts. (No homtrae.) Address P. CURTIS, Box 244, Roches- 
ter, N. Y. _ 
T O FLOCK MASTERS. DROVERS AND OTH- 
ers. Two blooded Stallions, one a two-year old colt, 
will he exchanged, at a low valuation, for common ewes, 
which must he perfect’) healthy. EDWIN T. PHILLIPS, 
Box 15 Plainfield. N. J. ____ 
A gents, an energetic agent wanted 
In every County In tlie Uni ten Slates, to work on a sal¬ 
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Circulars sent free, gambles worth $l sent for 20 cents. Ad¬ 
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A gents wanted-875 to sjuo per month, 
or a Commission from which twice that amount can be 
made by selling the latest improved CostnoN-SENS* Family 
Sbwixb M A<T!ix sc. prict $13. For circulars and terms ad¬ 
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VICTOR TREAD POWER IS AN IMPROVE-- 
$ meat in the rigid direction. Saved newer and will run 
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running all kinds oi machinery. Also, Power Cutting Boxes, 
Corn Sliellers, Wood Saws Ac. Send for Circular. BLYM 
YER, DAY ds CO.,Mansfi eld, O- _ 
VATE WILL SEND ANY ARTICLE OFFERED 
It by nny One Dollar Sale Jfou.se in Boston to any person 
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New Volume January 1st. 
tXXM. 2 l.ou prune; prime mess, $23,w0®25; Beef, plain mess, $10 
@11480; extra, $46,00@2U; Bet -1 hams, t2S@23.50; Hams, 12@ 
16c; Shoulders, l5@12>jCU>; Laid, 15® 16 VC ; Batter, 37®50c; 
Cheese, 14®D>/se- 
AI.BAX V. Dec. 12.—Flour, $0,5t)@12; Rye flour, $S,00@8,25; 
Corn meal, $2,4l>@2,50; Wheat, $l,55®2,)o; Corn, $l,lH®],i8; 
Barley, $2,0t,@,‘,i8; Rye, $1,60; Oats,74®.Sets; Pork,niess.$28- 
OU®3U,uO ; clear, $20.c.30 ; flams, IS® 18c . Shoulders, lfc; Beef, 
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•f'f-.tc/., uanc;, . j y x ,*.*v | ji” «nc> t * ■» 1 ■» 
toes, Shu ; Apples, P bid, $3®-l; Butter, 4X@43C; Cheese, 17® 
18c: Eggs, 36c ; Pork, meet, $24,50@25,50; Lard, 16c. 
CHICAC40, Dec. 12.—Flour. $5,0005.63: Wheat. $1,17® 1,27; 
Corn, ,VJ@01e; Oats, IS® ikliC; Rye, 1 ,iri@l,lti; llarley, 1,67® 1,- 
67; Pork, mess, $23,75@21; Lard, D@l5e 
TORONTO,Dec. 12.—Flour, $4A5®S,25-, Wheat, fl,00@l. 10: 
Oats.5C@51c; Burley, $1,25®!^: Peas,8U@fe0c; Pork,$17.00® 
22; Bacon, 10 ®UcK; llama, 11&12RC; Buiter,22@24c ; Cheese, 
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THE CATTLE MARKETS. 
NEW YORK, Doc. 12.—Beef Cattle range at from 10 @lCKc; 
Milch Cows, $106? 126 ; Veal Calves, 9&13e; Sheep, 4@6n,c; 
Lambs, 5®7c; Hogs,8 ;®0c. 
ALBANY", Dec. 12.—Beeves range at from $8@9,25; Milch 
Cows, $2t@125; Sheep, 2,s@4Jic; Lambs, 5X@0>sc; Hogs, 8\ 
@ae. 
BRIGHTON AND CAMBRIDGE. Due. 12.—Beef Cattle, 6® 
S2s(ttlo; i nreu-years-OLU, ; one up uamuc, ; 
by the head, $2® 1,80; Shotes. 1U@11C; Fat hogs,9@9*c. 
CHICAGO, Dec. .2 —Beef Cattle, $3,50@4,50; Hogs, $7,25® 
@8,I2X. Sheep, $t,50@4. 
CINCINNATI. Dee. 12 -Beeves, sell at $3,80®0,50; Sheep, 
$ 2 ,00®3,25; Lambs, $1,25@2,50; Hogs. $7,27@S,35. 
BALTIMORE, Dec. 12 -Beef Cattle, cts; Milch Cows, 
$50@100; Sheep, 8J-,@5c ; Lambs, $l,5U@2,50; Hogs, 10!i@U£c. 
TORONTO, Dec. 12.—Beef Cattle, $4,00@0,50; Sheep. $3,00® 
4,00; Lambs, $ 1 . 50 ®3,00; Hogs. $5,00®*,50: Venison, $1,00,0,6. 
THE WOOL MARKETS. 
NEW YORK. Dec. 12.—The wool market rules firm , sales 
are 475,000 tss at 88@88c for unwashed fleece. 4«@5Sc lor me¬ 
dium State and Michigan : SOSSlHicror X Ohio: 55@58c for 
XK Ohio. 
BOSTON, Dec. 12.—Wool, fleece, 45@55e: pulled, 4.’@50c; 
extra do., 45®50c; combing fleece, 00c. 
CHICAGO, Dec 12,-Thq following are the quotations:— 
Common tub-washed, 45i£4fic: line wool, 33®43c; medium 
and coarse, 39@,4le; unwished. 27IA&8C. 
CINCINNATI 1, Dec. 12 -Wool, pulled. 37@40c; tub-washed, 
4S@50e; unwashed, 28@80c fleece. 48@4f>c 
BALTIMORE, Dec. 12 —Wool,unwashed 34@S6c; hurry, 36 
®23c; tub-washed, 50®53c; fleece 44@46e; nulled, 30®3iC. 
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