SEMI - BUSINESS PARAGRAPHS 
Rpiiiix and IVa». — Stocks are very light, and 
price* have been steadily advancing. Prime mediums, 
?3.3.V.'.3.i(j; fair lots do., down to $2JSfl ; pea, 83.40 '1.3.60; 
kidney. 83.40463.50; red kidney, 62.256f3.00; prime mar- 
Ow fi tali lots at |3 906 ( 3 . Canada 
poua 8l,22<(riJ» ; green do,. $1.90442. 
Beeswax— Is doming in more freely, hut the sup¬ 
plies are higher comparatively, 40fslis4i r„ obtained for 
Southern. 
Uniter.— There is a fair demand, still market buy¬ 
ers arc beginning to purehneo State cautiously, with 
a view to the use of western, which will soon assume 
commercial quantities. There is. however, no sur¬ 
plus of moment, loft from I he grade of butter now ar¬ 
riving. Packages, are small at this season, and in 
actual stock represent oniv about one-half of later 
supplies m similar reported totals, . 
now pushed one side, i ‘ 
ceed 25e. The remnant 
other recent arrival . : .. 
for Sout hern use on account of it 
past week M9 package#. 
State palls, lino, Stf-tHSc.: . 
State half tubs. line. .'Itkrtle. 
packages, fine, 29o?30o.: r 
ern ranges at 256f'»k\ for 
nuin Western, 22c. 
was stabbed by one Conroy on tbe 13th, in New 
York_Daniel Gleason of North Adams, Muss., 
liaSplfttdttd guilty of wife murder_Kernpke. 
the murderer of Mutrifort], nour Kenosha, 'Vis., 
has been arrested.... Mary Ann Lowdcn of N. Y. 
city was killed fin The 13th t*.v one George R. 
Gyles, mi iihmtionisf. lie ha? been nr cost ed . 
Three of the four men concerned in the robbery 
and murder of Mr. PheJps of New York have 
n arrested Mr. Edgar J. Day has been rob¬ 
bed of a large amount of money in "ashington 
Avenue. Brooklyn A bo.v named John Me 
Mara of Mt. Pleasant, N. Y., shot his father on 
the 13th, because he was reprimanded for run¬ 
ning away from school. 
Obituaries. 
Thomas Buchanan Bead, the painter-poet, 
author of “ Sheridan’s Ride," died at the Aster 
House. New York, on the 11th, aged 51. He had 
just arrived from Rome where he has been since 
IHf( 7 ... On the 10th Max Goepp, a well-known 
Democratic Lawyer of New York, aged 43 A 
grandson of Daniel Webster has been burned to 
death in Boston, while in a state of intoxication 
. ..lames H. Smith, President of the National 
Bank of Norwich, N. V., 011 the 15th Josiah 
Maey, tut eminent banker, at Rye, N. Y., on 
the 15th. 
Fires. 
The business portion of Somerset. Pa., on 
the 10th. Fifty families were made homeless, 
and the loss is estimated at. one million of dol¬ 
lars_Hotel and dwellings in Tally, N. Y., on 
the9th. I.oss, $40,000_On the 10th, the Brook¬ 
lyn sugar refinery. Loan, $300,000—On the 10th 
there were two flies ou Pearl street. New 1 York. 
Loss, $:ui.(KKl Powder mill at Carbondnle, Pa,, 
on the 13th. Loss, $50,000 Factory and stmt' 
at Monti cello, N. Y„ on the 13th. Isisa, $11,500 
Great tires have raged in the woods neur Kenm- 
ton* Pa.Lumber yard at Pawling, N. Y., on 
the 14th. Loss, $5,000. Kciiiptvdlle, Canada, 
was nearly destroyed on the 14th. Loss, uflO 
...Great fires have raged In the woods in Ulster 
Co., N. V.. and on South Mountain, near Carlisle, 
l*a. The lead works on Liberty street. Pitts¬ 
burg. Pa., were destroyed on tbe 12th I»ss. 
>'500.000 On the 11 Hi saw mills at Wrlght-svillc, 
Pa. Loss, $20 ,ink) On the I0l.li. iron foundry 
at Louisville, Ky. Loss, $12,000 ...On the lit h, 
shops u! I’oUsvilie, I'ii. Lo-.s, $15.1)00 Elevator 
in Wabasliaw, Minn., on the 13th. Loss, $31,000 
Knitting mill at Amsterdam, X. Y., on the 
11th. Loss, $70,000_The remaining stores of 
“ Iron Block," in Toronto, on the fifth. Loss, 
$L50,000 Sash factory and Gazette olflee, at 
Geneva, N. V , on the fiitli. Low. $ 10 , 000 —The 
woods on Shelter Island, N. V. Loss. $50,000. 
Rag store in Warren street, N. Y. Loss, $40,000 
_On the 13tli, 10 tenement houses in Brooklyn. 
One hundred families homeless. 
The United States Watch Co., (Giles, 'Vales 
& Co.,) employ 500 hands in their works at 
Marlon, N. .1., arid arc turning out 250 of their 
celebrated time-keepers daily, or one watch per 
day for each two hands employed: their work¬ 
ing time is ten hours per day, or 000 minutes, 
producing a fine watch complete every two and 
a-half minutes, and a Ifttle more, and even at 
that, are unable to keep pace with the con¬ 
stantly increasing domand caused by tiie extra¬ 
ordinary records the watches are making as 
accurate and reliable lime-pieces, an instance 
of patient and persevering energy and enter¬ 
prise, rewarded by prosperity which we are glad 
to see. 
GENERAL REVIEW, 
A supplemental treaty to the Washington 
Treaty is under consideration, which will super¬ 
sede the indirect claims, and enable England 
and America to come to some conclusion — The 
Rochester, N. Y„ Democratic Convention en¬ 
dorsed Cincinnati— Horace Greeley has with¬ 
drawn from the Tribune.. Mr. Voorheea of 
Indiana has become a Grant man — The Liberal 
Republicans and Democrats of Connecticut 
have elected O. H. Kerry as Senator—Numerous 
towns ana villages have been destroyed by fire 
_Read, the poet, has died — A severe drouth 
is feared in many places . ..The Cuban students 
have been -released The insurrection in Spain 
makes but little headway. 
White butter is 
mid the best of it win riot ex- 
I of California, Including an- 
nt UK) packages, is being put up 
—. ..7 Us rich color. Exports 
, chiefly grease. We quote 
do. common to fair, 2H'<t31c.; 
! selections, .Tic.; Welsh, 
common State, 4Wf20e. West- 
nice Western reserve! com- 
Grease and Inferior, T@I5c. 
Chuesr.—The Cable quotes a weak market in Liv¬ 
erpool, hut tin* hae br-tm offset by tbe advance In 
good. Shippers are disinclined, however, to work 
freely and prices arc not settled. Tlie stock of old is 
reduced to about 3,Ml boxes. Sales of new to shippers 
have been at HOlUlo. for prime factory, tlie latter 
price obtainable only for one lot, u small faetory. We 
quote prime factory t3g|i., He., fair do. I2e.. skimmed 
8* lie., Ohio faetory line 1 ;k>< Ki'-.e., farm dairy good to 
tine 12'H'Kle. 
Cotton.—The demand lias been almost entirely 
from spinners. Prices are about the same; 
Uplands. Alabama.. N. Orleans. Texas. 
Ordlnnrv. r< . iflv 30 20K 
Good ordinary.. . 22K 228 22K 22X 
Low Middling. . 23M 23X 23 N 23X 
M iddl I rig... 24 24K 24 ■’< 24 X 
Good Middling... 24* 24* 25* 25R 
For forward delivery latest sales on the basis of low 
middling are. at 23 9-10 for May, 23 11-16 for ,1 one, 23 15- 
16 for July, 22 for Kept.. 20k for Oct., 1‘.n* for Dee. 
Dried Fruit si.—Apples are unchanged, though it 
is thought th<' late attention given to peaches will 
shake thorn from their position. The rales of 150,000 
His. quarter peaches arc reported 111 X. Y. at 6c . and 
200000 ii>h, at Philadelphia at 75f<\. all In a speculative 
way. Black boiTli- are now released to the trade with 
a. stock of 1,300 l» » ; small sale 13He.; other small 
fruit same. 
Apple* Did State,qrs.,forte.; Western. new.llV.i lUKc.; 
Southern, now, qr»., '.Oc'.iVe.; do. line, sliced. ISivplac.; 
new State qr*. U64UHC,; do. sliced, Hue. 13o» 14c.; 
Peaches, peeled, new N.C.. 17.(Si|8Ue.; do. Oa.. 15® 
lOJfc,-. peeled K. Sli. Va,. 16fljl7c.; new unpreled 
halves,? *.! do.quarters.Oafiifc. Plums, 276128c. flier- 
ries. new. V ts.,3,1*). 34c. Black hern ns, IfkSdHXc- Rasp¬ 
berries 336*350. 
Eggs. -The market lias been very much depressed. 
The an Ivals are the largest known fur this season of 
the year. Stocks have accumulated to an extent that 
lead holders to accept anythin? IIkp fair prices. Sales 
of Western at 13;-;t«T4 jfc.i Slate at l.VklaH’C-! South¬ 
ern at 13(4 14c. There Is more than the usual differ¬ 
ence made now in prices of parcels from distant 
poliite on account of the warm weather. 
Flour. The market has been steadily advancing 
under a good cull from the homo trade, small arrivals 
and (Inti foreign market*. $7.2Ort 40 for superfine 
State; g?.66 m 7,85 for Common extra do.: 87JP0®8.00 for 
good to choice do.; 85.056T.S.05 for fancy dm; f7.20iij7.40 
for sapertlne Michigan. Indiana. Ohio, Iowa, Ac.; 
$?.66fil8.2Q tor extra do.; $S.25(rtl.lfl for choice extra do.. 
Including shipping brand* nt round hoop Onto tit $8.15 
<041,7(1, and trade brand* of ,in. at-te.7D<" 10.40; good to 
choice white wheat, extras at 89.100 10.55; Minnesota, 
full' to very choice extra, at fS,50(* 11.00; St. Loals at 
f.l.uboll.Ol for c<uuiuou [o fair extra, mid 11 l.lOiif 13.50 
fur good tocbolee. Southern ut 11.20 for extras 
amt f U.2 . , «uj 13.. , /U lor good to choice. Kyo at $5.256;G.25, 
for common to fair. 
Frofa Fruit*. Strawberries are now in from 
Charleston and Norfolk. Tlie quality of the picking 
is poor, showing the defects of a heavy rntn storm 
South. They range at 5(Vrt ;,e. per quart. Apples have 
little more than a cooking demand, the retail trude 
running on haiiunas., which are now very abundant. 
Few prime peanuts now remain in first hands. -Rus¬ 
sel* range at 82.101(5.50 for golden and Roxbury. 
N. C. peanuts, grime, 81.90442.25; Virginia, 81.75622; 
common, 8Fvl.2a. 
Grain,—Prices. of wheat show a marked advance, 
mainly owing to reports from abroad. 
We quote No, 2 spring. In store, $1.70621.72: No. 1 do., 
81.766).!.77. winter red Western, S2.00r*2,09; amber 
West.ore, r-U*>>." 10; and white Western at 82.10ccu2.25. 
Kye. is dull and lower, SLute sold at 81.15; Western, in 
store, $L Oats have advanced but closed weak ; sales 
t r Western, Atkwtiflc. tor Ohio, 50He. for 
Male Barley is active, at td.(li for Canada West. 
Corn has been In good speculative demand, and is 
higher, closing at T.v.i -e for Western mixed, afloat, 
80 c. for prime while Western. 
Hay mid Si raw.—There has been a Hula more 
stock coining in, some parties showing some dispo¬ 
sition to realize at tlie unusually high prices, but a 
number of holders are not anxious, as with the drouth 
there l* some apprehension about the crop. Hales at 
$1.80 for shipping, and ♦!,!<*.vr, for retail qualities. 
1 .We. Straw ut $1.25® 1.35 for 
long rve ; jl'Jl.lO for short rye ; Kjo'dic. for out; 70@ 
75e. fur wheat. 
Hops.—There is a moderate trade in choice stock 
at steady rat,-*. There is scarcely any domestic here 
that will suit, buyers. Wo quote best grades 60@65o.; 
common lots 35c., English, filMlfiC.; Bavarians 6o<375c. 
.11 itpin Sngn r, -Quoted at 126116. Receipts about 
all here. 
IllilU.—Re.eolptii arc heavy, averaging8,650 cans per 
day by the various roads. This is above lust week, 
but the demand ha* used It tip. with some days show¬ 
ing room for more The average price is quoted at 
tS 46; the range was 82.50 up to $6 per can. 
Poultry nud Game.—Dressed from near points 
quoted at 23«,3tic, lor turkeys. 20(325c. for fowl?, and 
*1,356*1.50 for Spring chicken*. Poultry from all 
point* should now be packed in ice. Live, State and 
N.,1. fowls uud chickens, l'.%21e.; do. Western 17®18c.; 
roosters, 12c.; turkeys, 23<<t25e.; ducks, Western, per 
pair,?l<5,1.25; Geese, Western, *■ 1.6261!.87. 
Game. — Engliah snipe- and plover, per dor.. $2<c.3. 
Wild pigeons are scarcer, and quoted at $1.?5®2 per 
doz. 
Provision^.—Ill pork there is an improved feeling 
based upon reports train the 'Vest. Mess 8111.87 for 
spot, 813.90 for June, 814 for July, extra prime 811, 
prime mess $13. Drcsaen hog? are firm at 5l<<a:6Kc; 
middle!-meet wil n good demapd fioul ablppevs at 
full prices ; short rib 7>te.. Umg clear 7.Vc.. abort clear 
8(5>8Q. Gut meats are selling freely to shippers; dry 
salted shoulders pickled hums lljo., smoked 
meats are steadily held at III' 13c. for haras, 6cg6>4c. 
for shoulders ,e. for clear rth. Lard Is weak at 
IK for prime 'Vesteru steam. •) 1 ; e. for June. 9Ne. for 
J uly. Stearlne at 10c. for prime. Beef Is dull ut 87.50 
@<).W for plain Weste.ru most, ?ll)&12 for extra mess. 
Beef hum* at f-Ai27. Tierce beef at 81.56(17 for prime 
mesa, $196(21 fur India lues*. 
Heed?, There is only a small home trade. Clover 
atT.T.rlJhjO. for Ohio; OiTvlOc. for Indiana and .Michi¬ 
gan Timothy at F2A0c,(3. 
Tobacco. Tlie business in seedleaf Is is unusually 
brisk, tlie trade almost entirely from shippers, with 
now and then a lot taken by .-peculators. Prices are 
very firm. Loaf is quiet. I..(test sales of Kentucky 
leaf at (}.!<(& lie. Seed leaf 21(5 22c. for old Conn, wrap¬ 
per* ; new crop Connecticut and Massachusetts fillers, 
l36jllie.; do. 1 orsaeonc .* %®90e.: Ohio, 106? 12c.; Penn¬ 
sylvania l.Vtjific.; Now York I IQ 12c.; U iscopsin 95?9Q. 
V’egol;i hies. Holders of potatoes begin to find the 
stock most too heavy, and have been pressing their 
goods for sale more or less, and the consequence is a 
lower range of prices, '["ha opei.lug of the canals has 
thrown some little stock on the market that has been 
locked up nil Winter. Russian turnips ore scarce, and 
for tbe few Iota here advanced price* are obtained. 
Asparagus is coming In from all directions, Rnd prices 
are much lower. Green peas vary in quality, with 
parcels from Norfolk selling much higher than those 
Fact* for the Lndir*. Mrs. 8. D. Joyce, 
Kingston, Maas., has used her Wheeler & 
Wilson Lock - Stitch Machine since 1807, in 
general serving, sometimes changing her silk 
or thread twenty or thirty times a day, 
working us easily as with hand needle. See 
the new Improvements and Woods' Lock-Stitch 
Ripper. 
DOMESTIC NEWS, 
New York Olty and Vicinity, 
»On the 10th, at 8;«.{ I*. M„ Charles H. Phelps, 
a Jeweler on Sixth Avenue, was shot by burglars, 
who escaped. The crime is considered one of 
the boldest since the assassination of Mr. Nat han 
Many of the Cut hullo clergy of this city will vote 
for Greeley. St. Igniitius tllnireh. the" Ititiml- 
isfitV' was opened on the 12lli .. The Rev. .1. 
Hyatt Smith, Baptist, has taken a new departure, 
in' favor of open communion....About LH00 
carpenter- have struck for eight hour*.. .A 
Polish Fair is In progress .. Another Japanese 
coin mission has arrived at the St. Nicholas 
Judge Leonard i* the sucee-SKor to Judge Uar- 
do?,o_Rev.Merrill Richardson ha* resigned Ins 
pastorate on account of ill health A largo 
number of workingmen's demonstrations havo 
taken place in favor of Die eight hour law. 
Must of them have been successful On the 
15th llornee Greeley absolutely withdrew from 
the control of the Tribune ..The earpenters 
have had a successful ''strike.” and the brick¬ 
layers are to follow.... A petition against Free 
Miusoiii'V ha* been presented to the Methodist 
General Conference L. ( Spencer of OU ('ity, 
a merchant, committed suicide on iho 18th, lit 
the Mereliuiit'ffHotel ...Father Gava/./.i has lec¬ 
tured against Papal infallibility Prof. John 
Fisk has lectured at the Cooper Union in defense 
of Darwinism. 
Political. 
In the report made by the French Arms In¬ 
vestigating Committee, Mr. Sumner is censured 
for refusing to answer certain questions. No 
interest of the Government was sacrificed by 
tlie sale of tlie arms On the 10th all hopes of 
an arrangement between England and tlie Uni¬ 
ted States respecting Hie Alabama claims were 
given up Senator Sumner will not allow tho 
Amnesty bill to pass. If lie can help It. without 
hi* Civil Rights bill is added_Tlie lluell records 
are missing from the War Department., and an 
inquiry i* going on in relation to them The 
President lias asked Mr. Casey, the Collector of 
i'ii loin* nt Now Orleans, to resign, also lifct dep¬ 
uty, Her wing . .Congress is likely to appropri¬ 
ate *'200,(HKI to finish tho Washington monument 
....Tho ICtut.su bribes are to he investigated 
during tho recess of Congress. ..A branch of 
the woman suffragists have nominated Mrs. 
Woodlmll for President, and Fred. Douglass for 
Vice-President—The President haw had a spe¬ 
cial Cabinet me.eting on tiie Alabama claims, 
and has sent t he correspondence to the Senate 
., Bupt- Millet of the N. V. i uaurguoo Departs 
met it Inis resigned Mr. Vnorltcc* Ims repudi¬ 
ated the Cincinnati Convention in a Speech in 
tlie House... The President's message to the 
Semi In relative Li l.lic new article for the Wash¬ 
ington Treaty, and the article itself, have been 
made public. While the imilrept claims arc al¬ 
lowed lo remain before the Geneva Board, no 
claims for money will be made, and such claims 
are to be repudiated hereafter. It is thought 
the Senate will favorably advise the President 
in ibis matter... A Postal Telegraph hilt has 
been agreed on by the Committee .OrrisS. 
Ferry lias been elected Senator for six years by 
the Conn. Legislature ...Gun. Kilpatrick will 
stump the South for Greeley — The Now York 
Legislature has adjourned Messages have 
been seni t<> I lie Hemile concerning the treat¬ 
ment of immigrants, and the persecution of the 
Jews lu Kouinama Whittier indorses Greeley 
The correspondence with England on the indi¬ 
rect claims question lias been published, arulthe 
Senate is considering the President's proposit ion 
ol a supplementary treaty. His message had tlie 
elf eel in send up American securities in England 
The N. V. Democratic Convention met at Koch, 
ester on the 15th. Tlie Cincinnati platform was 
indorsed, and many liberal delegates will go to 
Baltimore, which is t hought, favorable for Gree¬ 
ley . The Republican Convention of N. Y. has 
mot at. Elmira, and heartily indorsed Grant.. 
Texas- Maine, and Tennessee have Indorsed 
Gruni The Reform Republican* have Issued 
an address to the people of New York .. The 
N. Y. Chamber of Commerce indorses the Sup¬ 
plemental Treaty, which Is a virtual withdrawal 
of indirect claims . Gov. Hoffman has v etoed 
the last Charter lor New York City. 
Miscellaneous Homo Now?. 
Some 1.500 men employed in tlie copper 
mines in Houghton Co., Mich., struck on the 
JOtli. and committed some outrages . For tlie 
week ending May 11th. Philadelphia had 50 fatal 
cases of smidl-pox_lu San Francisco, 300 na¬ 
tives of Alsace and Lorraine havo sworn alle¬ 
giance to France The Germans of Philadel¬ 
phia have given Franz Abt a grand torchlight 
procession On Hie fill It. there was a great iec 
blockade at Buffalo, and 100 vessels were frozen 
in_T. Buchanan Read wa- lauded at Laurel 
Hill. PhiJadelpUiH, On the 1tr.li... Tlie strike at 
the Michigan copper mine* was extending on 
the 14t.li-.. There Ims been a fearful hall storm 
in Utah.... United States detective* seized 
$5,000 worth of whisky in Boston, on the filth. 
... The San Francisco stock market has broken 
down. 
Crimes. 
On the 12th Win. Ramsay of Philadelphia 
was shot by one Samuel Woodlow — Capt, L. H. 1 
Sanger has had a trial by courtmartial at Fort 
Lucky, D, T„ tor seduction, abortion and con¬ 
spiracy... David Scott and Mitchell (’in?rest., the 
Windsor Locks. Conn., murderers, have bee.u 
imprisoned for life_A negro has been lynched 
at (’arthuge. Term— Three men were shot at 
Carthago, N. Y., ou tho 12th, in a foolish affray 
about a serenade_Ou (fie filth a rag picker 
named I.aible cot open the skull of a policeman 
named Leslie, in New York, with a cleaver, in¬ 
flicting a mortal wound....One Henry Ultroff 
Delicate Oc ature#. There is a healthful and 
odoriferous toilet article, known everywhere as 
Hagan’s Magnolia Balm, which literally trans¬ 
figures a cloudy or sallow skin, suffusing the 
discolored face, neck, arms and bosom with a 
soft, pearly tinge, and imparting to tlie surface 
a smoothness and a gloss like that of polished 
marble. 
Oar Nyrii|;atldr» would be given to the farm¬ 
ers who are wheedled into buying poor churns, 
if we did not know that there is no need of 
their being deceived. Huy an article proved by 
twenty years' use to be just what it is repre¬ 
sented. Buy tiie Blanchard Churn. 
Bores, in tho guise of Traveling Agents, not 
employed by us. Thus we sell our scales at 
such low prices. Sold oil trial anywhere in the 
United States. Free Price List. The Jones 
SCALE Works, Binghamton, N. Y. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
MONEY AND TRADE AFFAIRS 
From Great Britain. 
Victoria has given the order of Victoria 
and A Ibert to the Empress of Germany Pub¬ 
lic opinion in England is averse to any action 
whien will close negotiationsfor a settlement of 
the Alabama Ulaims. . The Washington treaty 
New York, Hatarduy, May 18,1872. 
General Trade tietilns t*• feel the approach of 
Summer dullness, but there is mure doing than this 
time last year In Merchandise, by nearly or quite ten 
percent. The great falling off is in the Cotton export 
(lis well us receipt*) ut the Southern ports. This effects 
seriously our trade led mice? with Europe, and there 
Is no present remedy, as the Colton is not here to 
?pare to the Kgrtupn miirketu. The falling oil In the 
crop receipts, already 1,100,011(1 hate?, will be 1 250,000 
bales, us ooiBiwreil with the lust crop, and In place ut 
3.100,000 hale* marketed abroad, we shall scarcely he 
able to spurn 1.90QJWU hales. The (inference in price, 
however. In favor of the present crop, will nearly 
make good the deficiency in quantity. The accounts 
of the new crop, recently planted, nre generally 
promising, and the extent of land under Cotton cmlti- 
vatlon Is believed to have been materially Increased. 
The Treaty has come up for discussion at Washing¬ 
ton In a new shape, and the suspense as to tho ulti¬ 
mate result bus not yet. her o removed, nor [lie ad¬ 
verse influence upon financial affairs diminishiid. 
Gold keeps firm at lit percent., and while the Gov¬ 
ernment Stocks keep pace within ywl per cenl 
with the price of Gold, other American Stocks, alftd 
especially new Railroad enterprises suffer, for the 
time, in the markets abroad, our present Impression 
is that, the Senate will, by a two-thirds vole, advise 
the President to accept a supplementary article to 
the Treaty oil tho question of indirect duniuges. 
The City Bank movement is expanding in Call 
Loans and Deposits, and the lawful Money basis in 
Gold and Greenbacks is also better than in the 
previous return. Money is 7 per cent, to tho Mock 
Brokers, and Toil* per cent, on prime Merchant paper. 
The following are the comparative movements of 
the City Banks for the past fortnight,: 
Mar 4. May 11. 
Capital...8*7,l.>5.5()0 $*7.1;>4,(K.KI 
Loans.27'.M'jy.0!X) 285.2U2.lsXI 
Gold and Greenbacks..65,752,800 67.810,71X1 
Deposits. .21l.63ti.4tJU 217,267.MXI 
Circulation ■ . 27,809.600 27,714,200 
PRICE OF STOCKS A XT' BONUS. 
American Gold. .114 N. Y. Central Scrip... 92 
0. S. 5-20's of 1*67.HOV;: Rock Island.Ill 
RED RIVER VALLEY OF MINNESOTA 
The Red River section of country on the line 
of the Northern Pacific Railroad presents re¬ 
markable inducements to permanent settlers and 
to heal l h-seeking tourist*, tbe rich productive¬ 
ness of Hie land yielding large returns to Hie 
farmer, and the steady, wholesome range of the 
temperature is of grout curative benefit to the 
invalid. A private letter from a residont for sev¬ 
eral years at Oak Lake, Minn., gives someinter¬ 
esting facts on tbe above points. 'Hie soil is very 
rich, causing a rapid growili of tlie crops. For 
instance, corn planted the 23d of Ma.v was dry 
enough to take from the stalk and grind in Sep¬ 
tember; tomatoes sowed May 3 were ripe Au¬ 
gust IN; watermelons were planted and ripened 
inside of twelve weeks; and potatoes, planted 
for an experiment Oil July 4, grew f/i one pound's 
weight. Thu writer refers to the heavily-tim¬ 
bered portion of Hie country and the numerous 
streams for Hie conveyance of timber to the Red 
River, and as he settled there before there was 
anv prospect of the Northern Pacific Railroad 
being built., lie knows of no such region for (he 
man of energy or t he invalid, according to their 
respective needs. The yield of hay in Unit seution 
is from two to five tana per acre; wild fruit, 
such as plums, (strawberries, dumints, Ac., flour¬ 
ish in great abundance; fish are nntnc.rouK and 
excellent; wild fowl and game abound, and herds 
of moose, oik and deer are met with. Tbehoult h- 
fulnefssoilhe climate is proved by Ids experience 
as a physician for twenty years; and no ease of 
miasmatic disease or pulmonary disease has origi¬ 
nated there; while among tin* natives born and 
reared them functional derangement* of the 
vital organs are less frequent than among the 
people of any other section of country, showing 
the benefits in the matter of health by long resi¬ 
dence in that climate. Thousands of excursion¬ 
ists, engineers and others employed on tlie 
Northern Paciflo Railroad, can attest to Hie bene¬ 
ficial effects ol the climate in the lied River Val¬ 
ley. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS, 
New York, Friday, May 17,1872. 
Re-mpt*. — The receipts of the principal kinds of 
produce Bince our last embrace 7.531 hales of cot¬ 
ton . dried trait*. 262 pkcsi.: eggs. 20.579 bills.; flour, 
15,208 bbl.f wheat, 195.07.1 hush.; corn, 498,609 d©,,; nats. 
77.102 do • barley. 40,216 do.; gras* seed. — baps, 
hops, 2l bales ; beans. 249 bb!»,: pork. 2.575 pkgs.; eat 
meats, 6,671 do.: lard, 5,956; kegs ilo.. 178; butter, 11,107 
pkgR.; chepsc. 10.597do.; peanuts.2,.75; Imps; l,.772lih(ls. 
tobacco; 9,141 pkps dr,.; 3.8&T hhl*. whisky; 8-16 bales 
wool; corn meal, bbis, 6,552; do. bags, 2,211; rye, bu., 
8,150; malt do., 9,185; beef, pkgs., 68. 
