* 
trial of A. Oakey Hall, Mayor of New York, 
under similar indictments, was commenced, 
and is now in progress. It is, of course, excit¬ 
ing some of interest in the city. 
far but few have died_The horse disease is so 
bad in Boston o.xeu are employed in the streets 
....Chicago is excited over the temperance 
question—The teller of the Va. State Bank 
has absconded with £10,000. 
Obituaries. 
ItEv. John Purchase, tin- prominent Rit¬ 
ualist of Brighton. England, on the 19th ult_ 
Rev. A. Case r>f Elmira, at Clifton Springs, on 
the I9th — Rev..]. A. Merled’Aubigne. the his¬ 
torian, at Geneva. Switzerland, on the 21st ul r . 
He was horn in the same city in 1734_John B. 
Bruce, an old and esteemed teacher in Connect¬ 
icut, died at Litchfield on the J3tli nit. .Sir T. 
J. Cochrane, Admiral of the English heel, in 
London, on the 20tli ult_Gen. William Schoo¬ 
ler, at Jamaica Plain. Mass., on tho 24th ult.... 
Charles L. Perry, U. S. consul, at Asplnwall. 
Crimen, Accidents, I£tc. 
Ok the 22d of October, the Pullman train 
on the Eastern Railroad, for Boston, ran into a 
freight train at Seabrook. Two men were killed 
and 20 passengers wounded. 
MONEY AND TRADE AFFAIRS, 
CURRENT TOPICS 
What Cuban Slaves are Taxed. 
It is found by the Spanish Government In 
Cuba that lls expenditures exceed its receipts 
$ I J,*700,000. To supply this deficiency It lias 
hecn resolved not to Increase the import or ex¬ 
port duties, but to supply the d eficiency by local 
taxation. One mode of local taxation is to im¬ 
pose a tax of £21 on each slave, which will bring 
in a revenue of about £7,000,000. 
New York, Monday, Oct. 23, 1872. 
THK trade of the past week was active in Cotton 
and in Grain and Provisions. Tho exports of Cotton 
from this and tho Southern port* are on a liberal 
scale and the receipts at the South quite large—111,000 
bales for tho week. The exports of Grain and Ollier 
Domestic Produce from New York are running well, 
and, while Exchange Is thus, favorably Influenced, 
flic amount of Hills required to cover tho collection 
of November Coupon* for foreign account tends to 
keep up tho rate of Exchange to too Gold shipping 
point. One of Our tankers shipped $1.000,000 of 
Araerl an Gold Coin on Saturday. The price of Gold 
is not affected, ns the sums required for export came 
directly out of the Treasury for November Interest 
on the Publt i Debt. Tho business of the week in 
General Merchandise was good. The Dry Goods 
trade is pretty much over for the Fall srnson. 
The demand for Money for Merchant account and 
from tho Banks in the South and West that corre¬ 
spond with Now Vork Is very active, and, although 
our banks let out nearly $t,600.0C0 last week, the slate 
of their lawful Money reserves will not allow them 
to afford nil the relief reqntrod. For these purposes 
tho street rates for Money oil III! time engagements 
are 8 to 12 per cent. The Stock Brokers for loans 
strictly subject to call are only O. 7 prr cent. 
The Stock market 1ms been buoyant, and higher on 
the New York and Western Roads, and on Pacific 
Mail and Telegraph Stocks. Part of the advance is 
lost to-day, although the reaction i* not of a serious 
nuluro. The Pacific Mall Company have tilled up 
their Capital of $?0,«O,00f) by Rolling 27,000 shares of 
the Stock for some years hold In reset ve at par value. 
Tins Telegraph Stock and Northwest Road were also 
In especial f avor during tlm week, at. a large udvanco 
on previous prices. 
The following arc the comparative movements of 
the City Banks for the past fortnight: 
Oct. 19. Oct. 2fi. 
Capital. **3,(119,200 $8S,019.200 
Loans.270.557,«0(l 2M.'.<25.000 
Gold and Greenbacks.... 05.171,500 ta.137.lOU 
Deposit-.201,031,tuO 203,20.',ICO 
Circulation. 27,705,800 27,(fcC,(,00 
MUCKS or GOBI), STOCKS AN It IIONOS. 
American Gold.111! File... 5 P< 
II. 3.0* of 1881.HO ', Colon Pacific.. 39 k 
11. 8 - 5-20* of ’tVi (old). .1110, Ruck Island.,,.110M 
II. 8 . 5-20’s of ]Stl7 .115?>' Northwest. hi u; 
11.8.10-40. . ..I(i9'i Ohio ft .Mi-. 47 u 
U.S.5»(new).I11R Western Telegraph... 78X 
tJ. 8 . Currency' s.113Y Pacific Stud. w 
N. y. Bounty 7s.107 I .tike Shore.‘i 2 « 
Missouri* . |Toledo & Wabash.... 72 
Tennessees.. 75 Adams Express.id 
South Carolina*.2(5 American Express.... 71 
Virginia*. .Vi 1 rilled States Exp’s.. 73* 
Central Pacifies.100 St. Paul(oomiumi).... 57K 
Union Pacifies ....89 St. Paul (preferred)... 77 
N. V. Central Stocks.. 90,4 Bills on London.109 
* F.x. Dividend. 
governments as to the interpretation ot the 
treaty of 1846, defining tho Northwestern 
boundary—the United Slate* claiming the Island 
of San J nan as wit hin her territory, and Great 
Britain claiming St as hers. The settlement of 
this question was pending when the Washington 
Treaty was under c onsideration. By the terms 
of that treaty the San Juan question was Jol t to 
the decision of Emperor William of Germany, 
who brought to his aid a" Imperial advisers 
Grimm, Vice-President of the Supreme Court; 
Kiepert, the eminent geographer, and Gold¬ 
schmidt, member of the Superior Tribunal ol 
Lcipsic. Those referees made their respective 
reports to i ho ISmporor, who has given his de¬ 
cision in favor of tho United States. The Eng¬ 
lish papers don't like this award more than that 
in the case of the Alabama Claims. But tho 
matter is definitely and derisively decided, nev¬ 
ertheless. _ 
That Colored Cadet. 
There is a colored cadet at the Naval Acade¬ 
my ut Annapolis. The fact that ho was given a 
room alone has been telegraphed all over the 
country—t hat is, he has no chum, and did not 
even ask for one! Then, his demeanor at the 
table, and the fact that he sits hotwoen two 
white cadets lias received due publicity. There 
is no news to prove that he does not cat his food 
with as much relish as, and digest it like, a 
white boy. Tboro have boon rumors that the 
while cadets have been insulting him. It is 
some satisfaction to know. If it were true, that 
ho knows how to behave himself bettor than 
white hoys do, because there is some hope that 
they may profit by his example. But we are 
gratified to learn by a telegram from Washing¬ 
ton, that the Department of the Navy have no 
official information that the white boys have 
behaved badly. This is gratifying, because it 
goes to prove that lie lias not got into bad com¬ 
pany. 
Right Action of the Secretary of the Navy. 
A Washington dispatch states that Robert 
D. Diggs of Maryland, a cadet midshipman, 
met colored cadet Midshipman Conyers on the 
grounds of the Naval Academy, and. after sonic 
words, a fight ensued between them, in which 
Conyers suffered most. But, it appearing (hat 
Diggs was the aggressor, the Acting Secretary 
of tho Navy has issued an order dismissing 
Diggs front the Academy, ir the action of 
Diggs grew out of t lie simple fact that Conyers 
was colored, ibis action of the Secretary’s is 
justifiable. If the boys educated at Govern¬ 
ment. expense will not learn to respect the 
rights of others. The Government cannot afford 
to waste its money upon them; for they will 
never tie qualified to defend and uphold free 
institutions aud the right of ouo man to be the 
equal of any other—if lie can. 
A Duel at Atlanta, Ca. 
Two young men, named respectively, J. K. 
Towngend and Houston T. Force, quarreled, 
and October 18, fought a duel with double-bar¬ 
relled shotguns loaded with buckshot, at twen¬ 
ty paces- Townsend was seriously wounded. 
Both were young men. belonging to respectable 
families. Wcaro not quito willing to believe 
this the wisest way to sett le personal difficulties. 
FOREIGN NEWS, 
fflisccllaiicons Foreign New*. 
Sumner has visited Gambotta, regretting 
that there is so little sincere religion in Franco. 
. Pri noe Napoleon demands redress for his ex¬ 
pulsion... Count do Chnmbord protests against 
the establishrnent of a Republic in Franco_ 
Gen. You Schmelnttz of Germany wo* married 
to Miss Jay, daughter of the American Minister, 
in London, on the I 8 U 1 ult .Tolls on London 
bridges are to be removed. Spain will not 
abolisli capital punishment lor political offenoss. 
— Colored men are bring used by Spain in 
Cuba....A gallery fell ut a circus in Sheffield, 
on the 21st ult., injuring 70 people_Tho haik 
Caroline Maria, from Got lenberg, has been sunk 
off Leith, and eight of Hie crow drowned_The 
English Government will allow -Mr. Brudluugh's 
journal to go through tho malls....The King 
and Queen of Portugal have dined on board the 
American fleet.... .The French elect ions have 
proved favorable to the Radical candidates. .. 
The telegraphic service in Spain is said to be in 
a shameful condition Miss Livingstone has 
had two let t ers from her father in Africa Tol¬ 
l-graphic communication is now complete be¬ 
tween London ami Melbourne_The Emperor 
of Germany has decided t he Sun Juan boundary 
question in favor of tho United States_M. 
Tboophlle Gautier, the French author, died on 
the 24 lb ult.A large number of exiled French 
Imve sailed for Canada — There Is a rumor in 
Paris that Mr. Washburns will have a seat in 
President Grant’s Cat duet ...Floods have oc¬ 
curred on t ho banks of tho river Po_The En¬ 
glish press, while accepting, is not satisfied with 
the settlement of the tain Juan boundary ques¬ 
tion. ...Oilo Russell bus congratulated Mr. Ban¬ 
croft upon the removal or the last difficulty 
with England ..A banquet has been given to 
the Japanese Embassy ill Paris. 
New Ontario Cabinet. 
The new Cabinet of Ontario recently formed 
by Vice-Chancellor Mowat consists of P. Mowat, 
Premier and Attorney-General; Adam Crooks, 
Treasurer; T. B. Fardee, Secretary of State; 
A. MoKellar, Minister of Public Works; and B. 
W. Scott, Commissioner of Crown Lauds. 
The Next Pope. 
It is announced that Cardinal Antonio Maria 
Paneblanca, a Sicilian, sixty-four years old, 
has actually been selected as the present Pope’s 
successor. lie not only belongs to the Order of 
the Jesuits, but is stud to have made a vow that 
lie will restore that Order to its former greatness. 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC, 
Lowell, Kent Co,, Mich., Oct 21.—C«rn crop 
very good; potatoes very late, but think there 
will be a good crop; wheat, $1.40© LOO per bush¬ 
el— injured a good deal by rust and wevll; 
corn, 40c.; oats a good crop; fruit middling. 
The fair at Lowell, last week, very poor. Fine 
Fall weather.—A. 1 .i„ 
Lamar, Ottawa Co,, Kan., Oel. 10.—The past 
season has been good enough; people need not 
complain. Fall wheat killed badly, and what 
did live through was light. Spring wheat and 
Oats were good; corn and potatoes excellent ; 
all kinds of root crops good. Fall wheat is 
worth £1.50 per bush.; Spring, £1: corn, 25e.; 
Outs, 25c.; potatoes, 40o.; hay, (wild). £:j per ton. 
Good horses £150 each; work oxen, $150 per 
yoke; poor ones are cheap. Good native cows, 
£40; good butter, 20e. per pound ; eggs, Rio. per 
doz. Good homestead lamia hero yet, and lirvt- 
class deeded land cun be bought for from £3 to 
£5 per acre, on time.—H. i\ s. 
Springfield, Mo., October 21. Weather fine. 
Have had a few smart frosts, sufficient to kill 
tho cucumber and potato vines. Roses, petu¬ 
nias, urtcniisios and other flowers are nr ill in 
vigorous bloom. Crops, generally, have been 
bountiful. Wheat of excellent quality, oats 
and earn never better. A splendid crop of 
potatoes, both Irish and sweet. Fruit of all 
kinds has ripened well and abundantly. Had 
a larger peach crop than ever before here. 
Apples are abundant, aud choice pears in mod¬ 
erate supply. Pastures continue good. Cattle 
are rarely housed during the Winter; a prac¬ 
tice, however, not to be recommended to good 
farmers.—T. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS 
Nkw York, Monday, Oct. 28,1873. 
Everything that depend* upon truck and wagon 
transportation through tho city is altogether checked, 
so farasauy wholesale trade I* concerned. Receivers, 
since tho prevalence of the horse distemper that has 
laid up the greater portion of teams, have been im¬ 
pelled to leuvo property nr tie? wharves and stations, 
while their surplus stock remains in their stores al¬ 
most untouched, through tho absence Of grocery and 
express teams. Some buyer* are moving by hand a 
ro«v goods, such ns eggs, fancy vegetables and fruit, 
hut tills hardly gives mi active tone to business. It 
is projected that merchants engage the u*o of oxen 
from available points, io order to relieve tbe wharves 
and railroad depots from tho crowded accumulation. 
It Is likely tlm shipments will be discouraged until 
there Is a change for tho better in the stables, but 
for some time we shall have to submit to a very de¬ 
ranged market. 
Receipts.— The receipts of the principal kinds of 
produce since our lu*t nro a* follows: 
Corn, bush. 969.5001 Meal, bbls. 5,100 
Oats, " . 2*1(4,300 Flour, “ . 87,180 
Wheat, “ . 516,000.Eggs. “ . 0,920 
Kyc, “ ......... — <’oltou, bales. £0,4<i5 
Barley, “ .. 868.000 Hops, ** 1,1.9 
Malt, " . 30,010! Wool “ 818 
Seed, “ . tx* Butter, pkg». 16.100 
Beans, “ . 2,800 Cheese *• . go, 0 2 
Meal, bags. 430 land. " . 3,490 
Peanuts •’. l.fdu Dried fruits, pkgs., 1,689 
Pork, bbis. SgSlCutMtah) 1JM9 
Benn« and Pens,—Spneulntor* have been In the 
mm ket and bought tip mediums freely, leaving light 
stocks in first bands, and. with small arrivals, prices 
are higher. The distributing demand >* only moder¬ 
ate • marrowlals are plenty unci offered Iroelv nt the 
quotations. Southern B. W. are lower and dull. 
We quote Mediums, prime # 2 .i5o>2.50 per bushel; 
good do,, f3.8tw3.40; fair do., $2.0tVgi2,25; prime mar¬ 
row fats, #2.AVrf.2.7U; good do.. $2.40603,50! common and 
fair do.. $53,2.25. Green peas ut £L80it],90. Southern 
black-eyed peas, £2.80. 
Buttcr. — Tho market was good enough before 
trade bocamc paralyzed through the want of horses, 
and even with the present Interruption prices for 
choice grades are very firm. Fur selections there is un 
active trade, ns during this, part of Autumn there is 
an Important call for family supplies. Bow grades ol’ 
butter are dull and the range Is wide between lair to 
prime State. 
Orange Cu. pails, fine, 38@40c.; Penn, and N. J. pails, 
good to fine, 2&$35o.; common. l.VHfie.; selections, 
naif tubs, 3 Tk3,S5c.: half tubs in lots,29(0500.; good to 
prime ttrkins, 27<V.’9o.; do. Welsh, Fall. 276* 28o.; Welsh 
tubs, fair. 30®23c.; other glades ol State. 18®22c.; 
Western Reserve, choice. 2)f.-.22c.i Western fair to 
good. I8f*15o.r common. lO&Uc.; grease butter, 7K«4 
8)gc.; State dairies,28®.HIC- 
Clierac. —Trade wants arc urgent, hutthe difficul¬ 
ty in moving, through the horse distemper, limits the 
business from this source. \Ye are liar lug larger ar¬ 
rivals, but they do not Include more crime stuck than 
needed. Receivers. In Instances oMiiln 15c. for 
Ojioiee lota, in uJobbing way, but UYc. is the too fig¬ 
ure from shipper.'. Tliu market is stimulated y (ho 
confident feeling in lire Interior. Tfio ffirii eporta 
are sniisfactori, but xruii! from shippers ,iu in mo¬ 
ment is small, the exports for tho week 1 viik.uk only 
14,850 packages. 
We quote ritate factory, choice, 1IA'®!5«.; good to 
prime, kifcyiHc.; fair. J2k<<vl8J4c.: Stale dairy. kk<il3yf 
fur good to prime, UJffitSIc. for fair lots; for Ohio fac¬ 
tory, UDt&lA'Ka. for good to prime; English daily, 
prime, UBivyDe,; fair do.. llv'tl.ic. 
Cation.—No further important changes are made 
in prices for forward delivery. There is a good ex¬ 
pert trade, but there 1* more stock to work upon. 
Uplands. Alabama. N. Orleans. Texas. 
Ordinary. .. 16K 16X 1GK 1 7X 
Good Ordinary... 1.-;.; 19 19 iOff 
l.ow .Middling.... 1919W 19Y 20 
Middling.19;Y 20 20 V, 20 « 
Good Middling... 20.H 21 21* 21X 
For forward delivery trade Is moderate, with sales 
on the basis of low middling at 1954c. for Oct., isjtfc. 
for Nov., 18 11-160. for Deo., 19c. for Jon., l‘J%c. for 
Feb., 19%o. for March. 
SEMI-BUSINESS PARAGRAPHS, 
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. —'The progress 
of tiio Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad is thus 
stated By an exchange:—It will undoubtedly 
interest capitalists who have made investments 
in the CliesnpeakpnndOhio Railroad Company's 
first mortgage bonds t hat the rails have already 
Been laid beyond Richmond Fails, on tho New 
River of West Virginia, about sixty miles weal 
of tho While Sulphur Springs. The incomplete 
gup between the eastern and western divisions 
of the road, now in operation, is said to be less 
than forty mile*, and will he finished in a very 
few days. Tho whole line, from the docks be¬ 
low Richmond to tho Ohio River terminus, will 
be ready for trains in December next. The 
Company are now making confronts for the de¬ 
livery of large quantities of bituminous and 
canned coal at the seaboard wharves, aud have 
already a large traffic from tho mines of the 
Kanawha to the Ohio navigation. The limited 
amount of the Company's bonds remaining on 
sale in tho hands of Fisk & Hatch, the finan¬ 
cial agents, are being rapidly absorbed at the 
present low rates. 
What a Physician Knows about Insanity. 
In a recent murder ease triodut Memphis, Dr. 
J. K. Allen who said he had been lor thirty 
years a physician, and for ten years Medical Su¬ 
perintendent of the Kentucky Lunatic Asylum 
and had, during that time over 2,000 insane per¬ 
sons in charge, testified"The more I studied 
the question of insanity tho less l understood it, 
and if yon ask me where it begins and where it 
ends, neither I nor any other physician in the 
world can tell you.” That is one ot tho most 
sensible statements wo ever knew a physician 
to make. It is so much beUer*than ihe learned 
disquisitions upon the operat ions and phenom¬ 
ena of the human mind usually given as medi¬ 
cal testimony in murder trials where a question 
of insanity is involved. 
DOMESTIC NEWS, 
New York City and Vicinity. 
The indictments against Mayor Hall cover 
78 counts, Tweed and Fields are supposed to 
have disappeared — A report has been pub¬ 
lished relative to the Asylum for the Insane on 
Ward’s Island, which shows careless treatment 
and lax regulations for the admission of patients 
. Tim Swedish subjects ol this dly have Liken 
tile rnth of allegiance to tlie new King, Oscar 11 
.. The President aud family visited the city on 
the 21st ult., to meet Miss Nellie Grant Anna 
Dickinson lectured on ilie25th ult. at the Cooper 
Instit ute, on " Is the "War Ended 7"_A large 
force of laborers is now at work upon the parks 
ami boulevards of the city... .John Allen's 
Water street, den has been turned into a “ Help¬ 
ing Hand to Mon A Japanese prince and 
four students have arrived at tho St. Nicholas 
Mies Fftilhfull has lectured on "The Queen of 
England and the Royal Family”_The horse 
epidemic has broken out in the city, with more 
than 30,000 sick — The hospitals are crowded 
with 6 ick horses, and fears ate entertained of 
the stoppage of the Street ears. Miss Faithful! 
and Mr. I'rnude have visited tin charitable in¬ 
stitutions ... Mr. Owen O Connor lias been rob¬ 
bed on Broadway of $50,000 in bonds_Henry 
Rodifors of Brooklyn lias been eon vie ted or 
murder in the first degree, and is to be hanged 
on the 6 th of December. Gen. HartranfL, the 
new Governor of Pennsylvania, has held a levee 
in t ho Fifth Avenue Hotel. ,The trial of Mayor 
Hull proceeds slowly, attracting little attention 
— Mrs. Horace Greeley has been dying through¬ 
out Hie week. She has dropsy, consumption 
and rheumatism. 
Home News. 
South Carolina has adopted the mnend- 
raeni to ihe Constitution prohibiting an increase 
of the State debt .. Extensive prairie fires have 
raged in Nebraska — Traffic Inis been nearly 
suspended in Buffalo and Rochester by the 
sickness of Ihe horses. The stnbles, ennuis, 
ojiinihiis lines find street ears have suspended 
operations. The horse disease ha- appeared in 
Boston, Albany and at other place*. Diggs, 
a white cadet, who attacked a colored cadet at 
tho Annapolis Academy, has been oisuiisaod the 
institution. The Indians visiting Washington 
have been told that they must remain on their 
reservations, or they will ho obtJuwed The 
horse disease has spread all over the Eastern 
and Middle suites, causing great alarm. Thus 
save Money.—It is well worth saving, and 
you can save it in buying a Sewing Machine, 
and get one of the best and most perfect ma¬ 
chines in existence. The New Wilson Under- 
Feed Sewing Machine has reached a point of 
excellence and perfectness equaled by no ma¬ 
chine in use, and the constantly and rapidly 
increasing demand, which is almost beyond 
their manufacturing capacity to supply, is con¬ 
vincing evidence that the merits and cheapness 
of this muchine are being appreciated by the 
public. Salesroom at 707 Broadway, New York, 
and in all other cities in the United Stutes. The 
Company want agents in country towns. 
Currency Expansion Desired. 
Business men from the West are urging Sec¬ 
retary Bout well to unlock tho Treasury and put 
in circulation tho $44,000,000 legal tender re¬ 
serves which Secretary McCulloch withdrew 
from circulation, asserting its.necessity in tho 
movement of the produce of the West. To this 
there is strong opposition ou the part of (hose 
who desire a speedy return to specie payment, 
because they believe it will delay that event. 
The pleas in favor aud protests against thus 
unlocking the currency are pretty evenly bal¬ 
anced, and the Secretary has not yet decided 
what he will do. _ 
France and Italy. 
M. Thiers has recently expressed the opinion 
that the King of Italy is one of the smartest 
sovereigns of Europe. He evidently holds liis 
opinions in high esteem. But he protests, with 
great emphasis against his ilonapartist sympa¬ 
thies; and to such extent does ho can y this pro¬ 
test Hiar he has requested King Victor Emanuel 
of Italy to recall Chevalier Nigra, the Italian 
Minister to France, who, during the recent ex¬ 
pulsion of the Bonapurtcs from France, has of¬ 
fensively manifested his Bonapartist sympa¬ 
thies. 
Watch No. 1259, Stem Winder — bearing 
Trade Mark " Frederic Atherton & Co., Marion, 
N. J.”—manufactured by the United States 
Watch Oo. (Giles, Wales & Go.), has been carried 
by me six months ; Its total variation from 
mean time being only eight seconds per month. 
Have been Traveling through different sections 
of the country, from New York to Galveston, 
Texas, und back by steamer and railroad.—E. 
Hick, of Whitney & Rice, 179 Broadway, New 
York. 
Forts for the Ladies. — Mrs. J. C. THOMAS, 
Bloomington, Ill., has used her Wheeler & 
Wilson Lock-Stitch Machine constantly since 
April, I860, making the heaviest and thick¬ 
est coats, such as beaver cloth. See the new 
Improvements and Woods' Lock-Stitch Rip¬ 
per. 
Tweed and Hall. 
New indictments had been found against 
William M. Tweed: but lie could not be found. 
All attempts to arrest him failed until one day 
the past week lie appeared at the Court of Oyer 
and Terminer and gave ball. Meantime the 
Advice.— .Send for free Price List. Jones 
Scale Works, Binghamton, N. Y. 
