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organ is beligerent and calls upon cowards to. 
get out of the way. 
—really Spring-like—a change from 40° below 
zero to 40° above in 48 hours time! The Winter 
has been extremely cold, with an unusual depth 
of snow,—i, w. s. 
30,000 cases of coal oil, and a warehouse In San 
Francisco . ..Cooper shop at Evansville,lnd., on 
the 11th; loss, $35,000—Factory and house in 
Brooklyn, on the 11th ; loss, $84,000_Building 
on Central Wharf, Norwich, Conn., on the 12th; 
loss, $35,000 Tannery at Tyrone. N. V., on the 
12th; loss, $00.1X4) Clotb factory at Peterboro, 
Ont„ on the 12th; loss, $10,000_Carriage fac¬ 
tory in Cambridge, Mass., on the 12th ; loss, 
815,000 . Wooden ware factory In St. Louis, on 
the 14th; loss, $30,0000 . Clav retort factory' In 
Baltimore, on the 13th ; loss, $RO.(X)0... Erie Knit¬ 
ting Mill, at Cohoes. N. 1., on the 14th; loss, 
Secretary Boutwell has Resigned. 
There are many who do not approve Secre¬ 
tary Bout well's financial policy or policies; 
these will be gratified to know that on Feb. 3 he 
wrote a letter to the President resigning the 
Secretaryship, his resignation to take effect Feb. 
13. That resignation, it is asserted, has not been 
withdrawn, but has been verbally modified, at 
the request of the President, so as to take effect, 
without condition, March 4. Hence, we are to 
have a new Secretary of the Treasury. 
DOMESTIC NEWS, 
NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE 
New York City and Vicinity. 
A small explosion of fireworks has taken 
place in Deystreet ..A boy was whipped to 
death In Brooklyn on the 8th ...Thousand* of 
people visited the remains of Vicar-General 
Starrs on the fith... A Miss Brontell was burned 
to dnntli on t he 8th .. .The 7th Rogt. is making 
f reat exertions to secure a new armory. Dr. 
I ugh Williamson was shot nn the fith by a 
Swede and fatally wounded. Jealousy' the 
cause ...The trial of John Soaimcll for murder 
has commenced ... A parade ground of 80 acres 
In extent. North of Port George, has been de¬ 
cided upon Proposals for the Greenwood 
statue of Greeley are advertised .The Wo¬ 
men's Protective Cnlon held a great meeting on 
the 11th — Anna Dickinson has lectured before 
a small audience on “ What's to Hinder.”. The 
great Arirm ball was held on the 13th Soros is 
held a banquet, on the !4th Stokes has been 
denied* new trial. He lstobe lumgr.n the 28th 
. Clergymen are signing a petition in favor of 
the murderer. Foster ... A jury for the trial of 
KcanneM has been obtained ...The New Haven 
freight depot on Center street waa burned to the 
extent of $07,000 on t he 14th. 
Home Newt*. 
There are the usual rumors of changes in 
the foreign missions.. At lantic cable tolls have 
been reduced to 75 cents a word Senator Sum¬ 
ner's health Is improving.. ..One James Graham 
has been brutally murdered at Little Neck, L. 
I Prof. Tyndall has returned to England 
Secretary Boutwell recommends the adoption 
of an international signal code for merchant 
vessels The defeat of t he air line railroad in 
New Jersey has greatly displeased the people 
.The New Jersey Legislature has indignantly 
refused to accept passes from the Erie Railway 
... The antl-ninnopoly feeling is on t he increase 
in New Jersey... Our Minister to Mexico Is to 
A $5 PICTURE FREE I 
BY PAYING ONLY 12.50 FOB 
MOORE’S 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
For 1873! 
FOREIGN NEWS, 
IMIncellaneoun Foreign New*, 
On the fith, a threatened rupture between 
the President and the Coinmitteo of Thirty, 
caused much excitement In Paris_TheOariist. 
Insurrection is again aetive in Spain_Austria 
consents to an International Congress to sit at 
Vienna during the exhibition, for the purpose 
of encouraging useful Inventions. France has 
dosed the medical school at Montpelier A 
collision took place at. Dunbar, 25 miles from 
EdlnburLdi, on t he 8th, Nine people were killed. 
The North of France has had a heavy snow 
storm, which stopped the trains for Ihrec days. 
The bill for the abolition of slavery In Porto 
Rico is being discussed In the Spanish Congress. 
— An Insurrection atTeplc, Mexico, is assum¬ 
ing formidable proportions The insurrection 
In Spain daily gains strength_The King of 
Spain abdicated his throne on the loth. The 
act caused n profound sensation throughout 
Europe. The Cories at once went Into a perma¬ 
nent session, and a Republic was voted the same 
evening, the vote standing2159 to32... The House 
of Lords has been discussing the San Juan boun¬ 
dary question.. Tlic abdication of King Ama¬ 
deus was accented wit hout discussion_Figue- 
ras has been elected President of 1 he new Span¬ 
ish Council; CaateJar is the Minister of Foreign 
Affairs — A man-of-war lias gone from Italy to 
t.’.ke home the ex King European Commun¬ 
ists arc said to be fine king to Madrid. The 
President of France will recognize the Spanish 
Republic.. ben or M art os has been elected 
permanent President of the Spanish Assembly. 
Ex-Queen Isabella isgoingIn Madrid. The 
Duke de Mont pansier will operate ngnlnst the 
Republic — The Spanish army Is divided reln- 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC, 
Holland, Ottawa Go., JVIlch., Feh. 12. — We 
have had a very cold and stormy Winter— the 
coldest known in many years. Hay is $12 per 
ton; corn, shelled, 45c.; oats, 32c.; wheat, $1.75; 
potatoes, 80c.; eggs, 22c.; hard maple cord wood, 
$4.50; beech, $3.50. Labor is dear, $1.50 per day 
of t en hours, without board. Money 1 b scarce; 
street Interest Is from 24 to 30 per cent. Busi¬ 
ness Is dull; farmers have not much money to 
buy things with, owing to low prices of farm 
products. About eiery tenth man wants to sell 
out and move elsewhere. Splendid opening 
here for capitalists, especially for money lend¬ 
ers. Splendid climate: In Summer cool breezes 
front the Lake almost every day, and our Win¬ 
ters are. as a general thing, very mild. Good 
country for fruit; much fruit land for sale at 
very low prices. Farmer. 
Wood Go., «., I'cb. «. Have had the coldest 
weather ever known here this Winter. The 
29th ult., mercury stood .'50 c below zero; more 
snow and severer storms than for many years. 
Apples and potatoes froze in t.hc cellars and al¬ 
most all froze that were kept, in pits. Seed 
potatoes will be scarce. Stock of all kinds look 
well. If the Winter continues late and severe, 
feed will lie rather scarce, except, corn, which Is 
very plenty; much of it Is not busked. Wheat 
looks promising; the snow has protected it 
completely from the cold; also clover. Dressed 
pork Is worth $5 per ewt.; clover seed, $5.15 per 
bu.; wheat, $1.40; corn, 85c.; oats, 80c.; green 
apples. 50c. to (JOc.; eggs, 25c;.; butter, 20c.—n. w. 
>1,HianlcsloM n, Frederick Go., Md., Jan. 31. 
Weather colder than for many years—down to 
11" below zero yesterday morning, and it seldom 
goes below zero here. Snow 12 inches deep; 
good sleighing since before Christmas. Times 
hard; money scarce; also hay and straw. Hay, 
$25',’.'10 per I,on ; wheat, L80 per bu.; corn, 
5lc.; oats, 40c.; labor, by the day, 50e.<?A$l; 
horse's, $ 15X5351; cows, $J0@40; pine lumber, 
$30®<V); oak lumber, $256/30 per M ; 
50 per acre, barge crop of fruit last year; chin¬ 
nier apples plenty yet . at 50c. per bush. Wheat 
a poor crop; corn good; hay poor.-.!, i.. 
I > ii ii I it l>, llurrison Cii., lawn, Feh. 3. We arc 
having the hardest Winter in tills country 1 
have seen, and 1 have now been here eight 
years; thermometer at, 10", 10", 30° and 27" below 
zero for days. Not. imicli snow; ground frozen 
about live l'eet; all little streams nearly solid, 
and the river from three to four feet of Ice, and 
almost impossible to water stuck. Horses are 
word) from $100 to $ 200 ; oxen. $90to$100; cows, 
$20 to $30; pork, $3.50; live hogs, $3; wheat. 
95c.; oats, 115c.; barley. 51c.; corn, 15c.; eggs, 35c.; 
butt or, 25c.; chickens, Sc. per lb.—it. b. it. 
>\ imtsor Go., 11., Feb. 7. We have had four 
feet of snow; now fully three feet; very dry 
and ” mealy;" does not pack well, mid business 
is greatly delayed. Temperature extremes rang¬ 
ing from zero to40"; no frost in the ground; 
water abundant. A year ago the earth waa fro¬ 
zen four feet deep, and water very scarce. Hay 
plenty, $15 a ton; corn meal, $30 a ton; oats. 
50c.; wheat, $3; potatoes, 00c. Live stock was 
reduced in 1871 and 1872, and is somewhat scarce. 
Sheep. $3 to $3. Young cattle bring good pri¬ 
me—c. H. it. 
Madrid, St. Lawrence Go., Feb, 2.— Large fall 
of snow in early Winter; January thaw used it 
wp; now 0 or 7 inches, good sleighing; ground 
not. frozen. Lumbermen doing little t he ground 
is so soft. Crops the past season a lit tle above 
average yield, except hay, which was below av¬ 
erage. Prices: Straw,$ty<t9; buy, £15&18; wheat, 
-1.50; corn, 75c.; oats, 45c.; barley, 70c.; pota¬ 
toes. UV”50c.; horses, £100® 150; cows. $30® 40; 
sheep, $5, ami very scarce; lambs and wool in 
good demand; land scarce at $00,average price. 
—w. p. it. M. 
Mullock, Peoria Go., III., Feb. II.—Wo have 
had a very cold Winter; the ground froze up 
the 13th of Nov. last, and has been going down 
nil of the time since. Wednesday, 29th of Jan., 
3fi below i good sleighing that week. 
Wheat. $1Q? 1.10; corn,25c.; oats, 24c.; pork, $46?, 
•1.25, dressed, per WO lbs, Wc are in for a ship 
canal to Chicago, and one around Niagara Falls. 
—j. Y. 
Kent, Portage Go., Ohio., Feb. It.—Corn, In 
ear, 30c. per bush.; oats, 35c.; red wheat. $1.70; 
potatoes, C5f(>i70c., with butJittleactivity. Good 
potato raising country; 150,000 bushels shipped 
from this poilit last Fall, at 45?’,50c. Hay. $15® 18 
per ton ; straw, $8.—c. n. 
Ghorry Tree, Venango Go., Pn., Fell. lO.— 
Hay here Is $1.25 and straw $ I per ewt., not per 
(»ii, as announced in your Issue of Jan. 7.—D. K. 
lied Gloud, Neb., .Ian. 30.—We have had u 
line, open winter; not over one inch of snow at 
any one time, in all about three Inches—it. n. c. 
Lyndonville, Goledonia Go., Vt., Feb. 7.—For 
three days past the weather has been delightful 
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CURRENT TOPICS, 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS 
Spain a Republic. 
Since our last issue, King Amadeus has vol¬ 
untarily abdicated the throne of Spain and de¬ 
parted for Italy. A Republic was immediately 
proclaimed, and the work of orgunizal ion has 
been both rapid and attended with remarkable 
liberality and wisdom. Senor Castelar seems to 
be the moving and .miniat ing spirit. He is well 
known to tile world as an active Republican ot 
the same typo as Mazzlni, G aribaldi and Victor 
Hugo, though a more I borough statesman, per¬ 
haps, than any of those named. Soma may hope 
that, now that Spain Is a Republic, Cuban inde¬ 
pendence will lie recognized. We do not hope 
this; for Senor Castelar once said, “I am a Re¬ 
publican, but 1 tiui a Spaniard first”—which 
means that while he desires a republican form 
of government for Spain, he is not willing to re¬ 
linquish the rights of Spain to her legitimately 
acquired possessions. There may be a more 
liberal government for Cuba, under the Repub¬ 
lic, but there will be no relaxation of effort to 
retain possession of that island. 
Utah in Ferment. 
Pains have boon taken to advertise the fact 
that the Presidenl lots set hie foot down relative 
to the enforcement of United States laws in 
Utah, anti proposes to do it if it takes all the 
available military force of tho country to sus¬ 
tain the civil authorities there. Gen. Sheridan 
has been summoned to Washington to give 
military advice, and it is announced that all the 
troops in tho Southern States that can be spared 
are to be sent to Utah. Whereupon the Mor¬ 
mons are in ferment, and Briglmm Young’s 
New York, Monday, Feb. 17,1873. 
Receipt*.-The receipts of the principal kinds of 
produce for the past week are as follows: 
Flour, bbls. 47,100 Pork, bbls. 2,200 
Wheat, bush. 15,100 Beef, pkg*. 702 
Corn, bush. . 73,800 Gut meats, pk«8... 24,850 
Out*, bush. 91.41X1 I Aril, pki’.s. . 10,802 
Grass seed,bush.. 18,100 Butter, pkgs. 10,200 
Rye, bush. 150 Cheese, pkgit-. 12,8u0 
Barley, bush. 13,450 Dried fruits, pkgs. 1,370 
Moll, bush. 18,580 Eggs, bbln.. 2 159 
Beans, bbls. 1,056 Wool, bales. 3,100 
Oornrueal bbls— 3.100 Hops, bales. 49ft 
Com meal. bags... 10,4*0 Peanut*, bags. 4,050 
Cotton, bales. 28.000 
Beaus nud Peas. - Receipts have been larger, 
and the stocks have further accumulated. Mediums 
are ruling more in the buyer’s favor, hut marrowfats 
are steadily held. 
We quote prime mediums, $2,75042.80; prime marrow, 
fats, $2.80@2.8d: prime kidneys, *3; Canada peas, free, 
bbls., $1.30@L85; green peas, bush., i 1.90® 2. 
Beeswax.—Supplies are promptly placed at from 
34(5)34>fo. for Western and Southern. 
Broom Corn, The trade has been limited to 
small lots at steady prices. 
We quote 7Kc. for prime hurl; (i®7c. for new green ; 
(ifeOKc. for old do., 0®0e. for old mixed, and 2@3c. for 
old red- Brooms bring $1.7.v;i 4.50 per dozen for com¬ 
mon to best house. 
Butler.— There have been very heavy receipts of 
Canada, and for tho moment there is less buoyant 
feeling on the part of some dealers, us buyers are ap¬ 
parently hold I off, to see what effect the forded lots 
will have. Wo should remark thnt fine butter is not 
affected a particle through the enlarged supply, and 
with the euultdeiice that trustworthy opinion* given 
by informants we have relied On for years without 
mistake inspire, we think that, prices for the interme¬ 
diate; good* will stretch back to their recent firm¬ 
ness. Dairies of One Stats' nre selling at fully lute 
prices. There Is, however, less disposition to sell 
lines of tills grade, us holders feel tlmt the ohaneo is 
coming to break them up profitably, Canada butter 
ranges at 336360. for good to tine, and 20f*3fle. for good 
to fair, which Is higher. Hull a ure uol running good. 
We quote (—Dairies, fine, 38®40c.: do., fair to good, 
32@36c.; fine half tubs, in lots, 40@42c,; selections of 
