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DOMESTIC NEWS. 
President Grant accompanied by Vice- 
President Colfax, called upon cx-Secretary Stan¬ 
ton, on the afternoon of Sunday, the 19th ult., 
and tendered him the seat upon the Supreme 
Bench, made vacant by the resignation of Judge 
Grier. The nomination was sent In to the Senate 
the next day, and sis soon sis it was read In Ex¬ 
ecutive session, was confirmed by a vote of 
forty-six t<> eleven, 
— P. S. Judge Stanton died suddenly, at Wash¬ 
ington, on the morning of the 24th ult. 
On thoSSdult. the President sent to the Sen¬ 
ate, in response to the resolution of that body, 
copies of correspondence between the United 
States and Great Britain, since the rejection of 
the Johnson-C'iarenden convention relating to 
the Alabama claims by the Senate. It does not 
comedown to the assent, of the British Govern¬ 
ment to the transfer of negotiations to Washing¬ 
ton and to the discussion of the question of neu¬ 
tral rights. 
The President has nominated S. L. Witlioy of 
Michigan for Judge of the Sixth Circuit, under 
the new law, iustcad of George H. Yeaman, 
withdrawn. 
Minister Motley has proposed tlio transfer of 
the Alabama claims negotiations to Washington 
and the proposition has boon accepted by Great 
Britain. He lias also proposed to Include the 
question of the neutrality of the seas, in the 
subject of negotiations, and the British Govern¬ 
ment has accepted that too. No time is fixed 
for the re-opening of negotiations. 
The Supreme Court of the United States has 
taken a recess until the 20th inst. 
Secretary Boil I well informed the New York 
delegation of shipbuilders that he was preparing 
a report on l lie necessity of encouragement of 
the American shipping interests. 
The House Committee onJTorrltories has de¬ 
termined not to recommend a territorial gov¬ 
ernment. for Alaska, the present military rule 
being fully sufficient for the requirements of 
that region, 
A delegation of Florida Stale officials anil re¬ 
presentatives visited President Grunt on the 
18tli ult. and requested that troops bo sent to 
that. State to aid in executing the laws and pre¬ 
venting the numerous assassinations that aro 
tukirg place. The President said he would see 
the Secretary of War on the subject. 
The Secretary of the Treasury gave orders for 
the payment of the January Interest on and 
after Friday the ;Mlh of December ‘without re¬ 
bate. It was expected this anticipation of pay¬ 
ment would Induce all holders of coupons to 
present them for redemption before the 1st day 
of January. 
The coin in the United States Treasury 
amounts to ^118,000,000. *30,000.000 of this sum 
is required to pay the January Interest, and 
£38,000,000 consists or deposits for which gold 
cerlillontcs Imve been issued. 
The bill fur pei'Toeijug reconstruction in 
Georgia was presented to the President on theJSJd 
ult. for his approval, and he signed at once, 
remarking that it clearly embodied his views as 
expressed in his message to Congress. 
A duplicate copy of a treaty of annexation 
with the republic of St. Domingo was brought 
by Gen. Babcock, one of the three commission¬ 
ers mentioned in connection with the matter of 
Samann Bay, from President Baez, and placed in 
the hands of President Grant on the 21st ult. 
Harrison Manure of Johnson, Vt„ raised the 
past season a turnip-beat measuring 25 inches 
in circumference, and weighed 10 pounds. 
The rani Atlanta has been discharged by the 
Philadelphia courts on the ground that a man- 
of-war cannot he hold for wages due a pallor. 
£ho is believed to be in the service of Cuba. 
Much excitement prevails throughout North 
Carolina in regard to alleged frauds in the dis¬ 
posal of State railroad bonds issued by the Legis¬ 
lature last winter. The mailer lias been made 
a subject of legislative action and repudiation 
is openly threatened. 
A nitro-glyeerlne magazine, containing half a 
ton of the material, exploded at the Roberts 
Torpedo Company's works, a mile from Tilus- 
viHe, Pa., on the lilili nil. Two men were killed 
and the town was damaged considerably. 
A general outbreak aiming 1 lie Indians in the 
Upper Missouri is apprehended. Major Gilpin, 
a superintendent, died recently, and it is sus¬ 
pected that lie was poisoned by Indians. Several 
incendiary fires in the forts are also laid to their 
charge. 
On the Kith ult. Gov. .1. W. Stevenson was 
elected to the United Stale Senate from Ken¬ 
tucky. to succeed Senator MeCreery. 
More troops have arrived in Havana from 
Spain. 'J'he General commanding at Puerto Prin¬ 
cipe is about to commence a campaign against 
the rebels. 
A party of three hundred Chinese laborers 
left San Francisco on the 19th ult., via the Pa¬ 
cific Railroad, for the Southern States. They 
are under contract for throe years. 
The ram Triumph, late Atlanta, came in the 
harbor at Lewes, Del., about three o’clock and 
went to sea at quarter-past four, on the 20! b ult. 
Several dispatches were sent off to her during 
her stay in the harbor. 
The total shipments of gold from 8nn Francis¬ 
co since the 1st of January, 1809, amount to 
£37,024,000. 
The United States frigate Albany arrived at. 
New York on the 19th ult. from St. Domingo, 
having on board Commissioners Porter, Ingles 
und Saeket. These gentlemen have succeeded, 
in the namoof the United Slates, in teasing from 
the Dominican authorities the bay and peninsula 
of Samana for the period of fifty years, at the 
rate of $1.'•0,000 in gold per annum. The first 
payment has bean made. 
Tho members of tlie New York bar have peti¬ 
tioned Congress for an increase of the salaries of 
the Judges of tho Supreme Court. The petition 
meets ;the universal approval of the legal pro¬ 
fession. 
At ten o’clock on l.lio morning of the 19th ult., 
the Spanish gunboats, convoyed by tho war 
steamer Flzarro, took their departure from New 
York for Cuba. When opposite Governor’s Isl¬ 
and one of the gunboats halted in order to adjust 
some machinery, the rest of the squadron pro¬ 
ceeding to tho Lower Bay, where they waited 
for their consort. It is reported that some of 
the firemen and engineers of the gunboats are 
in t lie Cuban interest, and will make some efforts 
to destroy the vessels after they have loft Amer¬ 
ican waters. 
I The Governor of Minnesota lias spoken to 
Gen. Hancock about sending troops to quiet the 
settlements at Pembina. Gen. Hancock said that 
he would send none unless there was an actual 
collision. 
The report of gold diggings in the Big Horn 
Mountains has called together a crowd of miners 
at Cheyenne, who propose to visit the diggings 
In the spring. 
Tlie Montana Legislature has rejected the ap¬ 
pointments made by Gov. Ashley for Territorial 
Auditor, Treasurer and Superintendent of Pub¬ 
lic lust ruction. 
On tlic 21st ult. Daniel McFarland was ar¬ 
raigned In the Court of General Sessionsol Now 
York, before Bocordor llaokoti. fur the killing 
of Albert 1). Richardson. Ileplcaded not guilty 
and was remanded to prison. The Grand Jury 
have as yet found no indictment for bigamy in 
connection with Richardson’s deathbed marriage 
owing to the want of evidence On the part of the 
minister who officiated at Mrs. McFarland’s mar¬ 
riage with McFarland. 
Dispatches from Havana mention a number of 
skirmishes in which the insurgents were defeat¬ 
ed. Hebe) t roops are reported to bo moving on 
Camaguey. The report from the United States 
that five cents additional duty would be imposed 
on centrifugal grades of sugar creates some ex¬ 
citement among tho Havana merchants. Tho 
Now York steamship Eagle was detained at Ha¬ 
vana by the police for on hour on the 181 h ult., 
while they searched her for a passenger who had 
spoken against the Government. 
Norman Holley, aeon of the Collector of the 
Customs of the port of Buffalo, and James Riley, 
an express messenger of the New York Central 
Railroad, were arrested in Buffalo on the 16t.li 
ult. by order of General N. M, Curtis, Commis¬ 
sioner of Customs in charge ol Hie Niagara 
frontier, charged with being engaged exten¬ 
sively in smuggling. 
General George If. Thomas has offered to buy 
back his portrait which the Republican Legisla¬ 
ture of Tennessee had pointed und to return the 
gold medal they presented him. The present 
Legislature refused to sell the portrait. 
On the fllli nil. a Deputy Collector of Internal 
Revenue in South Carolina seized two illicit 
stills and removed them to his own house In Co¬ 
lumbia. The next morning a crowd of thirty 
men, armed with muskets, attacked tho col¬ 
lector's bouse and recovered the stills, shooting 
a daughter of t in' collector’s through the shoul¬ 
der during the melee. The Governor of South 
Carolina asks for a. military force to enforce the 
revenue laws in that State. 
At a public meet iug in Buffalo on the night of 
the 181 li ult,, indignation was expressed at Gov¬ 
ernor McDougail being allowed to congregate 
his British Iryops on American soil. 
A strange and disastrous accident occurred at 
a coal mine in Stockton, Pa., early ou tho morn¬ 
ing of the 19th ult. A portion of the mine caved 
in, mid four houses fell through a distance of 
sixty feet, two families of miners, comprising 
ten persons in all, being carried through with 
them, each one of them, without doubt, perish¬ 
ing. Two other families, occupying two of the 
houses, were roused by the barking of a dog, and 
finding that their houses were sinking, managed 
to save themselves. 
The Jersey coal mine near Scranton took fire 
on (lie lfilh ult.and three miners inside narrowly 
escaped, after ten hours' confinement. Another 
who wont in search of thorn perished. The 
second avenue of escape was impassable, being 
(tiled with smoke. 
Tho report of .Supervisor Prcsbrey, of Vir¬ 
ginia, on the revenue collections in that State, 
shows a surprising improvement, oyo ' the old 
State of things. The total collections from to¬ 
bacco this year show an excess over the last of 
$2,449,830, the increase being nearly 800 per cent. 
Tho total whisky revenue last year, under the 
two dollar tax, was $286,988, and for nine months 
of this year, under r he fifty cents, it was $400,412. 
On the 18th ult. the Brooklyn, N. Y., Grand 
Jury presented bills ol indictment: against sixty 
persons for alleged frauds in llte recent elections. 
The police are al ter the accused persons, among 
whom arc numbered Justices of the Peace, Con¬ 
stables, paid Fire Department and Water Board 
employes and canvassers. Many of Ilium have 
been arrested, while others have tied. 
A Mrs. Mullen, who is a young bride of only 
half a honeymoon, left her husband at Sing Sing 
recently, and a suit for divorce is now pending 
in tho Court, of Sessions in that village, M alien, 
her husband, being reported to have said that ho 
would carry her off by force.when she left the 
court, her friends armed themselves to defend 
her, and gave her a pistol, which she still carries. 
No tragedy has ensued yet, but young blood is 
up on both sides. 
Edward Ucaly, whom ordered his wife in South 
Boston. Moss., last November, pleaded guilty of 
murder in the second degree on tho 18th ult., 
and was sentenced to the State Prison for life. 
11<- is seventy years old. 
Tho regular mail steamer from Vera Cruz, with 
dates to the 101 h ult., arrived in Havana on the 
18th ult. The honors lo Secretary Seward con¬ 
tinue. On the 3d ult. Senor Romero entertained 
the venerable statesman. Mr. Seward's visit and 
Senor Romero’s speech are severely criticised by 
some of tho Mexican journals. Promuiciamon- 
tocs aro prevalent. Revolutions arc Cropping 
out in many of the States. An armed insurrec¬ 
tion exists In Mlelioaenn. Tho ProtestantCImrch 
at Puebla was attacked by a mob during service, 
and but, for the interference of the police much 
injury might have been done. 
Five persons were drowned in tho Passaic 
River at Newark, N. J„ on the lfilh ul(„ while 
going from tho pivot of tho new bridge now 
being constructed to the shore hi aflat bottomed 
scow. Seven others escaped by hard swimming. 
The water was rough and the boat commenced 
dipping, when the whole party became demoral¬ 
ized and jumped overboard. Tho five dead 
bodies were recovered. 
A parly of Mastuloro-Apaclie Indians made 
a descent on the farm of a Mr. Casey, near Fort 
Staunton, recently, and stole about one hundred 
head of cattle. Lieutenant Cushing, with tliirty- 
two men <U' Company F, Third cavalry, al ter a 
pursuit of two hundred mile*, came up with 
them on the north side of the Guadalupe Moun¬ 
tains, ui lacked and routed them after three 
hours' fighting, killing and wounding fifteen, 
and re-capturing forty head of t lie stolen cattle 
and twenty-six horses and mules belonging to 
tin* savnges. The Indian force had been re-in- 
forced to about one hundred warriors. 
A citizen of Portage City, Wis., indicted for 
being engaged in the lynching of W. n. Spa’Sr 
last autumn, was exonerated from blame and 
the indictment squashed. 
At the banquet to ex-Govornor Salomon, in 
Milwaukee, Governor Fairchild announced that 
he had resolved to recommend in his next mes¬ 
sage tlie enactment of a law making it compul¬ 
sory upon parents to send their children to 
school. 
Hiram Powers denies that he received $20,000, 
or anything like that amount, from the State of 
Louisiana for his statue of Washington. Ho 
adds that lie hopes soon to hear that the citizens 
of New Orleans have raised tho entire subscrip¬ 
tion for the statue of Franklin,and that he shall 
not ask ror the money until the statue is com¬ 
pleted in marble. 
Nearly full returns of the Mississippi election 
have been received at General Ames’ headquar¬ 
ters, and they show that General Alcorn's ma¬ 
jority l'or Governor is about 63,000. 
Some of the Californians want an extensive 
canal cut through a portion of the Sacramento 
Valley, and ask tho State to aid it. by issuing 
bonds for $1,000,000, to be paid by a tax levied 
on (he lands thus reclaimed. It is thought (he 
Governor would certainly veto such a bill, if It 
could be forced through the Leginlai are. 
William Andrus, Sr., for many years publisher 
of the Ithaca Journal, and a Trustee of the 
Gomel University, died on the 20ih inst., at. bis 
residence in Ithaca, in the sixty-ninth year of 
his age, * 
Reports from Oregon indicate that the taxes 
are being collected much more easily this year 
than usual, because money is abundant. 
Col. Gordon Loftland, Sr., an old and es¬ 
teemed citizen of Cambridge, Ohio, died on the 
17th inst. ;u thut place, Ho was a Commissioner 
of the Gettysburg Cemetery. 
The preparations for the reception of the re¬ 
mains of tho tale Mr. Peabody are in active 
progress. A committee' of the Portland < 'ily 
Government visited Salem, Mass., on the I8lh 
ult. to confer with the trustee: of tho Peabody 
Insti tu to. A apodal train will convey (he body 
from Portland to Salem. The Mayor of Port¬ 
land lias appointed a committee of ten leading 
cit izens to make arrangements for t he reception 
of tlie remains upon the arrival of the funeral 
fleet. 
And now Iowa has a little rebellion of her 
own. It seems that a meeting of delegates from 
various counties having a large bonded Indebt¬ 
ed ness was held ou the 15th ult. at Muscatine, ut 
which resolutions were adopted denouncing the 
recent decision by a United .States Judge direct¬ 
ing the imposition of a County tax to meet the 
railroad bonds of a certain county, as a subver¬ 
sion of the authority find dignity of tho State 
Courts, and recommending the people of the 
counties to refuse payment until nil legal and 
pmctioul romodies are exhausted. 
Tlie San Francisco Alla explains that the Cen¬ 
tral Pacific Railroad Co. demands payment of 
fares and freight charges in greenbacks, simply 
to bother of computing tho the price of green¬ 
backs in gold. 
The radical Temperance men in New Hamp¬ 
shire have called a State Convention, to be held 
In Concord on the I8i.li of January, to " form a 
distinct temperance political party.” 
Tho St. Paul Press rays that there have boon 
great changes in tho climate of Minnesota dur¬ 
ing the past five or six years, and it suggests that 
the railroads HUi.vYfiuye had t«unothln« to do 
with it. Prior to 1888 there wore no railroads irt 
Hie State, and lr i* since that date that the 
changes asserted have taken place. 
Dr, Andrew Mead, a merchant in Alleghany, 
N. Y., was killed after a fierce struggle, on Sat¬ 
urday evening, the 181.it nil., in his store, by 
some unknown person who afterward robbed 
him. A reward of $1,000 is offered for Hie ar¬ 
rest ol' the murderer. 
It is claimed for the Albany Penitentiary that 
it is the model penal institution of the world, 
and to Amos Piilsbury, tho Superintendent, is 
given the credit therefor. Its not profit since 
it was established has been $150,000. 
The failure of Chas. T. Shepard & Co., flour 
dealers, doing business in Albany and Oswego, 
is announced, with liabilities amounting to 
$ 100 , 000 . 
A decision was rendered at Buffalo, on the 
15th inst., by Judge Hull, of Hie United States 
District Court, lo the effect that a general as¬ 
signment of a debtor without preference, is an 
act of bankruptcy. 
The funeral services of the late George Pea¬ 
body, ut Peabody, Mass., will bo very brief. Hon. 
A. A. Abbott will deliver the eulogy at some 
future time. 
Prof, N.T. Lupton, of tho Southern University 
at Greensboro, Ala., has been elected President 
of tho University of Alabama. He is a Virgin- 
inn, and graduated at Dickinson College in 1843. 
The bonded debt of Illinois, on tho first ult., 
was $5,104,859.04, a decrease of $883,593,$® during 
tho year. 
The Society Of the Army of the Cumberland 
mot again on the Hit li ult., in Indianapolis, ami 
elected General Thomas President, Lieutenant- 
General Sheridan, a ud Generals lloeecrans, Scho¬ 
field, Neglcyiuul twelve others, Vice-Presidents. 
It also fixed upon Cleveland, O., as the place for 
its next annual meeting. 
Governor Mo Don gull I* at Pembina, on United 
States soil, and la said to be enlisting Sioux In¬ 
dians to quell tlie rebellion in Winnipeg Terri¬ 
tory. He lias employed as bis agent for the 
purpose an out law and ont-1 Croat who is said to 
have robbed Hie United States mails, at the head 
or a band of Indians, on tlie route to Montana. 
A proclamation of tlie Governor had been cap¬ 
tured and great excitement, exists. Bloodshed 
is considered imminent. The rebels are four 
hundred strong. A portion of them are said to 
be inarching towards Pemldim. 
The latest nows from the Rod River region 
stales that the furl of the Hudson Buy Company 
near Pembina had been seized, with a number Of 
Governor McDougiUl'a agents, by a company of 
mounted insurgents. Colonel Dennis escaped 
and is trying to reach American territory. Gov¬ 
ernor MoDougalls force is said to have dwindled 
down to fifty Swamp Indians. No blood has 
been sited, but the insurgents are said to be 
united nml in undisputed possession of the 
whole country. 
Buffalo suffered severely from a gale and snow 
storm on tho evening of the 21st ult. Some four 
hundred feet of the Niagara Falls branch of the 
Central Railroad was washed away, and one hun¬ 
dred and forty feet nl Hie Erie and Niagara Rail¬ 
road on the Canada side, and the i vessel bridge 
of the- former railroad was carried away by a 
floating .crib from the break-water. Three 
schooners in tlie Blackwell Canal broke loose, 
ami much other damage arts i ffectod. Tlie wa¬ 
ter rose to a higher point than lias been known 
for thirty years. 
In deciding lo admit, Chinese test imony in the 
San Francisco Police Court, .7 udgo Prootiles held 
that only the party plaintiff or defendant,or (he 
direct witness, is competent to give testimony. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
The report that the Suez Canal is to be closed 
for further excavation is officially denied. 
The French Emperor has Just recovered from 
a few days' Illness. 
A Paris dispatch anys M. Oilivicr is charged 
with forming a new Cabinet. 
Deputy Rlehinont has been made a Senator of 
France, and M. Forcadc, Minister of the Inte¬ 
rior, will be a candidate for the vacant seat In 
the Chambers. 
The rumored note of France to the Pope, re¬ 
garding the infallibility and the obligations of 
the Concordat, is declared to have been a fabri¬ 
cation. 
A rumor that the Pope had suffered a shock 
of apoplexy was sent throughout Europe, and 
awakened fears for bis health. 
The subject of the expulsion of Spanish Re¬ 
publicans from France was brought, up on Hie 
21 a ult. in tho Corps I.eglslatif by M. Rochefort, 
who compared the course in relation to the ox- 
Quocn Isabella with Hie present course of the 
Government, and ended with a menace that tho 
I Republic was near at. bund toavenge the wrongs 
ol Frenchmen and Spaniards. 
General Banks had an interview with the 
French Emperor on the l'Jtli ult., when the latter 
said he regretted Ills Ministers had not carried 
out. hi : views in regard to postal relations with 
the United States. 
A Marseilles telegram says that the British 
man-of-war Doer Hound was wrecked while on 
a voyage from Alliens to Malta, and that Sir 
Stafford Northcote, formerly British Secretary 
of State for India, who was on board, is believed 
to have perished. 
The new Bishops of Exeter, Batli and the 
Falkland Islands were consecrated ut Westmin¬ 
ster Abbey, London, on the 22d ult. Tlie troops 
in Ireland are to be more generally billcttod ou 
tho inhabitants. 
The elections for Deputies to fill vacancies in 
the* Cortes, by tho withdrawal of those who 
took part in the Insurrection, are ordered to be 
held on the 20th inst. The Republican Deputies 
protest against the order and demand the rcsto- 
rul ion of the absent members. 
A subscription has been opened in Paris for 
tho relief of tho Spaniards ordered to leave 
France. 
The advocates of infallibity in the Papal 
Council, il is said, are losing ground. 
A largo Republican meeting was held in Mad¬ 
rid on the 21st ult. A period is to be fixed 
beyond which the advocacy of I be candidat ure 
of the Duke of Genoa for the Crown shall cease. 
A reconoiliatlou bet ween tho Mont pensions and 
ex-Qucou Isabella is spoken of, which mny lead 
to the crowning of l.lio Princo of Asturias, with 
the Duke of Montpeusler as Regent. 
The Papal Council will rc-conveue on Wednes¬ 
day, tlie 0th inst. The French Bishops have pro¬ 
tested against tho Pope's interference in tho 
Council, but he is sustained by tbo Spanish cler¬ 
gy, both homo and Colonial. 
M. Leiweps, tho engineer of the Suez Canal, has 
boon congratulated by Napoleon and Lord Clar¬ 
endon. La MitrncUnisc, Henri Rochefort's new 
journal, made its first appearance on tho 18th 
ult., and lias already a circulation of 100,090 
copies. 
The London Times reports the death of her 
Royal Highness, the Duchess d’Aumiile, at 
Twickenham, after a long illness. It says the 
decease of her Itoyul Highness was rather sud¬ 
den, though, from the nature of the disease, this 
kind of death was not unexpected. 
SPECIAL NOTICES, 
CATTLE SHEEP, HOGS AND FOWLS. 
Persons wishing Improved cattle, sheep, hogs and 
fowls, should call at the farm of Hon. John Went¬ 
worth of Chicago, 111., or write for his new farm 
circular for 1870. 
--- 
YOUNG MEN AND PARENTS. 
Send for the Directory of Graduates of Eastman 
College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. It is an interesting, 
valuable pamphlet, and sent free of charge. 
--- 
A GREAT OFFER. 
Horace Waters, No. ihi Broadway, will dispose 
of One Hundred PIANOS, MELODBOMS und OROANS, 
of six first-class makers, AT EXTREMELY LOW PRI¬ 
CKS, FOR CASH, DURING T 1 IIC HOLIDAYS, or will take 
from $5 to $20 monthly until paid ; the same to let, 
and rent money applied if purchased. 
--- 
CURL YOUR HAIR! 
A BOTTLE of MAGNETIC CURL1QUE sent Free. 
It curls straight luilr In beautiful curls on the 
FIRST APPLICATION. Address, with STAMP, 
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MONEY AND STOCK MARKET. 
New York, Dec. 24.1809. 
The Stock and Gold Boards adjournod at an early 
hour to-day out of respect to the memory of ex-Sec- 
retary Stanton. 
Gold during the week has reached 11951. but closed 
to-day ut 129;*,'. Our Five-Twenties sold in London 
to-day ut s 6 - 4 - fords; 83!f for 07s; and SZ% for Ton- 
Forties. The Now York prices are not materially 
changed since our last quotations. 
The money market is quiet, and borrowers on call 
HU their needs at Hand 7 per cent. 
-»♦» 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York. December 24,1S69. 
Only such items ns receive a special impetus 
through the event of the holidays, can be reported 
as showing activity. Poultry of course takes the 
lend in this way. 'The market for turkeys and geese 
ha* been wftll attended; on Tuesday last there wnsa 
light supply and ooimdr.rublc competition on the part 
of buyers to secure a portion of their Christmas 
stock ; and had it not been for a full rainy day which 
occurred on Wednesday, tine stuns would have ad¬ 
vanced. The weather has again hardened, hul as 
dealers have lost one a hole day's trade, they are re¬ 
leasing stuff readily at the rates of the early part of 
the week. Chicken.* and ducks do not sell quickly; 
tlie latter, when prime, will bring our prices. Extra 
qualities id geese from near point* will bring 209c. 
above mirgeneral quotations. Voolstou and quail are 
doing better. A few of the latter from California are 
qr.Mli-dal *1 ‘ do/un BufliUo hams. In a small way, 
bring l.S(si 20 c. P It. 
Fowls auu chickens, State, v it., ItcvICc.; New Jer¬ 
sey, (8@18o.; Western, 12©15c. Turkeys. New Jersey, 
23i>S25o.: State, 20c&22c.: Western, 18®22. Ducks, com¬ 
mon. IbgJOc.; fine, J8(320e. Geese, common, 13@15c.: 
line. 18 1 20c. Partridges, Stale, V pair, $1.40 
Eastern, yP il.40. Prairie chickens, She 1.10. Ducks, 
mat In rd, 88 c."} $ t i cunnuss, $5. Rabbit*, ifkqsOo, H ires. 
lO&Wc. 4ju.nl. e dozen, pi ,250. Ventsos, saddles,*! 
it,, lOHSc.; whole deer. 12ivJ3c. 
Beans are dull and our prices are at] the market 
will stand. The receipt* arc light, bui contain alarge 
portion or poor, unavailable qualities. Such stock 
should be haJhd-pickeil at home or used as 1 odder, as 
the trade here neglect* inferior goods while the sup¬ 
ply is so large. I'eus are dull and lower. Beans, Kid¬ 
ney, f bushel. pea, prime, } 2 . 75 o<, 2 . 00 ; medi¬ 
um, prime.common t fair, ji.tWSWt; mar¬ 
rows, prime, $i«)eo8.10; common to fair, *2,25:32.75. 
Pens. Canada, bond, fJie.LlO: free. In bbls., ?1.15@ 
1.25; tdackeye. 3 bush, bug, *4.:<bvt.40. Beeswax is 
nearly Immovable; the range 1* J 6 <yS 8 c. Broom corn 
tlrm, with Choice qmand at. ISo. 
Butter is dull even beyond this expectation of the 
close ut December, and buyers. In their perststent 
effort to buy close, have twisted ctTlftw. irnm prices. 
Receipts are lighter, but the long lull in trade has 
cuuscd some considerable accumulation of good 
sound grades. The steamer <>r tin* neck for San 
t rancisco took 95 firkins, Tin* Puente section is 
taking rails and other Western direct from the West. 
Exports from Canada, via Portland, 2 ,fM) pfcgs. Fails, 
State and Pennsylvania, tine. 47c*50c.i do., fair to 
good, 3b:a43c-; Pennsylvania, tub*, AgoiOc.; State, 
firkins, brio, AT.-.'iUc.: medium to good. ftgSlHc.: halt 
Ini,*, tine. 4lc.: medium to good, 38a.'IOc.: fancy 
selection*, 42a43c.: Welsh, tubs, fall made. 38®40c.; 
Sf , -i„P rl u]e dairies, ,g>....’ffc,; do., fair to good dairies, 
Ohio .Reserve, fresh, 2Tvt2tk.*.; do., common 
to good, 21 ( 4270 .; oilier selections, 22 >m 2 Co.; other 
iVTJ- feru '„r , * rl5ln *' Ac., line, 271*.29c.: lair to good, 
Mi/'it western odi*. SH.ofic.; store packed and 
common butter, 1 * • 2 ]c.: ( uoaila butter,•31c. 
i.lumse has indy a moderate home demand. Ship¬ 
pers Hr» altogether outnt the market. Farm dairy 
has .‘Oldi ut lie. Bi'-I fair lory wilt not, go above KWc. 
Export tortile week euiib g f>t*e.2i, lOO.iW Iti*. Factory 
8 tato, extra, 8 * ho, 17’, (•.; good to tine, r,Y„\16c.; 
common, lSjtfctdiV-fc.: farm dairy, choice. 10 Jiivl7c.; 
good to line. 1 15\'<v common to fan, 14'<•'**• 15c.; 
English dairy, good to prime, ItxudSHc.. poor, 10® 
t^eorioeapple state, 2cxp27c.; pineapple* Conuceli- 
, iPll aB fl shipping is lower. Wo quote re¬ 
tail 20c.ian.15; shipping, »M85e. 
cu Straw ranges «t Ukjti.ll) for rye, and 65®70c. for 
Honey continues firm at 40 ■■(>, for clover; and 30 
S«ic. for biickwh, at; M rained, • .25c. 
* ni ' ,s have some demand for selected sorts 
at this season, though the principal demand is for 
foreign assortment. Cranberries are in few hands 
Apple. -Selection* Western, V bbl., 
nirnc' 1 *' -2 le Wcntern, yi.afc f.75: common 
qualities, .i.o.., .; ladj , It l> Fears, 
cooking, p bbl.. * 5 ,;. Cranberries. V* crate, $3.50@,4; 
v bbl., $ 12 i,il. 1 . Nut*.- .... p rr... isw.itie.; 
poanute Norfolk, new ; basil . $2.25:-. 2.75: WUming- 
YolWc Chcatiuits, ordinary, * 2.7 . 3 ; hickory 
“PR 1 .?” r anm, . n ut Ulft Point which the late ac- 
11 VItv r>s iHtii H 1 1 .4 .. . .it. i i 1 . I . . 1 
EttMcm shore, /r, ; unpooled 
?A l f 1 fikB'cs. BRctlOe. Cherries, pit- 
‘"m ln ’ Bliickbeirlcs, llfe!2c. 
1 lams. -ic*27c. Raspberries, :;.v ,7k*. 
a< ' l ‘ve demand for egg*, and prices for 
won ra 0 1 r JV 1 r ‘ tabled bio .' ■inciviiut rumcr, but 
ml!™* 0 !! 0 '*'",*, u 11 corrected list Of prices for vege¬ 
table*. I umpltin* an- ,,ul ut market, and marrow 
hiinnsh is consequently higher, potatoes lack tile 
atOCkldK UP (ICIfiilDd thill -ImuLl rxkf. ut l.liFa ftmn 
iS r , He r i >r/ k nI HA 15c. Hog dressed 
fmfcl 8 J* M, ’| *‘ / " ,8c * Grasse) *. ‘,oi; 10c Mo quote: 
tidei. > gal., pure new,'AteSSe.: poor, I/mGsc. Corn- 
s^v 2 w l'- ■!?' now, * 2 ; tine old. 
J Ffathers, bVc ccesc. New 
nilu v Zb. . 55j •.vOc. ; 1 1, i m?c| U > r , ; hen. 10& 12c . 
?iil! e * f \k l rVm 1 r0 rlU, ; r ' ' Hftl.. Stowe. it u sp!i per •, 4<t£ 
tun;., '.V ' 1 .'7™“.'!- Milk, 41) ql. , * 2.7i.: 3.25. 
Wo quole su- 
•'' ’ * i' 11 ’ ti.'vni mi uv Da - 1 *. VV 0 q UOtC su- 
^Vo!iecn SL iu l iiV t 1V H ' l ‘ 0: f'H-a do., i.vmntlio; super 
Hl’tef.’?,* * 4 iSr < '‘ e ; do., 51.14V, 1 5,10: extra Uliio, 
«'i uoSym vi >" easier. Mil* * • r winter red at 
btuitheru. >l..d. Corn, new, I* rair; 
old weak. VV ostera uiixotl, Srt.ll; new southern, 94® 
£ < i*W l * u r *'“'•’‘•'Vo Oats dull at 02 S.f!iC3c. 
for \\ ostern,00®05o. for feral<*. pork is neglected ; old 
ri * c!o ¥- r ): Ubinsm* tod, >5^5: dressed 
hogs i*a(r#l2V tor Wes torn Lara ncak at l 7 Rc. for 
Western steam. Tierce beef, prime nut.**, sag; 
India ui'*-’*. r. 2 ;..;;i Whisk} is wuuk at Rte.wiSl Cot- 
12.“ I* steadily held at V-«e, for lubliillng upland. 
Wool line cradkoi arc tlrm ; iimautaelurers arc bid- 
..wn shipped recently 
has been on account ol owner*. The inquiry i * very 
modcraic. fetatc, new, 2»<Tt25e. for choice, 14y2Ic. for 
ordinary; Bastern, new, 12(5? 3 e. 
RCcoq-i:. rot Uni wet - have been as follow*21,- 
«>>() IHI f.H rn lDM* I.l/Ifu ,(rl<n4 4 * . . I v.l.l. 
* 1^8 pkgs. beet 2.374 do., cut meats; 3,411, do., lard ; 
11.120, no ehet c: 5,195 dressed 
hogs; 4,014 bbls. whisky; S.i&i bales wool. 
- - - 
C it ii ii try CliecHt* .11 u rivet . -There is no improve¬ 
ment ui prices at the JAule falls cheese murkiSt for 
the week ending Dec. 25. The th livcrviR farm dair¬ 
ies wa* extremely ltghi eaicelj roaebing inn boxes, 
l.uts were sold, iu;o irdii g o quality, fniu u to 15c. 
Atost ol the farm daliiCH have m.ivv shipp.-d all their 
make up to u lew December ohi-cau not vet *ufli- 
clently cured lo go forward <Inly n h i v feiv fac¬ 
tories were represented and all ilcellni d to sell with 
^ 011 1 * buyior, wldcli etiangcd hands 
at 15 ,ac Our quotations, thcrctorc,aie nomtnul, or 
not. worth reponmg. l ac delivery of butter was 
light mid most ol it uiiJinury, fiulcs were made at 
o3e. tor best. 
Our advices from abroad state that, consumption 
has changed from American io fnrli-h make, and 
the trade is in 11 very uUBuusfactory state. Extra 
lactory is quoted in Liverpool ul «9 to Ills.; second 
- mi 11111 pi 1 cr h imu i.ivei pool from 
Jan. 1st tu Dec. ith wore 'total exports 
il 0m ,., ew V" rk to Great Britain (all ports) from 
May 16tli to Nov.Sutli were 682,015 boxes. 
. Hiu L'jndou I'-crrespondciico i.< to the second week 
in December. American cl 1 cose is slow but Arm. 
Extra line is quoted at 72 to 74 -.; lint*, lb, to 70s. 'J'lie 
quotation* lor other uomdpljei;.- ol cliccso arc as 
follows: — English Cheddar, Svi to Ws.: Wiltshire 
double. HtHu T8v:_Clicshiic mcauiin, CO to lids.,- fine. 
Mte«K: Mmlch.aJte.aOs.; Dutch clu*c.*c, Edams,66 
to 62s.. Goudus, o(J loiti*.; Derby sh&pa, .54 tofh-. Nor- 
iriaudy butter, 138a. per ewi.r fork.* imd flonmclls, 
128a-’ t iimidittu, 110*.; Waterford bacon, 72s. 
1 he stock of Cheese ill America (ell v and country) 
Jgni'W estimated at 253.000 m .xes. Some put it 111 only 
22s,uuu boxes, willch all ought to be used for home 
consumption at good prices. It is evident with this 
small stock there cannot be much to export,and 
when the English make shall have gone liaocon- 
sumptlou, we shall Jock for an improvement incur 
prices for export.— x. a. \v. 
-- 
BUFFALO LIVE STOCK MARKET. 
( Reported for tho Rural New-Yorker.] 
Buffalo. Dec, 23. r. m. 
Cattle. —The receipts are light, only 157 cars. 
Dealers who purchased hero last week pm a high 
prices, and barely saved t hem selves cost. This week 
they are cautious, ami refuse to pay such high rates 
The result, i*a dead-luck between buyers and sellers! 
To-day buyers and sellers ret use to concede, and no 
business was done. The pros,met- arc that ruees 
will be us follow.*:—Good to prime »|uik, *8 75 • 
lair to good medium, 67i ; ; 7.75 ; poor, $5feto.50. " 
Cows.,-Little demand and light supply: rates, 
$45(»u(4U' 
1 Hors.—T llO rpeeipls are light, but the market is 
dull, at *9.50(3.810.75. 
Sheep.— Receipt* light. The market, opened dull 
Pi iteJlaSA R ?. u,s {,re 8-.25.2i4.75 for Western, 
amt $S.&xz$6.,!5 tor Canada stock. Flay. 
-»*»- 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS, 
Receipts of live animals. 
Average ’68... 
Ne\y York, Dec. 24,1809. 
B« t von. 
Milch 
CowSi 
CftlVEfl. 
Sheep. 
23,022 
120 
649 
12.(16 
...(i,iiii 
125 
577 
34,732 
10,212 
28,688 
’08.6,012 
01 
897 
31,979 
..,5,037 
103 
1,595 
20,955 
18,776 
