FROM WASHINGTON. 
CongroMUlonal. 
Little of a very important nature has trans¬ 
pired in cither the Houbo or Senate. In the lat¬ 
ter body, the Georgia Bill has still draped its 
glow length along, without any real progress. 
Several gentlemen have made speeches for and 
against it. Senator Williams' amendment to ex¬ 
tend the term of the present radical Legislature 
of Georgia two years, has been defeated by one 
vote. 
The House bill to prohibit polygamy In Utah 
has been reported In the Senate, from the Com¬ 
mittee on Territories,jwitli several amendments. 
The House has spent considerable time in con¬ 
sidering contested election cases, two of which 
have been decided. Mr. Heading, Democrat, of 
Pennsylvania, yields his seat to Mr. Taylor, Re¬ 
publican, and Mr. Sheldon, Republican, of JjOU- 
isiuna, is declared the rightful bolder of the seat 
contested by Mr. Hunt. 
The Tariff Rill hag reoeivod considerable at¬ 
tention in the House, but no material changes 
are reported thus far. 
Mr. Cyrus W. Field’s hill to construct a Sub¬ 
marine cable between California, Japan and 
China has been reported In the House and re¬ 
ferred to the proper committee* 
Mr. John W. < laid well, appointed Minister from 
Peru, and whom Beerotary Fish refuses to ac¬ 
credit as such, on the ground that he is an 
American citizen, has been before the House 
Committee on Foreign A Ifairs with his ease,and 
asking that some action might Ik; taken. Alter 
a hearing the Committee decided that they had 
no jurisdiction In the premises. Mr. Caldwell 
claimed that as Mr. Burlingame had been re-, 
ccivod by this Government as the accredited 
representative of another one, lie (Caldwell) was 
entitled to the same courtesy. The Secretary of 
State looks upon the ease as dissimilar, Mr. Bur¬ 
lingame having been received as a special am¬ 
bassador sent for n special purpose, and not as a 
minister resident to remain permanently in 
Washington. 
lUlKccllancoiitt. 
TrtE new postage stamps are now ready for 
use. The one cent stamps are a profile bust of 
Franklin* color hluo; 1 wo cents, Jackson, profile 
bust, color brown; three cents, Washington, 
profile bust, color green; six cents, Lincoln, 
protile bust, color cochineal; ten cents, Jeffer¬ 
son, profile bust, color chocolate; twelve cents, 
Clay, profile bust, color neutral, tint purple; 
fifteen cents, Webster, profile bust, col or orange; 
twenty-four cents, Soott, profile bust, color 
purple; thirty-three cents, Hamilton, profile 
bust, color black; ulnety cents, Commodore 0. 
II. Perry, profile bust, color carmine. 
General Sherman announces ids opposition to 
the placing of troops under the orders of Gov. 
Senior of Tennessee, or any other civilian, and 
says nothing would so soon destroy tho efllcleney 
of the army. 
The President has signed the joint Congres¬ 
sional resolution directing the S^eyf tary of the 
Navy to Invest igate the Oneida disaster. 
Vice-President Colfux, Jr., has arrived. Ho is 
a fine, healthy looking little fellow. 
Gen. Howard desires tho most thorough In¬ 
vestigation into the charges of peculation, &c., 
made ngaiOB* him by Fernando Wood, and Mr. 
Wood, intending to make it a personal mat ter, 
has engaged counsel. 
LEGISLATIVE. 
In the New York Legislature the usual ac¬ 
tivity characterizing the dosing days of the ses¬ 
sion lias boon apparent. Tho Senate has passed 
a large number of bills, tho more noticeable of 
which are one providing for the erect ion of a 
Court House In the Ninth Judicial District of 
New York; one to Incorporate the Society for 
the aid of Friendless Women and Children was 
passed ; and one to increase the number of no¬ 
taries public, giving New fork City two hun¬ 
dred and filly more. The Arcade Railway Bill 
has been ordered to a third reading, and will 
probably be passed. 
The Assembly has passed a bill to establish a 
police force in Brooklyn,uOd tho One Hundred 
and Twenty-fifth street Railroad bill, and has or¬ 
dered numerous bills to h third reading, among 
which is one providing for the enlargement of 
the Champlain Canal, which makes an appro¬ 
priation ol‘ $81X1,000 a year for the next, four years 
to enlarge the same throughout Its entire long lit 
toa uniform depth of seven feet Of water, a width 
of forty-four feet on the bottom,and fifty-eight, 
feet at water surface. Several railroad hills have 
also been put forward,among which are one ap¬ 
propriating $125,(KX) to tho Wallkill Valley road; 
one giving the Southern Central $5,000 per mile 
when constructed; one giving a like sum to the 
Cattaraugus road; ottiers giving the Sockett s 
Harbor, when complete, $100,000, and the Lake 
Ontario Shore, when complete, $5tX),iKHl; besides 
a general bill giving $5,000 per mile to any road 
on construction. 
The bill abolishing the old Board of Super¬ 
visors of New York county and designating the 
Board of Aldermen as the Board of Supervisors, 
having passed both Houses, has been signed by 
Gov. Hoffman and is now a law. 
Both Houses met in joint session on the 14th 
inst., and elected Mr. Oswald Ottoudorfer a Ro- 
gent or the University of tho State of New York. 
Dr. Francis Liebur was supported by the Repub¬ 
licans, 
The Governor of California has signed the bill 
raising the legal rate of interest from seven to 
ten per cent. 
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NEW YORK STATE. 
The citizens of Oswego have consented to 
bond t he city for half a million of dollars in bo- 
half of th<- Lake Shore Railroad. This road is 
really an extension of the Midland west from 
Oswego, ami the action here alluded to would 
seem to insure its success. At a meet ing of the 
stockholders, Gcrritt Smith was elected Presi¬ 
dent: O. .1’. Scovin, Vice-President; Luther 
Wright, Treasurer; Directors, Gilbert. Mollison, 
F. T. Carrington, George I. Post, D. W. Par.-hall, 
James Bracket t, D. F. Worcester, Marion Harris. 
J. L. Fowler, R. F. Williams; Secretary, II. L. 
Davis. 
The embankments of the upper reservoir of 
the l iioa Water Works Company gave way on 
Friday evening, the 8th iust., causing much 
damage to tho farmers in t he neighborhood. Tn 
less than an hour after tho breakage the disas¬ 
trous effects of the flood were visible for miles. 
Barns und bridges were carried away, fences 
leveled, and the ground torn up in scores of 
places. One farmer's horse was carried away 
with the barn, finally escaping by swimming. 
The damage cannot now be estimated. 
The Finance Committee of the Syracuse Com¬ 
mon Council has been authorized to borrow 
$00,000, in anticipation of a tax levy. 
The body of an unknown man was found 
float ing in the canal at. Medina recently. 11 had 
evidently been in the water since last fall, and 
was very much decomposed. 
The posl-nffice formerly known as Oswego 
Village, Dutchess Co., N. Y., has been changed 
to Moore's Milts. 
An eagle was lately shot in the town of Elba, 
Genosoo county, nearly black in color, measur¬ 
ing over seven feet from tip to tip and weighing 
twelve pounds. 
It is said that, about three hundred persons 
from Troy have Joined the colony from Cohoes, 
which is organizing to occupy the territory on 
the Holonion River, Kansas. 
The new city of Cohoes begun Its history on 
Tuesday of last, week, by electing a Republican 
Mayor and Common Council. 
The New Vork City negroes celebrated Die 
ratification of tho Fifteenth Amendment on the 
8th inst., by a large turnout and procession 
through the principal streets. About 3,0(K) of 
the race part icipated. In the negro quarter the 
houses were gaily decorated with Hags and in¬ 
ner i pt ions. 
The dam on Black Creek at Chiirohvillc, near 
Rochester, broke loose on the 8th last., flooding 
out Covert's mlU property, doing considerable 
damage. 
A lire, caused by tho explosion of a lump, de¬ 
stroyed the principal portion of the village of 
ForrestvIIlo, on the night, ol' the llDi inst. The 
losses will reach $100,000; partially Insured. 
The good people of HeottviJle, Monroe county, 
are horrified at the discovery of the skeleton of 
a inan on a farm at that place. 
Two freight trains collided on the Central 
Railroad, at St. Johtisvlllo, on the 11th inst., 
with sorlouB results. One fireman and one 
brakeman were killed, one engineer seriously 
hurt, and one engine and six ears totally 
wrecked. Reported cause—all hands asleep on 
one train. 
Mayor Hull, of New Vork, has made his ap¬ 
pointments under tho new Charter. In five of 
the Departments a minority of Republicans arc 
appointed; the other three Departments are en¬ 
tirely Democratic. William M. Tweed Is Super¬ 
intendent of t he Department of Public Works. 
Superintendent Kennedy, of the New York 
City Police force, having sent in his letter of 
resignation, Captain John Jourdan, of the Sixth 
Precinct, has been elected to fill tho vacancy. 
The municipal election in Albany on the 12th 
inst. resulted In tho triumph of George II. 
Thatcher (Dem.) for Mayor, with nearly the en¬ 
tire Democratic Uckot. 
The McFarland trial continued in Now York 
City throughout Iasi week. McFarland's coun¬ 
sel announced that thoir defense would be on tho 
ground of insanity, and a number of wit nesses 
wore brought, forward to prove insanity heredi¬ 
tary in the family, and to substantiate the pica 
(hat the prisoner's mind was quite unsettled by 
his domestic troubles. Several letters addressed 
to Mrs. McFarland were produced in evidence. 
An incendiary Are destroyed two largo barns 
and two sheds at Deansville, Oneida county, on 
the 8t.h inst. A largo quantity of hayandgmin, 
many farming implement*, amt six cows, were 
consumed. The incendiary has been arrested, 
and confesses bis crime. 
The American Anti-Slavery Society hold its 
last meeting, us a commemoration jubilee, in 
New York City a few days since. Many eminent 
speakers were in attendance, among whom were 
LucretittMott, Julia Ward Howe, Wui. H. Chan¬ 
ging and Wendell Phillips. 
There was a heavy land slide on the Dutchess 
and Columbia Railroad, at Plum Point, recently. 
Both tracks were covered for a dislanee of one 
hundred feel with day twelve feet deep. 
An explosion of uit.ro-glyeerine occurred re¬ 
cently In the prison quarry at Slug Sing, by 
which Frederick Conklin was instantly killed 
and Christopher Gilden probably fatally injured. 
Tho town of Avon is understood to be willing 
to bond Itself to tho amount of $80,000, to make 
itself the county scat of Livingston. 
A Bohemian family who have been in this 
country for two years, was recently discovered 
by charitable Indies in Oswego, ia a starving 
condition,not having tasted food for three days. 
The Pioneer's Association of Genesee county 
extend an Invitation to persons who have been 
resident* or Western Now York for thirty years 
or more preceding their being proposed as mem¬ 
bers to forward to the Secretary of said associa¬ 
tion, by mail, their names, post-oillee address 
and fifty cents, which is the annual membership 
fee for man and wife. 
A new Artesian well near Avon has readied 
a vein of mineral water entirely different from 
any before known in that vicinity. 
Gan. O’Neill ims revoked the call for tho Fe¬ 
nian Congress in Chicago on t ho 11th of April, 
and’falls hack upon the original call ordering 
the Eighth annual Congress to meet In this city 
on the 19th of April. 
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FROM THE WEST. 
Gen. SHERIDAN has received a communication 
in the form of a petition, signed by several hun¬ 
dred resident* of Wyoming Territory, relative 
to the Indian difficulties and outrages in that 
region. They heartily approve of the Indian 
policy pursued by the Lieutenant-General, and 
endorse Die so-called massacre of Piegans by 
Col. Baker. 
The Oregon Republican State Convention met 
in Portland on the 17th inst. Gen. Joel Palmer 
was nominated for Governor, and G. Wilson for 
Congress, by nccluinatioo. The platform adop¬ 
ted. among other things, opposes any change in 
tho Nat uralization laiwsso us to include Chinese 
Suffrage, aud recommends universal amnesty. 
At the late municipal elections in Colorado 
the Republicans elected a majority of their can¬ 
didates. 
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Mumford, living near Colo- 
nu. III., were murdered on the night of the 5th 
inst, by two men to obtain $1,1100, which it. was 
known Mr. Mumford had received for his farm. 
Mr. Mumford's head was completely severed 
from his body. The murderers also knocked a 
little boy in the head, and left him for dead, but 
he afterwards revived. The murderers got the 
money nnd made their escape. 
A fire is still burning In the north shaft of the 
Amador Mine in California, and a panic has re¬ 
sulted among the stockholders. 
Mrs. Wing of Cleveland was burned to death 
on the 9th lust,, by the explosion of an oil can. 
She was pouring t he oil on a fire. 
The crude oil tanks of W. H. Doane, in Cleve¬ 
land, Ohio, wero destroyed by Are on the 12th 
inst., involving a loss ol $40,000. 
The Fenian Congress assembled in Cleveland, 
Monday, of last week. About one hundred dele 
gates were present. Tho meetings were private. 
Two hundred and fifty men have left Atlantic, 
W. T., well mounted and armed, to pursue the 
Indians who committed tberecont murders near 
that place. 
A quartermaster’s train tn route from Fort 
Sill, Indian Territory, to Fort Barker, while en¬ 
camped on Bluff Creek on the night of March 8, 
was attacked, and one hundred und thirty-nine 
animals stampeded. Tho at tacking party were 
dressed like Indians, but It Is believed by the 
military authorlDes that they wore disguised 
whites. 
The steamship America, from Hong Kong, ar¬ 
rived at Ban Francisco on the 12th jnst., bringing 
Surgeon Huddards and Master Yates, of the 
United States steamer Oneida, and the forty- 
nine surviving members of the crew of the ill- 
fated Steamer. The America also brought over 
1,100 Chinese. 
The Union Colony lias bought 70,000 acres of 
railroad and private lands about fifty miles 
from Denver, on both sides of the Denver Pa¬ 
cific Railroad, paying down over $80,(XX). Tho 
entire purchase will amount to more than 
$250,000. The work of making improvements 
will commence at once. 
Tho Italians cut a stringer on a bridge three 
miles oast, of Antelope, Nebraska, on tho 14th 
inst., and threw fourteen ears off the track. 
Mr. George W. Julian lias been defeated in his 
effort to obtain a re-nomination for Congress 
from his constituents in Indiana. 
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FROM THE SOUTH. 
Under a t ruce arranged by Chief Just ice Chase, 
the two rival Mayors of Richmond have been 
holding their courts and dividing the honors 
generally, the polleo of both parties patrolling 
the streets. Meantime their quarrel has gone to 
the civil courts. The State Court has enjoined 
city officials from paying or otherwise recogniz¬ 
ing Mayor Gaboon or his police, or any of the old 
city government. 
Gov. Alcorn has appointed April 21st as a day 
on which to return thanks for the restoration ol 
tho State of Mississippi to civil government. 
The superintendent of tbo Virginia and Ten¬ 
nessee railroad report* that during last January 
and Febumry 5,078 colored men passed over tho 
road going south. This departure from Virginia 
has been going on for the last six months, and 
I he journals of the State are complaining of the 
heavy drain of the working populat ion of Vir¬ 
ginia. 
Tho colored people of Richmond celebrated 
evttouat ion day. 
The Confederate graves in Greenwood Ceme¬ 
tery, New Orleans, wero decorated one day last 
week, 
Tb«f Orleans Pneumatic Propelling Cora- 
any hatfe made a successful trial with their ex¬ 
perimental street, car, and demonstrated thosuc- 
cess of tho principal and its practicability. 
J. H. Oglesby having declined the Mayoralty 
of New Orleans, the Governor has appointed ex- 
Govcrnor Flanders Mayor of tho city. 
A Memorial Convention in honor of the late 
Gen. Thomas met at Nashville on the 12th inst. 
The soldiers and ex-soldiers of the army from 
all parts of the Btato, together with citizen- 
l'riends ol the great chieftain, and a large num¬ 
ber of Indies were present. Major Carpenter of 
tho United States A tiny presided. John Trimble 
read au eulogy, appropriate resolutions mid 
speeches wore made, aud an oration delivered 
by Gates T. Thurston. The attendance was large. 
Mrs. Nancy Huyes, who, with a husband of 
weak mind, occupied a house in Richmond, was 
found dead in her house on the 9th inst. The 
husband whs nearly starved, the wife having 
been dead throe weeks when Die body was dis¬ 
covered. 
Wickllffc, ex-Auditor of Louisiana, lately sold 
$150,000 worth of State warrant* to a broker in 
New Orleans, receiving therefor $70,000 in cash. 
Auditor Graham says t hose bonds were fraudu¬ 
lently issued. Wickliffo has disappeared, but his 
confidential agent, Mushaway, having called on 
the broker for the balance Of the money, has 
been arrested, and $15,000 recovered. The Audi¬ 
tor cautions the public against warrants issued 
by his predecessor. 
-- 
FROM NEW ENGLAND. 
A PRIZE fight, announced to come off at Charles 
Island, near Milford, -Conn., on the 11th inst., 
was broken up by Die State militia, under Gon. 
Merwiti, of Gov. Jewell's stuff, and Sheriff 
Hotchkiss of New Haven county. Kerrigan, 
one of the principals, was arrested, with Maloy 
and Edge, who were to light iu Die same ring, 
and about ninety roughs, and ore now lodged in 
jail. The crowd sacked many houses in Milford, 
robbed people In the streets, and wo* one of Die 
most desperate that over (eft New York. Five 
military companies acted promptly, mid at one 
time a severe tight was t hought Imminent. 
The will of Die late George l'eabedy has beeu 
admitted to probate iu Essex county, Mass. It 
shows that public nenefnetiuns absorbed his 
property, except about $150,000 In private be¬ 
quests to bis relatives. 
Clinton, Me., a few daysslnee, voted to exempt 
from taxation for ten years any manufacturing 
establishment in which the proprietors invest 
$ 10 , 000 . 
Massachusetts has paid the interest on her 
debt from the beginning ol the war in coin, buy¬ 
ing Die gold, whatever the premium, aud has 
never tendered a greenback to a holder of her 
bonds. She is the only State that has pursued 
this course. 
Michael Oarrigan and John Lee were recently 
buried In tl.e ochre bed of Messrs. Dewey, at 
Bennington. 
-- 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Matters in France are still considerably ex¬ 
cited. The Emperor's proposed reforms have 
not won implicit faith from the Corps Legislatlf, 
and a crisis is Imminent. M. Buffet inis retired 
from Die Ministry, and M. Begris, Minister of 
Public Instruction, succeeds him us Minister of 
Fiuauce, aud M. Maurice Richard takes charge of 
the Portfolio of Public Instruction in addit ion 
to his own of Public Work*. A nother report of 
His Majesty's illness lately renewed public ap¬ 
prehensions, and slightly affected the finances. 
At Iasi all hope has been definitely abandoned 
of the safet y of tho City of Boston. The London 
insurance companies last week began to settle 
the claims against them on the steamer, conced¬ 
ing her total loss. 
Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister, gave 
a grand banquet in Berlin, on the evening of 
the 7th inst., to J. McLcary Brown and the Chi¬ 
nese Embassy. The occasion was one of rare 
good reeling. 
Another colliery accident has occurred in 
Scotland. Seven men were suffocated, and 
forty-nine have been rescued. 
The trial of the Duke do Montpensier for tho 
killing of Prince Henri do Bourbon resulted in 
his banishment from Madrid for one month, and 
a fine of $8,000 to bo paid to the Prince’s family. 
The Russian budget for 1870 shows an increased 
deficiency in the finance*. Tho “ public deficit. ” 
is $285,000,000. 
The Court of Rome has revived one of its old¬ 
est prerogatives. and one that ha* been fruitful 
of great troubles in centuries past — the Inter¬ 
ference with the civil regulation* of foreign 
states. The Spanish clergy have been forbidden 
to tako the oath of the new constitution of 
Spain. 
The Austrian Prime Minister has persuaded 
the Porte to send a strong garrison into Albania 
and the Sultorina. Russia, France nnd England 
separately hint caution to the Sultan. 
Tho losses In the lute lighting at Barcelona, 
Spain, wero heavier than at first represented. 
Of the insurgents, nineteen are known to have 
boon killed and ten wounded. Besides these 
many of the wounded were taken homo by their 
friends, and It is impossible to ascertain their 
exact number. The troops lost two men killed 
and thirteen woundea. It is officially reported 
that. Die outbreak whs not prompted by hostility 
to tho conscription alone, but socialistic and 
partisan agitators were also at work to heighten 
the discontent of the cit izens. 
A disastrous fire at Foo-Cbow, China, has de¬ 
stroyed seven hundred and fifty houses. 
A new Austrian Ministry has been formed un¬ 
der the premiership of Count Patocki. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The long Paraguayan war is at last virtually 
ended. After six years of dire conflict. In which 
the country ha* been made a desert, and the 
population reduced from over one million to 
barely one hundred thousand souls, a flnul lifts 
coino. Lopez is killed. He wits surrounded by 
Die enemy, and, refusing to surrender, was 
killed by a Brazilian lancer. His mother and 
children and hi* mistress, Madame Lynch, fell 
into the hands of the pursuer*. Tho Brazilian 
commander has I icon ennobled by Don Pedro. 
According to Captain-General Do Itodas’ dis¬ 
patches, the Spanish troops now traverse the 
Island of Cuba, without being able to meet an 
enemy to destroy. The Cuban* are surrender¬ 
ing, and anarchy, panic, desertion, mutiny nnd 
despair pervade thoir ranks. Tho news creates 
great rejoicing in loyal circle* in Havana. 
Chili In sending troops to depose the self-ap¬ 
pointed king in Arancanlu, and fit Is thought a 
big battle will ensue, as 2,(XX) Indians will oppose 
them. 
Great excitement prevails in Canada over the 
anticipated Fenian raid and military prepara¬ 
tions are in progress throughout the Province. 
Troops are under orders to march at notice in 
Montreal and volunteers have been called for all 
along the border. Buffalo Feuians ridicule the 
foolish fears of t.helr nelghbo. -'to** the line. 
The Canadian military expedition 'gainst the 
Red River rebels will move on the lUth of May. 
The Indian allies will join at Fort Francis, and 
General Lindsay, who will bo in command, in¬ 
tends to stay iu the Winnipeg country until he 
conquers. 
Another ocean steamer is missing; the City of 
Brussels, which left New York for Europe, 
March 28. Though she has been outonly thirteen 
days, the Liverpool people are nervous about her, 
and the underwriters have raised the premium 
to twenty guineas. 
The Spanish Bank of Havana has loaned the 
government $5,(XX),(XX), without interest, to finish 
tho war. 
The yellow fever in Rio Janeiro is gradually 
decreasing, tho deaths averaging only forty per 
day. 
Mr. Inman, one of Die proprietors of tho In¬ 
man line of steamers expresses his disbelief t hat 
the City of Boston foundered iu agale. Ail things 
considered,ho think* she collided with oncof the 
icebergs so numerous north-east of Capo Race, 
and went down when only two or three days out 
from Halifax. 
Two markets have been recently burned aud 
several churches robbed in the City of Mexico. 
The stolen ariieles have boon found in the pos¬ 
session of one of the wealthiest families of the 
city, which fact leads to the suspicion Dial the 
oldest son was a leader of a gang of bandits. 
Tho Red River half-breed* who have been 
playing at independence this winter and spring 
arc to be called to account by the BriDsli nation 
as soon ns Die warm season opens. Roll must 
fight if he expects to preserve Die republic. 
Tho steamer Camilla has arrived at New York, 
bringing the passenger* and some of Die crew 
of the steamer Venezuelan, which vessel was 
found four hundred miles west ol' the Azores, 
disabled. The ofllcors and crew remained on 
the Venezuelan, and fears are entertained that 
the vessel has gone down, 
-- 
Burlington, Cedar Rapids nnd Minn. Railway. 
—The Red River struggle for independence lias 
drawn unusual attention to what may be termed 
our New Northwest, and capita) is rapidly drift¬ 
ing thitherward. Much of the great Superior 
Country seems likely to be developed, as uo less 
than a dozen railroads are projected with that 
object in view. As railroads receive tho largest 
part of their income from local traffic, those tra¬ 
versing rioli farming districts must reap large 
returns, and therefore one, at least, of these 
projected roads is certain to prove a good in¬ 
vestment. The Burlington, Cedar Rapids and 
Minnesota Railway runs up tho famous Cedar 
Valley, said to he Die richest cereal-bearing 
region iu the world, and then turns northward 
down the Minnesota Valley, into the finest tim¬ 
ber couutry in the Northwest. It* way freight¬ 
age, then, will be enormous, while its through 
business will necessarily be very heavy, os all 
the traffic of the Northern Pacific, and or all 
the roods con tori rue El St. Paul, must flow lute it. 
Tho bonds of Dim road are negotiated by Henry 
| Clews, Esq., one of our most reliable baukers. 
The Universal Clothe* Wringer.— It givos us 
pleasure to call special attention to the “Uni¬ 
versal Clothes Wringer.” We have had it fairly 
tested, and are therefore able to speak of it with 
confidence, as an articlo of real and substantial 
merit, which only needs to be known to become 
what its name imports, “Universal" in its use, 
and in the approval with which it shall be re¬ 
ceived.— iVeio York Christian Advocate. 
jbe i&u'hcts. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York. April 15.1870. 
TrtE receipts of Die principal kind*nf produce since 
nur lust embrace 12,025 tutles cotton. 4fi,l4!» bbl*. tlonr, 
24t\li24 hush, wheat, SUnfido. corn. ai.S'V) do. oats. 53,. 
874 do, malt, ]7,250 do. Parley, 1,104 do. rye, 8,072 dm 
grass sped, !«Hn. beans, 1,177 bMs. pork, 2iT7 pkgs. 
beef, 2,737 do. cat weals. 5.83? do. butter, 4,007 boxes 
choose, 12.183 Utils, eggs, 418 pk*8. dried fruita. 3,813 
Uhls, whlskv. 877 halos hops. 782 iiluls. tobacco. 2.557 
boxes and cases do.. 1.12* bam peanut*, 3,825 nags and 
100 bids, corn weal, 4251«. lard, 540 kegs do. 
Bean* mill Pea*—Extremely doll, and the small 
shipping demand which exist* lor marrows hard to 
till, owing to soft and poor condition of fiots tn store 
aud on the track. Peas nominal. 
beans — Kidney, > bush., #2.40w 2..50 ; pea, prime 
Sl.8Oi.i2.00; medium, hand picked, $1.6ft,,1.85; good 
to prime, f l.fitVrfl.tiO: common to fair, Hiv,1.40: mar¬ 
rows,hand picked, R..8ft<(2.:V>; good to prime.$2.2»a-2.30; 
common to fair. tt.MXZ2.0Cl; Lima. *0,5O«7. Peas— 
beans — Kidney, y bush., #2.40w 2..50 ; pea, prime 
Sl.8ft.t2.00; medium, hand picked, $1.60(31 .to: good 
to prime, ft.Mill.88: common to fair, Hiv,1.40: mar¬ 
rows,hand picked, C2.3ft&2.M1; good to pDme.?2.2«it2.3i); 
common to fair. St.3tXZ2.00; Lima, Jtl.500*7. Peas— 
Canada,bond,HXaflfcc. i free. In bbls,. Sl.Ift.vl.15; green, 
S1.50 mI. 76: marrowfat Sl.9Xipl.75; black-eye. South¬ 
ern, 2 bushel bug, f4<v'j4.2o. 
nerswnx—very quiet; the latest prices for quan¬ 
tities were 386*1,770. Exports since January 1-1,4* .200 
Ihs., an excess of 20,000 lb*, compared with tame time 
1803. 
Broom Corn — Dull, at almost former pnees. 
Broom* tending lower. 
Butter.—Nearly all stock arriving is new and tho 
general receipts for the week are only about one half 
as large a* they were at this time last year. It Is for¬ 
tunate for owners that heavy parcel* of now do not 
clog the market, a* it would be dlRIcftlt to distribute 
largo supplies of the grades thus rar sent in. Tho 
new crop is unavoidably poor, lacking as It does Che 
body it would show had lust season'a corn crop in this 
State and New .Jersey permitted liberal reeding, 
buyers hike only enough to keep up a seasons 1,1cdis¬ 
play nnd for really useful goods continue to draw up¬ 
on sound reliable lots of old, the best lots of which 
are hrmer but not n notably higher. Did stock Is 
rapidly leaving the cellars and with O prolonged (IDu¬ 
ne** In lard common parcels find ready sale for bak¬ 
ing purpose-*. The selling range for old I* elilefly 20 
M,26e„ for sound ; selection*, luoiudiog half tubsSS'.t 
35c. A few linos of line tubs that have been almost 
secretly reserved on the North Riverside are livid at 
3ft/(,38o., and bring the price In a peddling way. Dow 
grades hure sold at f4<i410C. New batter varies In 
price accord Ing to condition ; that Is, it must sell soon 
after arrival to bring best rales. choice pplls and 
sonic .selected Delawarelluilf tubs sell at a-».(40o. other 
lot* 85(®#ir.. for tine 33;,j 31c., for good and common or 
stale 25M0c. A lew lots of new Western have 
bio agio Dealer* urge sh i ppors to avoid mix¬ 
ing White with gras* when the lalter is realized ns 
the practice In variably distracts prices. Tim Into 
easy prices have led to considerably exportation. 
For tho week ending April 12tli. tlm foreign ship, 
ments add up 1£0,QW loa. 
Clieexe.—Our stock is reduced to an extent that 
renders holders Independent of shippers, and prices 
arc rapidly advancing. Borne dealers look for 18c for 
choice before, our next Issue. To-day there Is a free 
disposition to pay 17c., but tho asking price I* 17>- <•., 
and has been obtained. New cheese has arrived In a 
sample way. The market Is firm abroad, the cubic 
quoting 72s. Up to 1’OeSday last there was a good 
export, abuuL 8,000 boxes: but It is Oot likely thur a 
similarly large quantity will be again transferred to 
shippers this season. Fancy cheese nominal. 
Factory, State, extra, p l7«(d7Bc.; good to fine, 
MJGilll! e.; com Iterl.\s<•.: Farm Dairy, choice, 
I.V.lfi'd'C.: good to line. Uiu 14He.; common lo fair. 
13:.t,13Wc.: English Hairy, goocf to prime, 15©Ific.; 
poor. UtjilSc.; Pineapple. State, 23@21c.; do., Con¬ 
necticut, 24<gi25c. 
Cotton. The market la weak, with a dull trade, 
(shippers are buying sparingly. We quote : 
UptiuD, Ac. 
Ordinary. 
(food Ordinary... 205ftit¬ 
le) w Middling.... 22 K<i6— 
Middling.23K(d>- 
Good Middling... 24 
Mobil*. 
- 
21 (■’, 
23?«<a— 
24 V*- 
N«tt Orloxtw nnJ 
Tsxiu. 
19 (n I0J4 
21 ',< 6 / 21:1 
22H©23k 
23x<./23K 
26 ©2iq 
Dried Fruits, All items aro perfectly Hut, and 
nothing points to a rovlval of trade notwithstanding 
the willingness to shade prices. Apples, fit ate, H'fo, 
UKe.; Western,6Wf5iT!<P.; NOUthern,good to lino, liq© 
7c. do.; sliced, (it QMo.; State,sliced, fancy, llm I2, , i c. 
I roaches, peeled, ordinary Virginia, 126UBO,; RuifterU 
shore, yi'ir22c.; Georgia, IStwI'Jc.: impeded quarter*. 
7 -jrtSVjc., halves, llFjfif,1tlc. ( berries pitted, 2ft:.t"lc.; 
bits in, 4w5o. Blackberries. U!*cV'd2o. Plums,2S©2Gc. 
Raspberries. 25*2,280. Whurtieberrltts, 12© I3>fc. 
Egg*.—Dealers are now sorely feeling the effect of 
their late injudicious firmness. The market Is un¬ 
usually quiet tor Easter week, und with tree receipts 
piling upon an accumulated stuck, there I* a strong 
E retumrc to soil, which make* prices decidedly In 
uyers’ favor, Wa quote Western 21(?r22c.; extra 
u, Dom near point*, 23**240.. and weak at that. 
Duck eggs, 34«37e. Egg oat*, 45t‘«50c. 
Floor.—State and Western flour I* about 18c. per 
bhl. lower. The foreign market* offer but little in- 
duoement to ship surplus arrivals. The home trade 
moderate. We quote at H-kkid.60 for superfine State ; 
f4.liEZv4.75for common extra do.; *1.80(3t.ttI for good 
to choice do.; ft.95©6.26 for fancy do.: $4JIO©4.40 for 
euperHne .Michigan, Indiana, Ohio. Iowa. Ac.; t4.5V« 
4.75 for extra tic., and tor choice axtrado., 
including shipping brand* ol round hoop Ohio at- fl.J.i 
© 4 . 95 , and trade brand* of do. at $5©G; good to choice 
white wheat extras alf6.10i*8,u0; Kt. Louw at $5©5.75 
for common to fair ex tras, and $G.0U©8for pood to 
choice. SoUlheru, f&iftUfS.UO tor extras, and ftuS.75 tor 
good and choice. Rye nt «4<»6.lO. Corn meal sold 
at $5 Tor Marsh’s caloric. 
Fresh Fruits. Apple* are easier, very few Ion 
will realize $5 though there are some Russets held 
for that price. Cranberries scarce and Ilrul. Nut* 
very dull. Dot-house Strawberries are quoted at 
*2.fill Tfi quart, and Black and White Grapes, *3@4.5J 
B a.. Ajpplos Gracning*,per hhl.. (4.7is<tfi; Ren fruit, 
$4.5ftvt4.75; HUBSOts,Golden nod Koxbury, *4.26©4J0; 
common Iota, #3<.v3.5tJ. fYftnborrlo*, >• cralo, *7D.8; b 
bbl. *20fj23. Nut* -Return, i' n>.. Ills) 12c.: peanuts. 
Norfolk, new. F bush., f2.25©8: Peanuts, Wilmington, 
V bush., *1.40®2; hiykory uuta, e bush., $l.(te>.l-L2. 
Grain. Wheat is arriving in large quantities by 
rail; spring grades have fallen off two to five coals 
per bushel; winter, live to eight, eem* lower. The 
exporters aro buying a little more freely nt present 
llgurcs. Wu quote nt the close:— $lcjsl,02 for No. 3 
spring; tLQA6il.ll for No. 2 spring ; Sl.l.wvl.l.'iL ter No 
1 spring ; fl.2tlwd.28 for winter red Western : *124", 1.25 
for amber Michigan ; tl.4te.l.;i.5 for white California. 
$1.18© 1.50 for white Canada; white Michigan at *1.40 
<.(1.55; umber Kentucky and Tennessee at. ♦L26ft»l.5(>- 
Rye is linn; sales Of Stale at $1.04. Harley is weak, 
sales at $U«.I.tV> for Canada, and ?5e»85o, Jnr state. 
Corn is very firm, with a moderate supply We quote 
ut sfl.iffw.l.iB lor new Western mixed, fl. 086 jd.i 8 fur 
old Western mixed, 111 More and attout, und *1.12 tor 
Western yellow. Oats are lower, with an increased 
supply, and not much inquiry; sales at 6tk<vfit>>ie. ,or 
Western lu store, ami aiv.iise. tor Ohio and state. 
Guano.—Peruvian, $826583 currency, from job¬ 
bers’ hands. 
liny mid Strnw.—No extra exertion seems to be 
made to send in stock; farmers In tho buy counties 
being now absorbed In spring preparation. I here 
has been a good demand for Shipping at 80®dsOe., 
which is lower ; retail is steady ut l«5c.te$ 1.U>. Long 
Rye Straw 05c.fct$l short do., "5c80o.; oat. tiO&floc. 
Hop*.—The market has a quiet tone. There i* 
Some demand, hut shippers are hurdly willing 10 Belt 
at late rates. Brewers ure taking small lots, wo 
quote nt 83< . for prime lots, as low as 10c. for com¬ 
mon. 
Maple Siian r.-The light crop rumor la, thus far, 
substantiated bvthn limited arrivals, hut the niuiket 
seems fairly supplied. Sown very oholce, clear, 
small. Vermont molds ore quotable at 20e<23c. 1 "J 
and brick Shapes. 15wl8c. The bud averages caused 
bv the low dosing rates of last year will probably 
tend to decrease manufacture this season. 
Meal*.— Lent closing with this week and warm 
weather pointing te a reduction in the MiPPl: i "[ 
dressed stock, give Die market a firmer tone. W J 
t»u<,t<• log-dressed calves, choice milk, Iftia/lTc, . eom- 
m! nte g<.od, Kkgdlc.; grass. 7*lte.; country-drewed 
mutton. StfiW. 1 Western-dressed heel, in good order, 
•wdic ; retailing pigs, city-killed, D'-psl'DiO. fm 
lambs and calves on boot, see Cattle Market. 
Milk.- A large number of dairies have contracted 
at 3tev. lo.. delivered at local station. Transient 40 
quart cans are quoted at ?2@2.ot) here, according to 
supply. 
ill iacclInnroii*. — Coffee, Rio, prime, at I2',<5'D* 
gold, in bond : Java, 2lK(!>22e. gold, duty paid ; bugin. 
raw. ikail’-i for fair to good refining, and Hi J" 
No, 12box; refined, at 11>«%USC. for soft yellow,« 
