PUBLISHER’S SPECIAL NOTICES. 
United State* District Court, In charging the 
#rrand jury, Bald the civil-rights bill • in its 
criminal aspect, which was the only shape it 
could come before the grand jury, was uncon¬ 
stitutional and void. 
Dispatches from Wallace, Kansas, state that 
Indiana continue their attacks on huntera and 
herdsmen. 
The Hon. John V. Farwell of Chicago, Mr. 
Mood}'a early friend, who has recently arrived 
In London, winds a dispatch saying that the 
week-day average attendance at all the Moody- 
Sankey meetings has been 1 : 7 , 000 ; on Sundays It 
has been 45,UOO— over 200,00:1 weekly. 
I lie Internal Revenue receipts from .July I* 
1873, toAprilSO, 15574, were $$1,845,642.01; receipts 
from July 1, 1874, to April 30,1875* were $80,758,- , 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC, 
prime, *2 20 i do. marrow, other, f 2 . 00 ^ 5 , 10 * do 
P rlrUc new ; beans, pen. othor. i 1.90.1 
noJJr* y »h?JI E«‘ f0 £ prime, and $2,50 t2.CH for 
CP?- r, o hlL 2 k,, hu-*y. new. *cf.25tf*.»t: flu, oilier. Mia 
tnnarta pens, in Milk and bond, ?!, 20 -#l 22 : do. 
split peas. In bond *) 
$3 50 Southern ft. K. peas.per2 bush, bug, 
O SfiJUiS: ~7 c receipt a of new have not been bnr- 
deiisotneaod burprs have raid about last week’s 
prices quite readily, somucli so that there ------ 
Additions to Clubs are now in order, and 
whether In ones, twos, Oven or tens, will prove ac¬ 
ceptable. “The more the merrier." and every ma¬ 
terial addition to n club will redound to the benefit 
of the Agent In the way of Premiums. 
Shrrmnn, Wexford Co., Mich., May 3_The 
past winter has been the coldest the oldest in¬ 
habitants have ever known, and this day (May 
3) la an exception to anything I ever heard of. 
There Is six inches of snow on the ground; 
mercury 10° below freezing. We have had 
about ten days' fine weather this spring. The 
farmers took advantage or it and plowed con¬ 
siderable; a few have sown their oats, but will 
have to sow them over again. The winter left 
the wheat In a good condition generally. Stock 
came througUthle winter in tolerably fair con- 
N'ew Clubs.— It in not too late to start new clubs 
for 1875, and wo hope many of our renders will see 
what can be done for the Ren At, (and the benefit of 
neighbors) In tlwlr respective localities. As the 
Rural Is electro typed we two furnish back num¬ 
bers to all new subscribers. 
Back Number*, of (bis Volume (from Jan. 2) 
can bo furnished to all new subscribers, but we shall 
not send them hereafter unless specially requested. 
Those who desire can begin with any number, how¬ 
ever. 
The Best Paper, and tho Best Premiums to 
Agents,is our motto. Wc Ignore Chromos and all 
other cheap colored pictures, preferring to put our 
money (n the. paper, and in Premiums to Agents. 
X#«S.i n , rcanny so much so that them is n shade 
^u'mss at the close for stTle.Uy choice tubs and 
P"' 1 - ,J e that there is some Brener feel- 
J' 1 F ,n the dairy district; If Mvs la ;<y, It is vefv un- 
; ‘ n “ m*T mure, productive or dnranee. The 
market hint better he allowed to take its course while 
7 . 7 mu,. lu-ytiutiitc ill iinillUFt?. JTI0 
Ihfo.a ini’ll ‘ e i L 'l he a to Wed to take Its OOU no. while 
„! 1 , he worked off. ’The supply arrives 
i T vvA l ? a packages and not uuirorm in size at 
mat. western hatter arrives spaiinglv, nnd our 
Chow’S? v, .‘ ry fu " f0 , r th< ‘ styles oomlng forward. 
('00106 WCHtPTn nonr in nh*nrh»»i 1 if 
Choice Western new la absorbed before It reaches 
Bidbulter has been worked down pret- 
/ .I 1 '* to find tine grades of It, and the 
bulk of the surplus Is offered cheap. 
artfuU' , tr P nl| s. finest. 2 H • :t0c : do. good to 
riliiio, >>c ; do. do., ialr to good, 23., 25c do 
^Mie r . k w-Sw 1 ’- Elected. ?^-2fic.: eood.ZyzT.e; fair, 
c,,t>K k r °"d to prime. 21 '-26c.: fair to 
f "hd- very'poor, UtSWc.: tv os torn tubs, good 
tojprime.il,i^, fair to good. 19321c.: poor to fair, 
'■’'i 0 ' 1 to Rfi'UC. 20322c.; 
f.ur to good. I9i".i0e.: nrk n-, choice selected, 2 fi® 21 c.i 
l w l,Ur t. I ‘ y * a ,' C i : , Xa * rto TOnd. 1 C 6 * 18c.! poor to 
f,ur. 14 p.u: hajf-lli kli.s uths. food to prime. 22<.t 
..ic.. fairtogood 20. /.'2c : r "ortofair. lflotiic: Welsh 
tubs, good t*« prime, lA tilc.; fair to good. l&AlDr • 
poor ro fair, 14315c.; Penn, dairy, good to prime. 20® 
nanltwl 1 i 9 r p, : or MtfiSC.; store 
pauki f|, 13:</j.»c. ( Western tubs, fair to flood. I 4 tf€lf>c,i 
K^i'r V'7i ? ; Uc,! flfJtihr.gtmd to prime, 14@15c.; 
i.ui togo -tl, poor to ialr. I234&iic. 
Select Your Premiums.— All persons entitled 
to Premiums will pleaso designate what thoy prefer 
and notify us how nnd where to forward—whether 
by FreigLf or Express-if articles are not mallnbie. 
at J off arson City, recently, ox-Senator Waldo 
P. Johnson, President. The convention con¬ 
sists of 69 mein bora, of whom 68 are Democrats, 
4 Republicans and 2 Liberals. 
Mr. Peduzzl, the amateur balloonist who 
ascended from Brooklyn, May 6, on finding bis 
balloon going over Itockaway Beach to tho 
Atlantic ocean, tried to land, but his grappling 
did not bold, and as ho went over Oyster Bay he 
Jumped to the earth, a distance of 60 feet. He 
was picked up insensible, but. subsequently 
recovered. Tho balloon was at last accounts 
en route for Europe. 
The taxpayer# of Port Jervis, N. Y., last week 
voted down all appropriations, and tho town is 
without gas or police. 
In Lockport, N. Y., on the 5th Inst., the 
Grand Jury reported an indictment against 
Col. McRae. Canal Superintendent, Charles 
Molyneux, bis clerk, and P. H. Llndon, one of 
the foremen under McRae. McRae Is charged 
with certifying to false, check rolls, and Llnnon 
and Molyneux with forgery. The indicted offi¬ 
cials pleaded not guilty, and the case was sent 
to the next term. 
Tho cannon that was captured from the 
Princeton campus last week by students from 
Rutgers College Is still buried lu New Bruns¬ 
wick, and both parties are awaiting events. 
Continued outrages by the striking Pennsyl¬ 
vania miners arc reported. 
A new Iron steamship of 3,500 tons burden 
was launched from tho yard of John Roach & 
Son, Chester, Penn., on the nth Inst. She 
belongs to tho Pacific Mail Steamship Company. 
Another Ineffectual attempt was made last. 
No Traveling Agents. — Komemher that the 
Rural employs no traveling canvassers, but de¬ 
pends solely upon Local C 1 uh Agents and other 
friends to maintain and augment its circulation. 
i r °’ !N ~ Th /' nortei is rendered about nora- 
stocks’ r ° MSh oont,<,ent Vlf ' v * r ‘t sellers and small 
The Rural as a Present. — Remember that any 
Subscriber can send the Rural to a relative or 
friend, as a present, at the lowest, club rate—only 
$2.15 a year, including postage. 
follows: ■"i'.., -fj., i’wi, ririu om u‘ 
State Factory - Farcy Itlo; do,, good to fine ir 
'mrurkffiSi.u®'i». * ‘ oa "- ‘WWMw *>. 
Laguayra, l»J 4 ® 3 )j 4 o..do. ' 
Mbal.— shippers have been buying quite 
nnclm iiued prices. Veliow Western. 
M(.i4.J5; Brandywine, ft Kkit.R): Golden Ear. $4.45 
Cotton.—TT ade In spot cotton lias been small, and 
the market for " futures" has been weak under an 
urgency to sell, the closin'’ prices for futures were 
“feh.'I'inc, 16 July, 
15 Auvust. m 1 -I':bvc: September 
Oetubci.15 25-^Gtil.. III-l-V.; November. 15 
aylftaDac.t Decetnlter, 1..N T.ir, 2 i-;:?e. January, 1513- 
ISka K " Pcbruary ' 5t l- i *@W 1J2C.; March, I6X@ 
Vnototlona based on American standard of classl- 
neatlon for spot cotton: 
„ Upland*. Ala. OrUan*. Texas. 
Ordinary.M^c. 13«o. 13 Ve. I 8 «c 
Good ordinary.la 15 15Q ir,5 
Low middling.15v 15V wu i,;£ 
Middling .. m3 }b<5 
Good middling.16 a it;v yt 
Middling fair. v'x liS irk 17 
|,a,r .17« I 87 J 18Jtf 
roMEATtc Driku FnutTS.-Therols no movement 
In this mm ket outride of the small lots required by 
the Jobblug trade, and price* are about nominal. 
Apples, Soul hern slioed.SXOyBc.; fancy do., hv-slle.: 
Sonihern quarter*.TU'fitfgc.: Sthto sliced. 8 > 4 ® 9 c.: do. 
quarters. Western quarter*. Black- 
berries. f»o..v. Peeled peuctio*, Wesiorn. 2b@2io.- 
g..od und prime i,,-w Georgia 28®26o.: North Car... 
Una. prime. 2.‘<3i27e.: choice. ;Oe..: t npeHed peacli- 
es.halves K,4H8j(ca quarters. 7S'<»8i'. l’medclier- 
lta*pi.erri.js, now. liOiWfo. Plums. 
v Fish.—M ackerel. $( 
No. l Shore. Portion 
do., $ 8 . Dry Cod, $ 6 . 
Flour a.vp M cal —For flours there lias been a 
good demand with shippers, and the grades they re- 
qnlre-say stock tanging at $5.60 m> 6— are quite scarce. 
The general market Is more in the sel ler's favor. 
Superfine State und Western, fi.85w i. 15 ; extra do.. 
$5.,5f<t5.S5 No 2 at. 44,35(a.4.86: extra round-hoop Ohio 
at $5.30®.'.Si.: trade brands do., $5.1Kk*7.8ii: white 
wheat extra*, $C 50.3,7.00 1 8 t, Louis, $5.70w/3JW! ftouth- 
crn. X-.35j*«.J5for common to fair, and fi;.:o,,is .50 for 
g ?2?JKL c cl .^ ,k! ® : City Mills, extra, fi.oowc.io. Rye 
ttt $l.?5®5.40. 
FORMOS DRrr.n KRurrS.—Layer raisins of $2.55: 
looeo MOaOutol do., f." •K>(,t,".70. I nrnililH. CJsflVBHe. 
rorragorni almon.is, 20o.; Languedoc do., We. Turkey 
Prunes, 7 mb. Seedless tuisin*, $5.75, 
Eoos. Light aapplles caused some attemnton Mm 
Act «* Agent f -Reader, if there ts no agent for 
the Rural in your locality please become one by 
forming a club. It will pay. 
N o Chi-otno* r cheap daubs arc given by us. but 
flfty-two bright papers during the year. 
Monroe, Monroe Co., Mich., Mny *.-We 
have had a very severe winter. Raspberries and 
blackberries were frozen down to the ground. 
No wheat can be seen yet. Oats mostly sown 
two weeks ago. The vineyards, of which there 
are over 200.acres around Monroe, are seemingly 
but. little hurt. Labor, $15018 and board per 
month. Feed rather scarce. May 1st we had 
tho first good rainfall for over a year; It rained 
all day. Very cold. Many are substituting 
Hungarian grass In place of Meadow, which Is 
killed by drouth. Farmers are talking much 
about removing to a sunnier cllmc. a. e. d. 
Friendship, Allegheny Co., K, Y., Mny 5.— 
Winter wheat is badly injured by the hard win¬ 
ter through the West generally (from which I 
have just returned), and In many places a com¬ 
plete failure. In Pennsylvania and New York 
the wheat crop looks very fine, except along 
the borders of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Tho 
meadows and pastures in New York, Pennsyl¬ 
vania and the Eastern States have passed the 
late winter in good condition, and the pros¬ 
pects of good crops of gross and hay are flatter- 
At Our Risk*—You can remit by Draft. P. O. 
Money Order or Registered Letter at our risk. 
A TERBIBLE OCEAN DISASTER, 
The steamship Schiller of the Eagle Line, 
which sailed from New York for Hamburg, 
April 28, was wrecked, May 7, 10 P.M., on the 
Retainer Ledges, Scllly Islands, off the south¬ 
west coast of Cornwall, and about 35 miles 
fromL tiid's End, England. The vessel struck 
the Ledge during a dense fog and while under 
full headway. According to the latest cable 
telegrams received, 342 lives were lost! Out of 
885 petsons on board only 43 were saved, |r- 
oluding 11 of the Ml cabin and i of the 130 
steerage passengers, the first, second and fourth 
officers, nnd 25 members of the crew of 124 men. 
The Schiller had a cargo worth $150,00!) and a 
heavy mail, a portion of which waa saved. The 
disaster Is among the most .terrible on record, 
and Its cause should be rigidly investigated, 
Many of tho passengers were from New York 
Oity*and vicinity, (though almost every part of 
the country was represented.) and the news of 
the wreck naturally created a great sensation 
and much lamentation among t he relatives and 
friends of the lost voyagers. 
$U@18 for 
Labrador 
rvaiem, .vinrlon Co., Oregon, May 3. During 
tho month of March it was very rainy. It has 
been very pleasant during April. Farmers a 
little late In getting in wheat, but the prospecis 
are that there will bo a good deal sown. I 
planted peas, spinach and potatoes in lebru- 
»rr. Peas over one foot high now. 5Vages for 
farm hands. $300 a year; during harvest, $1,50 
per day, and the rest of the year $1 per day. 
We are expecting a large immigration during 
the coining season.—i). r. 
Athena, Calhoun <!<>., Mich., May 5_Tho 
spring is very backward. Wheat on the ground 
badJy winter-killed. Where not sheltered by 
timber it will not bo over half a crop, —mcl. 
HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS 
Curtis S. Burnham of Richmond, Ky„ has 
been appointed Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury, vice John L. Hartley, resigned. 
It is generally thought that tho Pennsylvania 
miners’strike will not last longer than May 15 
nr June 1. 
The steamer St. Luke, from Leavenworth, 
Kansas, to St. Louis, sunk about25 miles above 
the latter city. Nine lives are reported lost, 
with a probability that others ore swept over¬ 
board. The boat and her freight were a total 
loss. 
A serious mutiny is reported to have occurred 
on an American schooner during a voyage 
from New Orleans to London. The two mates 
were killed and two sailors wounded. 
Hon. D. D. Pratt, ex-U. 8. Semttor from 
Indiana, lias accepted too position of Com¬ 
missioner of internal Revenue, Commissioner 
Douglass having resigned. 
In Ills reoent visit to Gen. John C. Breckin¬ 
ridge. Vice-President Wilson was accompanied 
by Ex-Congressman James H. Beck, Gen. 
Preston. Col. J. Stoddard Johnstone and Col. 
W. C. P. Breckinridge. The meeting of the 
two men is said to have beeu very affecting, 
and they were left by themselves for half an 
hour. 
The Rev. Rufus Babcock, D. D„ of Pough¬ 
keepsie, died in Salem. Mass., May 4, of typhoid 
pneumonia. He was a Baptist minister of over 
fifty years standing, and was widely known 
throughout the New England and Middle 
States. 
At the Montgomery, Ala., election the Dem¬ 
ocrats carried every ward. The majority for 
Mayor was 484. 
The Connecticut Legislature met and organ¬ 
ized May 5. Gov. Ingersoii read his annual 
FOREIGN NOTES, 
HAVE YOU PAINTING TO DO l 
DO XT WITH THE 
AVERILL CHEMICAL PAINT. 
White, Buff, Drabs, Browns, and all the fash¬ 
ionable shades, are sold by the gallon at less 
cost than a gallon of lead and oil. 
Wo say this advisedly, believing It to be the 
I test paint in the world. The finest residences 
in the country are now’ painted with It. It 
stands well and looks handsome. Sample 
cards, prices and testimonials are furnished 
free by the Avekii.l Chemical Paint Co., 83 
Burling Slip, N. Y. 
s.SSBNTLAL Oils.-P rice* not quotable chanced, 
but the prolonged quienhat bus attended pepper- 
utini ami the approach to new crop gives it slight 
shade of ease to fleures. 
Ilotchkiss,gl/ifls,$a,uu f ID.: Hale A Parschftl,$6.00; 
tt”| way'M OO* 8itB3Utnt8- k ' 5c “ Wlulergreen, In a re- 
FRltsn Fruits.- Export of apple.* for week. 821 
bbls.: si net: January j. 18.707 do.; same tune last year, 
.yjiado. Apples are dull, with few reliable and at¬ 
tractive lots offered, although the remnant of the 
stock Is large. Outside figures are not quoted for 
round lots. Low prices for cranberries have given 
then) rather more motion. Strawberries have a reg¬ 
ular salt). Peanuts have declined. 
Apples Western N Y. mixed lots. F bbl., $1.05® 
i . ,J do., select varleth*.$2*te. i 4)t interior lots. 76c.@ 
$1.28, btrawberilea—Charleston, >< qt., 2 (ififle- Cran¬ 
berries. 1 1 box $1.7;.; fair to good. do,. $1,50-1.62. 
Peanuto-N. W. Virginia, p bush., $2.00®ih5: North 
Wilmington, $2 Oil,.. 2.10; Tennessee. ? 1 . 2501 . 50 ; Afri¬ 
can, shtotatof'. Pecans, P id., il&ttfec. 
Furs and Skins. —The Annexed price will be 
about the ruling ones from tills time forward. This 
paper had belter be saved, as we will soon omit the 
publication of tue extended tabic. 
Bear. Northern, os to size and qualltv.$10 00 to 15 00 
Bear, Southern and Northern year¬ 
lings.,... .. 5 00 to 10 00 
Beaver, Northern, per skin,parchment, 
according to size and color. 2 00 to 3 00 
Beaver, Western, as to size and color.. 1 00 to 2 CO 
Bearer, Southern and ordinary, per 
***»•. 50 to 100 
Badger. jn t 0 25 
£ at * Wild, North and East States, oased 50 to 60 
Cat. Wild, Southern aDd Western. 40 to 60 
Cat, House, ordinary, it large. 6 to 8 
Cut, House, black, furred___ 15 to 25 
Fisher, North and East, as to size and 
Color..... 7 00 to 12 00 
Fhihpr, Penn., Ohio atid Western, ac¬ 
cording to size and color, prime. 5 00 to 8 00 
Fisher, Southern, 0 « to size and color.. 3 00 to 5 00 
Fox Silver, according to size und color. 13 00 to 50 00 
box, Cross, Northern and Eastern, ac¬ 
cording to size and eglor....... 3 fKl to 5 00 
Fox. Rod, Nori-hern ami Eastern, ac¬ 
cording to eose and color... 1 65 to 1 75 
Fov, Red. S, Penn., N.and N. Ohio. 1 ;:5 to 1 50 
Fox, Red, southern and Western. ib to 100 
Fox. Gray. North and Eastern. 1 on to 1 26 
Fox southtutd West.. ... 00 to 75 
Fox, 8 "nth and West, open....,. 40 to ‘00 
Fox kill... 30 to 60 
1 00 to 2 CO 
2 00 to 2 50 
The consecration of Dr. Fuller as First Bishop 
of the new diocese of Niagara, Canada, took 
place on the first of May. 
The steamer Alhambra, from Boston, struck 
on the coast of Nova Scotia: but her malls and 
passengers were saved. 
A revolution has broken out at Port-au- 
Prince, Haytl, Forty foreigners have been 
killed, and a state of siege has been proclaimed. 
A dispatch from London says that the re¬ 
duction of 50 per cent in the cable rates to 
North America, which came into lorce on the 
1st of May. has given the commercial commu¬ 
nity much satisfaction. 
The steamer African recently arrived in Lon¬ 
don from the Cape of Good Hope with $50,000 
in gold, the largest consignment ever sent from 
Smnh Africa. One of the migrate 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS, 
New York, Saturday, Mays, 1875. 
Receipts.—T he receipts of Produce for the week 
are as follows: 
Cotton, bales. S,?T'» l>ried Fruits, nkirs.. 100 
Jlour, bb!s... 52.1l>i liirirs.tibia-...,». 2017S 
Wheat, bush. 2(t\250 flops, bales... 150 
Conn bush. 595,000 Floats, ba S s.. 1,525 
Oats, bush.. I65 t jj0iPork# pkgb. 71,0 
Grass Seed. busn.. -! Be*t. pigs .. 358 
Aje. bush.... 400|Cut meats, pig*.... 3 uu 
Barley, bush. — Lord. pan-... . . jam 
MaJt, liusb. 6,800 Butter, pigs...! isV-j 
Beans, bush. . 2,050 Cheese, pkgs.. 1:450 
Corn meal, bbls.... 600 Wool, bales. 681 
Corn meal. bags... 1 /J 0 ul 
!fs A / srD P^as.—E xports of beans past week, 
vem? 1 lVsM ta< F»nnI?i lB S’ d0 - ! K:une tirn(5 last 
13, ^V Export sof peas past week, 3,8,50 bu-h. 
The condit ion of the bean market, so far us mediums 
und marrows arc concerned, is very solid forthesea- 
*on. Extra marks of medium are worth H :m and 
prime marrows are very firm ai the outside uriee 
Pea beans steady. White kidneys are ami. P 1£d 
kidneys are not turning out generally prime, ami 
hi Inis ones are firm. Lnuadiao peas arc again higher 
but the new rates have checked trade Green n»«« 
steady. Southern B. E. peas not Wanted ^ 
We quote Means, new medium, union. $ 1 . 8(101 90- 
do. fulr, $1.4o<sil.60; do. poor, $1.25: marrows, new 
artisn, Stares 
