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Address 
ness; that its President, who was well known 
as a bold speculator and at times a heavy loser 
in stocks, had almost the sole control of the 
business of the bank,at d it is stated that many 
of the Directors, who are spoken of as men of 
undoubted integrity and financial ability, were 
deceived until the last by false statements of 
the Bank's resources—all of which makes a bad 
record for the Directors. 
The question forcibly suggests itself, whether 
the lesson taught by this criminal folly of mis¬ 
named banking, Is to l»e heeded by business 
men. It Is an Impressive lesson of honesty, of 
prudence, of patient working for the sl r w but 
sure gains of legitimate business. It Is a lesson 
clearly taught in our great Chart, of Rectitude; 
that, they who will be rich, will fall into divers 
temptations and sDares. 
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HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
78 SJuau© SI., New York City. 
Ifytcs of the 
THE CALIFORNIA FAILURE. 
Our latest advices from San Fraucibco state 
that the intense excitement over the failure of 
the Bank of California and the death of its 
President, has to a great extent subsided, that 
confidence is restored, and that no further fail¬ 
ures of importance are expected. This sounds 
like altogether too hopeful a view of the con¬ 
sequences of so great a failure. It did seem 
that disastrous and far-reaching results must 
still follow, but this of course time will deter¬ 
mine. It, is too soon to be possessed of all the 
facts with reference to the causes of this fail¬ 
ure. Enough however, is known to warrant the 
charge of reckless and criminal mismanagement 
of the institution. It is admitted that for the 
past two years at least the Bank has been en¬ 
gaged in other than legitimate banking busi- 
The New York Daily Bulletin says that the 
Autumn trade is gradually improving in New 
York; that there are a good many Southern i 
and Westorn merchants in the markets, and 
the loading dry goods jobbers arc busily en¬ 
gaged In forwarding well assorted stocks of 
merchandise to remote sections of the country. 
The indications are that the demand for goods ' 
from Southern buyers will lie larger than for 1 
several previous years, while the outlook, iu 
other respects is favorable to a more spirited 
general trado during t,be incoming month. 
The St. George’s Society for the Relief of 
Destitute Englishmen has organized, jointly 
with the St. Andrew’s Society, a bureau of 
registration at No. 3 Broadway, New York, 
designed to inform British Immigrants or citi¬ 
zens where they can obtain situations, and to 
afford relief to those utterly destitute. 
A bottle was found washed ashore at Port 
Huron, Mich., on the 84th utt., containing the 
following. In well preserved writing: “Over 
Lake Michigan at 8 P. M. of the evening of 
starl ing, about 30 miles from Chicago and about 
3,000 feet high. A gale is coming from the 
north-east. The balloon is goUing out of order, 
the gas escaping fast. Can’t remain up much 
loDger. Will surely land In the lake. Fearful 
storm.—D onaldson.” 
The Arlington Hotel at Watkins’ Gien, N. Y., 
was destroyed by fire recently, caused by the 
explosion of a gasolene lamp in the bar-room. 
Loss by the fire, $80,000. 
Prof, Baird, the United States Fish Commis¬ 
sioner, is making an oxact counterpart in 
plaster of paris of every species of fish that 
swims in waters contiguous to the United 
States, for exhibition at the Centennial. 
The bid </f the American N. Y. Photo-Utbo- 
grapblng Co. for engraving stamp-checks is the 
lowest over received bv the U. S., viz., one cent 
a million. 
The $100 reward offered for tho recovery of 
the body of N. S. GHmwood, the journalist, 
lost with Donaldson's ballon, has been paid by 
the Chicago Journal to Mr. A. Beckwith of 
Beuona, Mich. 
Tho Atlantic Cotton Mills, which suspended 
work on the 10th of July last, have resumed 
busslness. These mills give employment to 
1,850 operatives. 
San Francisco is to build a separate establish¬ 
ment for the 168 colored children in her limits, 
as the authorities will not allow them to attend 
the public school. 
The ninth annual convention of the American 
Institute of Architects will he held in Baltimore 
for three days in November, beginning on the 
17th. 
The income of Girard College in 1871 was, it 
is said, sufficient to meet all expenses and leave 
a surplus of about $800,000, It now lias 650 
pupils. 
It is reported that in some parts of Arkansas 
tho public schools are in so poverty stricken a 
condition that sand and pointed sticks are 
used instead of blackboards in illustrations 
The Kansas Central and Black Hills Narrow 
Gauge Railroad Company, with a capital of 
$100,000, lots been organized iu Omaha. 
A mail was received on July 31, at the San 
Francisco post-office, which had been but 
fifteen days in coming from London thither, 
and but fourteen days from Dublin. This is 
the fastest time on record. 
A number of the veterans of the late war are 
making preparations for a grand reunion In 
Elizabeth. X. J., of the soldiers who fought on 
either side during the late rebellion. 
One day recently, while several privated etee- 
tives were watching the building No. 108 Grand 
Street, N. Y,, a gang of burglars entered the 
plaoe and carried off jffl.uOO worth of laces 
belonging to the occupants of the second floor. 
The Grand Jury of Orange County have in¬ 
dicted Robert. Gibson for assault with intent to 
kill Alfred Poet, President of the Highland Na¬ 
tional Bank, Newburgh. 
An excursion train, with about eight buudred 
passengers, was thrown from the track by 
striking a cow while returningto Chicago from 
Geneva Lake, Ill., recently. The engine, the 
baggage and two passenger cars were wrecked, 
and one passenger killed aud six wounded, 
some fatally. 
It is stated that nearly all the creditors of 
Duncan, Sherman & Co. have agreed to the pro¬ 
position for a settlement on the basis of 33 % 
per cent. 
The residence of A. P. Thompson, cashier of 
the National Bank of Port Jervis, N. Y., was 
entered by thieves, himself and family being 
away. Nothing of any value was taken, his 
■ silver, Ac., haying been put in bank. 
In the races at Long Branch on Aug. 26, dash 
for l-sf miles, all ages, Osage beat the favorite 
Donnybrook, time 3.14. 
The International amateur Regatta at Sarato¬ 
ga was concluded on the 86th ult. 
The Union Springs Crew won the Senior 
Double Scull, two miles, time 12.48)4. 
Tbe Atalantas won the 4 oared shell race, 3 
miles, time 18.32)4. 
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FOREIGN NOTES. 
A special dispatch from Berlin, says the 
European Powers have been unable to induce 
the Sultan of Turkey to suspend hostilities 
a.gainst the Insurgents pending tbeir media¬ 
tion. Telegrams to the effect that the Turks 
bad so succeeded were premature. 
There is a scarcity of wheat in England, aud 
au association was formed iu London on the 
25th ult. to secure a supply of live cattle from 
the United States to meet the wants of the 
English market. 
There has been of late, general depression In 
the European money markets owing to dull 
trade and to fears of political complications. 
Another revolution has begun in banto 
Domingo, Ex-President Baez has been pro¬ 
claimed President by the revolutionists. The 
Cities of Hanto Domingo and Puerto Plata re¬ 
main loyal to President Gonzales. Capl.-Gen- 
«ral Valmaseda lias sent a war vessel to protect 
Sp anish citizens in Santo Domingo. 
It. is rumored that a majority of the Coroner’s 
jury were in favor of a verdict of manslaughter 
against the officers of the royal yacht which 
ran down the Mistletoe. 
The Ministerial Council at Madrid has de¬ 
cided to send 12,000 troops to Cuba by Sept, 29, 
and 10,000 more in October. 
The United States frigates Congress aud Hart¬ 
ford have received full satisfaction at Tripoli 
for the insult offered to the American Consul. 
A hurricane at Pontolse, France recently did 
£30,000 damage. Hailstones weighing half a 
pound fell thickly, killing cattle and seriously 
injuring mauy peasants in the fields. 
Sir Edward Ryan, Vico Chancellor of the 
University of London, died on the 85th of Aug. 
aged 80. 
Capt. Webb succeeded in his second attempt 
to cross the English Channel on thc84tb iiRj. 
in 21 hours and 40 minutes without, tho assist¬ 
ance of any floating or life saving apparatus. 
The Khedive of Egypt recently sent 3 men-of- 
war to that portion of the Egyptian coast 
bordering on Abyssinia to imuish a body of 
Iylack 3 invading Egyptian territory. Four thou- 
aund infantry are held in readiness for 
emergency at Suez. 
Fogs on the southern part of the Nova Scotia 
coast have been unparalleled this season, and 
with sultry weather have brought a potato 
bJignt in all parts or Yarmouth county, N. S. 
A money crisis is thought, to be impending In 
the Peruvian Republic caused by the Govern¬ 
ment having decreed that the banks be author¬ 
ized to pay tbeir obligations in the bank notes 
which for years past had been iu circulation in 
Peru. 
A Vienna special says the troubles in Herze¬ 
govina have been settled by Turkey promising 
certain reforms, ami the Insurrectionists will 
lay down their arms. 
Under the emancipation law of July, 1870, in 
Cuba, thirty-two thousand eight hundred and 
thirteen persons have been born free, and thir¬ 
teen thousand seven buudred and forty slaves 
have acquired their freedom by passing their 
sixtieth year. 
The directress of a female Industrial school 
in Paris was recently sentenced to pay a line of 
100 francs aud to suffer an Imprisonment of 
three months for ill treating the ohildreu. 
session of many fields. While I write it rains 
as though the fountains of the deep were de¬ 
scending. Should we have a favorable fall the 
upland will yield a fair crop of corn, as the soil 
here is sandy, and can stand the extreme of 
wet as well as drouth. The storms have kept 
farmers from stacking. Wheat per bushel, 80®, 
8oc.; oats. 50c.; corn. 50c.; potatoes, 35c.; flour 
per cwt., $3^3.50.—E. j. h. 
Ripley, Jackson West Va., Aug. 22.— 
We have had an unusuai amount of rain and 
high waters here for the last month, destroying 
nearly ill the grass and hay along the creeks: 
also a large amount of wheat that was left 
standing in the shock and corn in the low bot¬ 
toms, causing it to Bour and wilt. Wheat al¬ 
most an entire failure; plenty of farmers did 
not get their seed. Corn looks fine ond plenty 
of it. Potatoes rotting in the hill. Haying not 
over yet. Wages In haying, $1 a day ; 75c. for 
common work, or $10 a month and board for 
good common hands. Butter, 20c.: calves, $5®, 
6.—A. D. u. 
galett), Kenosha Co., Wfs., Aug. 22. — We 
are having an unusually cold summer —tho 
mercury often as low as sixty degrees, and a 
slight frost on the night of the 21st. We fear a 
frost to-night. Mercury t ills morning at 38°. 
Corn very backward, the kernel hardly com¬ 
mencing to form. Harvestlug nearly done. 
Grain was badly lodged, r- quirfng to be cut all 
one way, and some mown with sytbes. The 
army worm in quite prevalent, although not 
doing serious damage.— h. a. b. 
TES MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York, Saturday, Aug. 2S, 1875. 
Receipts.— The receipts of Produce for the week 
were as follows: 
Flour. bt>l» 
63.575 Resin, bids. 
Wheat, bush. 4io,85y Pork, idcgr. 1,03; 
Com. bush. 631.175 Beef, pkgs. 2W 
Oats, bush. 26,950 Cut moats, pegs.... 4,*99 
Grass seed, hush.. 1,050 bar j tea.... ... 1,900 
live, push . 8,114 Butter, i.aus. 16.2 '0 
Barley, bush. 389 Cheese, bx,. 81,9.41 
Malt, bush. 30.650 Dried Fruits, pkgi . 210 
Beans. Push.,. l.OtJU Kves. tUvls. 5,941 
Corn meal, bills,... 1,687 1 Wool, bales. 1,250 
Corn meal. bags... 727 Hops, bales.. ;27 
cotton, bulus. 1,529 Rice, p^'ks.. 500 
Spt*.turp., Uhls... 1.413 Peanuts,bags. 1.9,JO 
Beans and Peas —Exports of beans past week. 
7H bbisi.j since Jan. 1,19,801 do.; same time last year, 
41,7*2 do. Exports of peas past week. 1,160 bush.; 
since Jnn. I, X42JO.) do., same, time last J ear, 2M.5SU 
do. Medium beans bold tlto late strong position 
that attended the light simply. Prime marks firm 
tit the outside. Late marrows have *ot<1 t , some ex¬ 
tent lor export, but dealers have bad to Mm m prices 
for roost lines. Pea beam very Arm. White and red 
kidneys are in good jobbing demand, which supports 
prices. Canadian peas are steady. Netv have been 
harvested and are arriving freely stOanndUn points. 
Receipts expected acre next week. One sample has 
been shown here which Indicate* a lino quality. 
We quote Beans, pen. prime si.tOoi :.K>; fair to good 
flJiftiiT-UO: medium, prime, I2.15a2,-'U, fair to good. 
fl.a.-WjiZ.Ud; marrow, prune. •3.33 .#3 40: fair to good, 
t&!5<$2.:!5; white kidney, prime. *si>.$,2.]0; fair to 
good, $I.N>!5l.'4i; red kiun 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Findley's Lake, Chautauqua Co., IV. Y., Aug, 
23.—This has been a very wet month. It is the 
worst weather we ever saw at this time of the 
year. Some farmers have uot done haying yut, 
but there is a lot of grain that la very apt to 
spoil, if not harvested Boon. Buckwheat is 
lodging badly. Potat oes are rotting very much 
on tho lake shore. Tho first roasting ears came 
to our notice last week. As a general thing 
corn will not be an average crop from present 
indications. Apples will be about half a crop; 
no other kind of fruit whatever, unless it Is a 
few peaches and pears on the lake shore. The 
weather Is cold enough at the present writing 
to insure a frost to-night. Unless we have a 
late fall we will not be sure of having any good 
crops. During a recent trip through the south¬ 
ern portion of Erie Co., Penn., we noticed that 
crops looked quite well. They seem to be more 
forward there than In this section. We could 
not help observing all along the route the uni¬ 
versal backwardness of the farmers with their 
farm work. I supposs It is the habit with some 
farmers the world over.— k. r. 
Douvilte, Crawford Co.. Iow a. Aug. 24.—The 
spring was backward, with a ten-inch"snow on 
the 1st of April, another of two inches on the 
1st of May, after which it was fair for seeding 
and planting during most of the month, with a 
few warm showers. Since the 1st of June we 
have had near thirty rains, many of them 
powerful ones, that destroyed the wheat crop 
in this and adjoining counties, and kept the 
farmers from tilling their corn, even on the up¬ 
lands. Many acres iu the valleys were over¬ 
flowed and ruined. The weeds have taken pos- 
good, $!.»>.'{)I.'41; red kidney, prime, f ;.90i,z3.GO: fair 
to good,$2j40Qt8.75. Canada peas, in bulk, in bond, 
41.20. 
Beeswax. — Exports past week, 1.360 lbs.; since 
Jan. 1st, 5 .,C‘i iin.; same time lasL year, 110.577 do. 
Prices arc held too huh fur stopper*,unit business 13 
mainly iu small lotaon home trade account. Western 
quotud at XtoOOHC., and Southern at OiysTM^e. 
Broom CORN.—No Important trade is likely until 
the new crop Is marketed. 
Long croon mil l quoted at 104413c.: shore and me¬ 
dium brush, choice green, U(it 13c.; medium qualities, 
red aud red-tipped.7tot 10c. 
Butteh.—T here .ire only two thing-, to soy aboil', 
butter,—we are short of One State stock anil have 
more Western than we can handle; lint is, more 
Western of it certain stylu than can be made use of 
at tint holding prices placed on U. Fine fresh 'flu. 
vored Western sells upon arrival, and good to prime 
State half-tubs or Welsh tabs meet with what may 
bo tenne r a brisk trade lor summer. 3 lm crude of 
Westorn that forms the bulk ol t ue stock is the same 
as that rushed iu here a lew weeks ago. It remains 
almost immovable, ami in finely to bang until some 
ol the restrictive limits arc matured 1’iom quota¬ 
tions. Bakers would esc conMdprabio of it if 10c. 
would be accepted 1 or some of the no itest: others 
would venture upon lines if 18c. would be accepted; 
but as that is uot 2 1 or 220 ., which holders ask, it Is 
like]v to stay piled In the cellars until a further fall¬ 
ing o'fl in quality compels a reduction In quotations, 
and then owners may n,jt do as well us now. We 
quote: 
Suite firkins, choice selected, o0@Sle.; good to prime, 
27(s429c.; fair to good, 25®2Tc. State, halt Brain tubs, 
sniveled. oUSta'lc.: good to prime. 28®8Uu.; lair to 
good, 25«i28C.; poor to fair, 23®25c. Stale, Welsh tubs, 
selected,— c ; guud tu prime, 2U®28c.: lair to good, 24 
«26o.; poor to lair, 22toMe. State, creamery tub*, se¬ 
lected, UA.wPoe ; fair to good. 28vv;iUt. Fails, State 
dairy, very fancy, X8&35C.J prime. 305432c.; Inferior, 
25 a:nc.: State, creamery, extrib 33#3ec.: State, sweet 
cream, SOtfli&Jc.; ereutuerj, poor. 2, ,>>Uc.; Western 
creamery, fa icy. V;.-: (lo fa to quod, m 
P ennsylvania, More-packed. ii;..».2le. Western, ttr- 
sclcctod, 21.*3be.; good to prime. '-'-WHc.: selected, 
yellow, 220«23c.i good to prime. 20&22C.; fall-to good, 
l&jgSUc.; poor to fair, lScslSe.; white, poor, l2(2Uoc. 
Cheese.—T he exports lor the week are 67.000 bxs- 
This amount of business has been brought about by 
a pressure to sell Exp uters have been Indisposed 
to operate with the market abroad. In unfavorable 
shape. Fancy white have sola in lustiueon up to 
DSC.; the general market mot for fancy are 110 
11 Me. Common aud medium block have been salable 
only at relatively low figures. 
New State factory, farcy, lifeline.: flue. Sulbdc. 
do. good to prime, at IO&IUnc.: ralr tu good. 9V>i 
10c.; skimmed, 4 f<j> 8c.; half - skimmed. &H @ 9c. 
State Farm Dulry — Good to prime, 10-'.iO-,c ; no., 
fair to good, 6,V';9>4c.; do., poor, fistic. Western fac¬ 
tory. Cheddar flue, lO&lD&OJ good to prime. 
10>4 l'.; flat One. iOMQilOHc.; good to prime, 9J4-10C,; 
fair.sJsaiOAc.;half-sklmiueu.S&le.; skimmed, 
COTTON.—There has been an active business from 
the mills, and a moderate export trade, serving to 
stimulate the general market. The closing prices 
wereAugust, 14 3-lGd lltje..- September, lo HUa'lct 
14e.; October, 1321-33SJ13 Ll-ltie.: November. 1319-43® 
13Ac.; December. I3& «d8 Sl-32cu January, 13 23-62® 
mo.; February, 18 la-pie,: March, UJ4e.; April, 14 0-1“ 
fell D.32o.- May, 14 !7-i82®14 9-l5c.: June, 11 23-32$ 
UYc.; Jftly. H5v@H 15-lGc. , . 
Quotations for spot cotton, based on American 
standard of classification: 
Ordinary. 
Good ordinary 
Low middling. 
Cp'awls. 
.1314 
1.1 v 
Ala. 
1244 c. 
13* 
14« 
Uli 
Orleans. 
lZ?8C. 
1351 
U% 
IP W 
Good middling 
Middling (air.. 
Fair.. 
.15)4 
lo% 
}oK 
1615 
15M 
16« 
W* 
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