ever 
)#•?*•*"«  lAf.i  r''  '"M  yvion  ^UI/O  eeiUUiUUc 
jy  n^f'*^***’  plinio.  ‘^-0.;  tuir  to  ^ood, 
3S2 
ORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
PUBLISHEB'E  BPEOIAL  NOTIOEa 
Tli«‘  IturiLl  1b  uTfiryKixirt  pre«ont  to  soutl  to  a 
&rlon(l,  iiiKj  It  ploiuiantly  reiuindB  Ihu  molplpntof  the 
donor  flfty-twu  tlmui*  n  your— thin  year  Ufty-tliruo 
titnoB.  Any  mihtrrlh-r  oaii  BOJid  It  to  a  riilatlro  or 
friend,  as  a  preHont,  at  our  lowont  oluto  rate— only 
$2.1.'i,  iDctudiDK  posture. 
Knek  Mnniboi'H  ol  thla  Vtnir  (from  Jan.  1) 
oun  bo  fitrnlHlK'd  to  all  now  Kiibacrlbera,  but  we  sbail 
not  Bond  tlioni  horeaftor  unleas  Hpoolally  requuNtod. 
TIiono  who  deairci  cam  IirkIu  with  any  uup/bor,  liow- 
Molect  Vour  I'rcinluinn.— All  porsona  entitled 
to  l*reiuluni8  will  ploaso  deslKnate  what  they  prefer 
and  notify  us  how  and  whore  to  forward— wJiet her 
by  FrelKlitor  fixprosH— If  articles  are  nut  mallablo. 
Tilt*  Paper,  and  the  Beat  Preinluma  to 
AKents.ls  our  motto.  We  Ijrnorc!  (Ihrriinoa  and  all 
other  cheap  fiolurod  pletares,  profoii'liiK  to  jiut  our 
money  (n  IM  paper,  uinl  In  PrctuiluiuB  to  AKonta. 
Act  MH  Aircnt  I  iioader,  If  there  is  no  aeenl  lor 
the  KuKAL  In  your  looallty  please  become  one  by 
tormliiK  a  oluh.  U  will  rav. 
At  Oiir  RIhIi.— You  can  remit  by  Draft,  P.  O. 
Money  Order  or  ItoKiatcred  Letter  at  our  ri«lc. 
Hrius  of  tl)f  ®Urli, 
HOME  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS. 
Onk  of  the  cliiascs  of  the  Cushman  will  Is  the 
lollowlDj?;  “  To  a  friend,  Krama  StJibtolns,  J;l,ftOe 
yearly."  This  Miss  SDdihliiH  was  the  constant 
traveling  companion  of  Miss  (’ushuiaii.  Sho  Is 
said  to  he  a  person  of  sorao  lltorary  attalnmenlA, 
and  It  Is  the  general  opinion  of  the  friends  of  Miss 
Caslimant  hat  she  will  iindi>rDil«;  to  wrlio  a  biog¬ 
raphy  of  the  deparlcd  uetross. 
A  new  swindle,  now  extensively  practiced  prin¬ 
cipally  In  country  towns,  is  llie  sale  of  almost 
wortlili'ssdry  goods  by  trickery.  A  pc^ddlor  calls 
upon  a  farmer  and  shows  a  largo  bundle  of  as¬ 
sorted  cloth,  and  reprosenUs  himself  as  the  agent 
of  a  haukrupt  llrm  In  Ihigluial.  He  says  tlml  un¬ 
der  a  special  provision  of  the  revenue  laws,  rciii- 
nant-s  In  packages  of  not  less  worth  tlianflSO  oaeh 
may  lie  Imported  l  i  ce  of  duty,  tints  saving  almut 
seventy  per  cent.  'J’ho  purchaser  of  a  lot  really 
pays  ilouUle  Instead  of  half  the  value  of  the  goods. 
The  iiofMi  111  the  (’onnectlcut  uud  I’a-ssumpsle 
rivers  cxeeeils  any  rise  since  the  great  llood  In 
October,  isos.  .\ll  the  lowlands  and  meadows 
north  of  Wliltci  Illver  Junetkm,  Vt.,  to  Ilai  het  are 
underwater.  Wrecks  of  hulldlngs,  wood, bark, 
hay,  ole.,  are  eoimlanlly  passing  ilow'n.  'I’ho  l/OU- 
bridge  at  I’lcrmout  was  swept  away.  The  water 
was  up  to  llie  chords  of  the  bridges  at  I-’alrlee.U’het.- 
ford  and  Nortn  Thi'I.rord,  The  station  at  Hnul- 
ford  was  surrounded  tiy  water,  and  several  sta¬ 
tions  near  by  Hooded.  The  cattle-yards  at  W'est 
Lebanon  were  pariJally  submerged.  Several 
miles  01  the  t-'ouuoeticut  and  i^asKiunpsic  Kaiiroaci 
track  hclwceu  Bradford  and  Newhurg  ivere  three 
feet  under  wmt  or. 
The  Ohio  Legislature  has  passed  a  bill  providing 
for  the  pmdshmeuL  byline  and  Imprisonment  of 
all  persons  who  get  on  or  olT  railroad  trains  tliat 
are  In  motion. 
The  *•  lieathcM  Chinee  "  lius  lutroduecd  a  new 
Industry  In  San  Frauclsco— Uiemunufacturoof  the 
genuine  Chlncsollre-crackers.  'I’wo  factories,  wdth 
a  cajiltal  oi  $ir>,(XKi  invested,  turned  out,  last  year, 
the  value  of  iiao,o(H) ;  n.sing  ft.aoo  worth  of  raw 
material,  and  paying  nut  fri.noo  for  labor. 
A  largo  numborof  countorleit  $5  bills  on  the 
First  N.allonaJ  Bank  or  NorOiamptou,  Ma.ss.,  were 
detected  111  Hie  New  York  banks  recently.  They 
have  been  only  a  icw'  days  In  circulation,  yetbavo 
become  widely  dlstrllmted,  and  It  is  evident  that  a 
large  iiuauuiy  has  been  issued,  it  Is  said  that 
they  are  printed  from  the  same  plates  as  were  tho 
bogus  Ilvosof  the  Fli’st  National  Bank  of  New 
Bedford,  w  lileh  were  Issued  two  weeks  ago.  The 
picture  on  the  right  cud  Is  darker  than  In  llie  gen¬ 
uine,  and  Is  blurred. 
Jonah  'ritusor  I'rovideneo,  the  oldest  member  of 
the  Rhode  Island  bar,  bs  dead. 
The  seventh  annual  report  of  the  Bureau  of  La¬ 
bor  fhaUstdes  was  published  recently.  Returns 
are  given  Iixim  80,s9a  peraons,  CS,2G;i  oi  whom  arc 
malo.s  and  I7,C80  females;  71,839  are  of  tho  “  wage  " 
class,  and  9,r,r,4  or  the  salary  class;  47,f)0-i  of  tho 
tfltal  number  return  M2,:(8ti  jieiwons  deiiuiideiit 
upon  them  for  sujiport.  From  returns  by  em¬ 
ployers  for  2.M,!ni:i  emiHoyees,  Ills  found  that  they 
•amount  to  ^118.39.  (m  the  other  hand,  '.«•  percent, 
of  males  and  9.1  per  cent  of  females  gave  tho  aver¬ 
age  yearly  earulugs  of  the  former  as  $JS2.T2,  and 
of  the  latter,  »19S,7C.  The  highest  average  of 
yearly  eundngs,  for  males,  Is  found  to  be  In  Suf¬ 
folk  County,  $B7C.10. 
A  substimro  for  the  postal  card,  that  is  being 
considered  by  the  Postoflloe  Department,  Is  a 
stumped  sheet  (about  note  iiaper  size),  wdth 
gummed  edge,  to  servo  as  both  paper  and  onvol- 
opc,  and  fo  cost  two  cents. 
The  Missus  Logan  and  Board,  young  evangel¬ 
ists,  have  been  giving  Bible  readings  at  the  Hud¬ 
son  river  towns. 
The  lion.  Newton  Morse  of  NaWck,  successor  of 
Winslow,  the  lorger,  from  the  Fourth  Senatorial 
District  of  Massachusetts,  has  fled,  having  appro¬ 
priated  $8,000  of  the  wwm  funds  of  Natick.  Ue  Is 
said  to  have  squandered  large  sums  at  faro. 
An  e.xccUeiit  iiuality  of  tea  Is  being  groivn  in 
Jasper  co.,  Texas.  , 
Tho  Centennial  Commission  has  met  and  ehaTed 
ofllcers  for  the  ensuing  year.  Gen.  Hawley  was  ; 
again  chosen  President  and  .Mr,  GoshoriiDlructor-  i 
General.  Changes  took  place  In  the  ExcH.mtlve  i 
CommlUee,  the  following  being  chosen:— Messrs.  i 
Goshorn,  Corliss,  Morrell,  Botelor,  McCormick, 
Beckwith,  Loiing,  Klmb.'ill,  I.yiich,  Latrobe,  At- 
a  wood,  Bernard,  and  Phillips.  George  W.  Biddle 
m  W'as  oloctod  Solicitor. 
The  General  .Synod  of  tho  Roformtid  Prosbyte- 
rlan  Clnirch  of  North  America  held  Its  meeting  In 
^  Philadelphia.  Tho  Episcopal  Convention  met  In 
Boston. 
jj  Trouble  In  Louisiana  again.  Bloodshed— no¬ 
il  groos— military, 
1.  Late  frosts  have  made  the  Ohio  fruit  crop  a 
!.  very  dubious  one. 
'I'ho  Boston  City  i;ounell  has  reported  adversely 
j  to  the  demolition  of  the  old  .Sliite  House, 
r  Tho  season  in  Northern  t’ermont  Is  reported 
r  very  backward,  owing  lo  tho  heavy  rains  and 
freshets. 
Wrn.  Austin,  Deputy  Marshal,  lias  captured 
In  Scott  County,  Va.,  Hve  Illicit  (llBllllerleH,  with 
over  gallons  of  mash  and  beer.  He  aisfi  ar- 
I]  rested  nine  men  engaged  In  dlstllUug.  Stony 
Creek  has  long  huen  a  place  dreaded  by  the  oDi- 
r  ceiw,  where  the  distillers  leltsafe  In  defying  tliem. 
r  'I’he  sub-marine  oahle  iwross  Hamplou  Roads, 
whleh  was  broken  a  few  days  since  by  a  vessel 
anchor,  ha-slaien  repaired. 
Capt.  Mc.Nally's  men  caught  a  party  of  Mexican 
.  raiders,  whllo  crossing  the  Rio  Grande.  They 
killed  two  and  captured  seme  stock. 
Sixty  momboi's  of  the  Boston  tii.ujunerclal  Club 
have  left  for  I’lilhuRdphla,  where  tho  annual 
dinner  of  the  Club  will  hegiven.  Gov.  Rice  Ls  with 
-  tho  parly. 
Owing  (o  heavy  rains,  little  farming  has  been 
done  In  tho  country.  Bnaiks  and  rivers  every- 
>  where  are  overllowlng,  and  mills  have  been  obliged 
tfi  stop  sawing.  Tlie  Gulf  ports  are  blocked  wIUi 
lee,  whleh  prevonls  t  he  entry  of  sehoouers.  It  Is 
I  believed  that  one  result  of  the  lUgli  w.aUT  will  be 
a  n.sh  famine  for  the  next  two  years.  The  streams 
having  ovorllowetl  thel  r  lianks,  the  flsli  will  spawn 
far  In  shore,  where  tho  eggs  will  be  exposed  wiicn 
the  water  subsides. 
The  Grand  Lodge  of  l•enusylvanla  of  tho  Inde¬ 
pendent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  has  adjoui  riod  after 
sehxitlng  Erie  «s  the  place  for  the  next  annual 
meottng. 
Heavy  damage  by  thunder  storms  la  repoilgid  at 
Wheeling,  West  Virginia. 
Tho  Canal  InvcallgaUng  Commission  met  at  tho 
Stole  Hall,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  all  the  momboi’s  being 
present,  and  considered  thesuhstauoeof  two  addi¬ 
tional  reports  upon  Uie  canal  frauds,  whicli  they 
will  forward  to  the  Governor  In  a  few  days.  'I'hey 
also  proccedod  to  tho  setUomeul  of  Iholr  Unal  ae- 
couiito. 
Moody  ami  Saukey  have  held  a  number  of 
densely  thronged  meetings  In  Bt.  Loids,  and  ex¬ 
cited  great  religious  inlerost  among  nearly  all 
classes.  They  are  now  In  Kansas  City,  where  they 
will  parltclpaM*.  In  the  .Sunday  Scluxil  Convention. 
There  was  a  terrible  exjiloHlon  In  tlie  mlxlng- 
housn  of  the  Atlantic  Giant  Powder  Company’s 
Works,  -Ik;  mllos  from  Dnakesvlilo,  N.  J.  ]'’rf‘d- 
erlck  Johnson,  l.he  chemist,  and  J’atrtek  Oallag- 
hor,  a  laborer,  lost,  tbelr  lives. 
A  report  just  Issued  by  tho  Examining  Commit¬ 
tee  of  the  New  Hampshire  College  of  Agrleullure 
and  the  .Mechanic  Aria  respi'Ctlug  the  rcceut  ex¬ 
amination,  shows  that  there  are  a1,  present  In  tho 
InsUtul.lon  twenty-nliio  siudento.  Moro  thanouo- 
lialf  of  the  graduating  class  will  make  farming 
Ihelr  profession,  as  bus  thus  far  been  the  oiso 
with  nfty-lwo  tier  cent,  td  till  the  graduaD^s. 
Robert  Bonner  h.as  eighty  thoroughbreds  on  his  i 
breeding  (arm  near  t  he  county  farm. 
’J’lUt  Geiioral  Assembly  of  thc!  Prosbyteilan 
Church  of  the  I'nUed  states  began  Its  sessions  In  -i 
Uio  Brooklyn  (N.  Y.)  Tabornacle,  May  18.  About  i 
4011  delegates  were  in  attendauco.  'I’he  morn¬ 
ing  session  was  oecujiled  with  a  seriuon  by  the 
Moderator  of  tho  last  Assembly,  l-he  Rev.  Dr.  Ed-  ( 
ward  D.  Morrl.s  of  the  Lane  Theological  Seminary,  i 
on  the  “  P.nst  and  Future  of  American  ITosby-  i 
torlanlHin.”  At  the  aftornoon  aossloh  thc  election  i 
of  a  Moderator  occurred,  and  tho  Rev,  Henry  J.  i 
Van  Dyke,  D,  D.,  pastor  of  the  Plnst  I'roshytei’lan  1 
Church  of  Brooklyn,  was  chosen  on  the  ilnst  ballot.  I 
Four  clerks  or  the  Assembly  woro  also  elected.  In  J 
the  evening  a  communion  scrvleo  was  celebrated.  i 
Tho  Spring  meeting  at  tlie  West  Side  (N.  J.)  i 
Driving  Park  began  May  28d.,  and  coutlmied  four  c 
day.s.  The  aggregate  value  of  tho  prizes  Is  1700,  i 
Tho  race  agaln.st  time  by  30  musta  ngs,  ridden  1 
by  one  man,  ended  In  failure.  'I'he  race  was  thc  ( 
result  of  a  wager  on  the  purl  of  an  old  Callfgrnlan  ti 
that  ho  eonld  produce  a  man  who  would  rldo  a  t 
distorieo  of  yo.-i  miles-  In  15  hours,  using  for  tlila  j 
purpose  30  musUings.  Tho  first  10  miles  were  i 
traveled  In  2«  mlnutos  and  40  second.s,  but  it  rc-  g 
qulroil  27  mlnuLos  and  20  seconds  to  accomplish  t 
tlie  second  lo,  in  riding  tho  nrst  40  miles  the  j; 
rider  changed  horses  32  rimes,  showing  great  t 
agility  In  leaping  from  tho  hack  c»f  ono  Into  the  o 
saddle  upon  another,  and  frequently  meeting  / 
with  serious  (lllliculty  because  of  tho  i-ostlve  and  s 
vIoloiLS  nature  of  the  mustangs.  I  p  to  iJie  noth  a 
mile  Pai’ker  rode  wlUi  remarkable  case  and  grace,  t 
appearing  only  a  little  heated,  anti  not  matei’lally 
fatlguetl.  The  weather  proved  unpwtpltlous ;  the  c 
drtosUng  rain  soaked  tho  rider  throngh  and  o 
rendered  tho  track  very  heavy.  After  Parker  had  h 
made  his  20oth  mile  his  moOons  were  watched 
with  intense  Interest.  He  was  then  i«  minutes  a 
behind  time,  and  had  been  riding  lo  hours  and  6 
minutes.  At  tho  end  of  Die  2’2(ith  mile  Parker  si 
gave  out  and  was  unahlo  to  mount,  lie  was  K 
completely  exhausted,  and  was  taken  to  the  g 
little  hotel  In  tho  park.  He  sulTered  grcaGy  from  71 
tho  effects  of  hl»  undcrtoklng,  being  blind  and  si 
affected  with  naustni,  The  race  closed  at  3:27  P.  r 
M.,  Parker  having  been  In  the  saddle  11  hours  and  p 
27  minutes.  Mr.  Hand  now  states  that  there  will  ic 
be  another  race,  in  whlcli  the  attempt  will  be  cl 
made  to  run  155  miles  in  7  houj-s,  using  25  mus-  c( 
tongs,  s, 
FOREIGN  NOTES. 
e  Gkavk  flnanelal  irreg-ularltles  have  been  dis¬ 
covered  among  the  I’reasury  officials  at  Madrid, 
;-  and  Inquiry  has  been  Instituted  whleh  will  lead  to 
n  very  disgraceful  developments, 
n  A  town  of  See  Inhahltonts  In  Syria  has  been  con¬ 
verted  to  ProD'stantlsm.  .\  chapel  ami  a  school- 
>-  house  have  been  built,  and  a  preacher  and  teacher 
StaUolicd  there. 
a  Dr.  Agullo  Para,  the  new  President  of  ftolombla, 
w.as  In.sDilled  on  the  isl.  of  April,  Tho  Colomhlan 
y  Congrp.sH  has  voted  JRio.ood  for  l.lm  Improvement 
of  navigation  on  the  T:ppcr  Magdalena  River.  In 
J  J'erulhe  Government  has  failed  to  pay  the  first 
J  Installment  of  the  Intoresl  due  on  the  purchase 
money  lor  the  nitrate  est.abilshmcnto  taken  from 
I  private  owners.  Payment  was  to  be  made  April  l , 
,  but  tho  hanks  which  were  to  advance  the  funds 
refused  lo  make  thc  uddltloniil  loan  required  by 
,  t  he  Government.  Mr.  John  (i,  .Meiggs  hail  con- 
.  Irm-Dsl  for  thc  working  of  (.he  nltraU*  beds  In  Bo- 
^  llvla  for  2U  years,  at  an  annual  rent  of  110,000. 
^  (irciildkscoHtoritexl.stslii  Pleuador.  Dr,  Borrero, 
(  tho  President,  refuses  to  accede  to  Llie  remodeling 
of  the  Con.stltutlon  whleh  Garcia  Alorene  gave 
,  them. 
r  A  private  letter  received  In  San  I’ruuclsco, 
dated  Honolulu,  April  27,  gives  the  following 
,  highly  I II  tore, sting  extract:  “  Thc  Zculandla  brings 
1  sUrrlng  news  from  Samoa.  The  English  ship  Bar- 
1  raconta  landed  a  force  lo  mid  dignity  to  the  cati- 
taln’s  attendance  at  a  eonferenco  of  chiefs  over 
^  the  rwent  condemnation  of  Stolnberger’.s  vc(s«.'l, 
and,  thlnkl ug  It  a  gotxl  opporUtnlty,  uiu.-mptod  to 
disarm  the  native  force.s.  'I'ho  result,  was  much 
ahiughlor,  and  consequently  tho  BarracoiiDi, 
Khcllod  and  dew.royed  the  town,  klllliig  many  na¬ 
tives,  Mjuu  landed  and  spiked  the  hattorles  and 
howlty,er.s.  All  the  l-higllsh  condemn  the  act  of  I 
ihelr  captain,  who  Is  to  he  court  martlalcd. 
Stoltihergcr'B  brother  is  on  the  /'.ealiuidla." 
For  some  time  past  the  woi  krnen  In  the  /oolog- 
Ical  .Soelely's  OardeiiH  In  London  have  been  busily  I 
employed  in  theeonstrueiioii  of  a  large  t,eiiiporary  I 
building,  ami  an  adjoining  yard,  Intended  for  I  lie 
reception  of  the  ITIiiceof  VValesVi  living  collection 
of  Indian  animals,  which  will  he  deposited  there 
on  hlsretiii  u  to  England.  The  collection  Is  said  j 
lo  he  exDinslvn,  eonialnlug  nearly  l.*>ii  iriammals  j 
and  birds,  among  which  are  four  eleiilmnls,  Jive 
tigers,  two  hears,  one  ('.'ishnieic  deer,  six  other 
deer,  and  a  very  line  scries  of  Hiuialay.'iii  phejuv-  I 
ants.  There  were  also  living  at  t.Iic  Mine  the  col- 
lection  left  .Suez  specimens  of  tho  Indian  mauls 
and  gooral,  or  Himalayan  eh.amols,  neither  of  I 
which  animals  has  yet  been  Introdueed  alive  Into 
England.  Fnforuirialcly  the  viUuablc  armadillo  I 
died  on  the  passage  from  India. 
A  British  Omi  have  romplelcd  for  tho  Chinese  I 
Government  an  iron  gunboat  and  supplied  It  with  j 
aAg-'i-Incn  .Nsvnsour  gun,  whlcli  has  such  jsiwer  j 
that  there  Is  not  an  English  man-of-war  la  tho  | 
service  that  can  resist  damage  from  its  shot.  I 
A  dispatch  from  Havana  siiy.s  that  a  imrty  of  I 
lUHurgento  In  the  JurlfKlictlon  ot  Sanctl  Splrltus  I 
attacked  and  captured  a  convoy  of  eouimcrclal  I 
gomls  and  raUons,  kllllug  1  ho  officer  In  eharge. 
Another  hand  of  Insurgenta,  iiiuiiljeniig  .500,  cap- 
lurtxl  a  convoy  consist  ing  of  twenio'-tlireo  wagons. 
There  are  ruinors  of  a  great  light  in  tho  Jurlsillcv 
lion  of  Ooloii,  hill  no  particulars thensir  ha vuhoori 
received.  'I’wo  hundred  woundixl  soldiers  are  said 
to  have  been  brought  InUj  ( hirdeuas.  In  the  JiirliJ- 
dlcUou  of  (’ardeiias  au  attack  was  made  upon  tlie 
large  esuitc  of  Flor  ile  Cuba  by  tho  lusurgentB, 
hilt  Uiey  were  repulsed.  It  Is  rumored  that  the 
-Govoniment  will  shortly  Increase  the  export  duties  I 
ou  sugars  and  loaf  lohaceo.  I 
.\  dlsimteh  liom  Pesth  says:- Thc  AuHtrlan  I 
Delogatlon  h.os  been  engaged  in  discussing  iJae 
estimates  of  the  Foreign  Ofileo.  Count  Aiidra.s.sy, 
III  reply  to  iiuesLlons,  said :  “  I  am  now  able  to 
state  tJiat  thc  pea.ee  of  Eui’opo  will  not  he  ills-  j 
liu’bcd.  Tho  proposed  rerorms  havo  been  aeeept-  I 
(!d  by  iSuropoaud  'I’uxkey,  and  Joyfully  greeted  by 
the  luaurgonto,  who  new  only  desire  guamuteos 
for  their  execution,  'I’ho  presi'nt  action  of  tho 
Rowers  is  dlnxited  toward  tho  removal  oi  ohsta-  I  1 
eles  preventing  tho  aecomiilishmenl  of  thc  ro- 
forins."  Count  Andriussy  said  he  was  porsonully  ■ 
convlnood  that  England  would  Join  In  the  ag'reo-  I  i 
ment  when  the  imrely  paolllcatory  liiteiitluns  of  ; 
the  Powers  become  manifest.  'I'lio  rosuH  ol  Urn  ; 
Conforenco  at  Berlin  was  that  tho  Powers,  sotting  ! 
aside  all  Individual  lntorcsl.s,  had  resolved  to  mako  ' 
themaluteuanceof  European  peace  their  guiding  I  1 
principle  and  1.0  eonler  togothor  on  each  case  as  11  ‘ 
lolglit  arise.  'I'he  Count  declared  that  he  would 
giiurautce  that  no  injury  loAustro-UungarlaiiDi-  } 
teresUs  would  result  from  Uio conference.  Here-  ' 
pudlatod  tho  charges  of  Austrian  conulvaneo  In  - 
tho  Insurrection,  and  opposed  the  nlua  of  military  ' 
occupation  by  Austi’lu  of  the  Insurgent  provinces.  “ 
Austria,  he  said.  In  cotieUislou,  liad  no  encmlos,  « 
St, raid  on  the  best  terms  W’lth  all  foreign  countries,  J 
and  might  coritldcnlly  anticipate  that  her  elfoils  t 
to  defend  peace  would  be  successful.  /j 
A  whole  fnniUy  in  Fraiioe  has  been  poLsonWl  by  ^ 
eating  raw  mu.ssels  gathered  In  places  whore  an  ” 
old  copper-bottomed  vessel  lay.  Bolling  would 
have  removed  most  or  the  poison.  j 
During  the  past  yoar  ii.sfis  horsos,  mules  and  } 
asses  were  delivered  tor  consumption  In  Rail.s. 
Tho  ••  I'rn  Cremation  Society  ’’  at  Dresden  has 
seat  a  clniultir  to  all  other  ercmatlon  societies  In  ® 
Europe,  Inviting  them  to  send  delegates  to  a  con-  I  c 
gresa  which  will  be  held  at  Dresden  on  the  Othand  ? 
7lhofJunt*.  'There  will  he  ono  public  meeting,  8 
succeeded  by  ono  held  wltli  closed  doors,  at  the  ^ 
latter  of  which  “  experiments  will  be  made.’'  Tho  y 
process  of  creiiuitlou  has  moro  partisans  liillol- 
land  than  In  any  other  country,  and  a  Dutch  So-  \ 
cioty,  the  headquartci’sotw’hlch  areal  the  Hague,  if 
counts  no  fewer  than  1,300  members,  similar 
societies  havo  been  founded  in  G  ormauy,  at  Berlin,  1 
Dresden,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Breslau,  Lclpslc  and 
Gotlia,  and  the  Gorman  adherents  of  cremation 
now  publish  three  Journals  to  udrocato  their  views 
—the  H.anlta.s  edited  at  r,elpslc  by  Prof,  Roclam, 
who  Inventod  the  mode  of  Incineration  now  prac¬ 
ticed ;  the  Medical  Family  Friend,  published  at 
Dresden ;  and  tho  Correspondence  for  Encourag¬ 
ing  Cremation,  which  appeared  at  Walbnrg. 
_  THE  MARKETS. 
PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS. 
Nbw  York.  Saturday,  May  20,  l«7fi. 
REf  Eii»Ts.— 'The  reoelptB  of  Produce  for  ihe  week 
wore  ns  follows : 
Flour,  bbls . 
Whisky . . . 
toiru  iiionl.bbls.... 
(5irn  tjieal.  bUKi... 
Wbeal.  busb . 
Coru.  busb . 
Oais.  busb . 
ItVe.busb . 
Mali.  busb... . 
Burley,  bush . 
licans.  bbls . 
Grass  seoil,  bush.. 
01 ,77.5  .VfniNsses . . . 
2.301  Rice,  bills . 
4,214  Cut  tuuiits,  pki/s..,, 
450  IJMSI.  iikgs . 
.'410,050  Tobaeco,  bhds..... . 
788,038  do.  oases . 
883.2IXJ;  Butter,  nkus.. . 
1 1, 05ii  Cheese,  bxs . 
lU.tXIU  CoMou,  bales . . 
ILiWioTtosln . . 
•I.uIO  SoIb-  turp..  bbis.... 
1.050  Dried  k'riilts,  pkas.. 
Beef,  pkKH .  540  Ritvs.  bblS.,.'. . .■  I4,«I0 
Wool,  bales .  1.02.5  PeaiiUtS,  baits .  ],7;t8 
Hops,  biilos, ........  080  l.eatlier,  sides. .....  22,970 
l  ork.bbls .  2,(725  Sugar,  hints .  — 
Inllow .  1.1517, Oileukd .  9,329 
Hint.s  TO  SinpPKUB, -l^iek  proUnno  ns  flrinlyna 
Its  ualui I?  allows;  ntlierwlBc*  many  Items  suITor  In 
api.earaiiee,  11  not  In  uuahty,  throiivb  the  Jostling 
lijeidiMit  to  triiMsofirtHtl'in.  Dri  not  mark  packages 
with  anv  routerlai  lhat  will  siiiuilge.  A  good  iialnt 
tor  rimikliij;  purposes  r»iri  be  uiaUe  of  bichToniine  of 
potash  and  u.xtriict  of  loiiwond.  Nailed  cards  are 
very  Insecure.  For  long  irnes  of  K<K.d8  a  marking 
plate  or  hniiifl  Is  preferable  10  orfliriArv  Ictloriug.  At 
the  time  of  ehipnieiit  pul  a  (uiTiipletu  fist  nl  the  lot 
into  one  of  me  pimkiigns  if  it  cab  be  done:  but  be 
sure  to  mall  lo  consignoo  H  full  Hat,  tmiriiiig  date, 
style  of  pok ages  and  cmileiiU.  Aim  t.i  have  each 
parcel  of  unitorm  quality  as  far  ns  possible:  mixing 
111  ways  Injnnissale,  Koll  butter  should  bo  wrapped 
In  cliiiiii  whitii  iiumlln.  Dressod  poultry  should  bo 
paekod  in  well  shaken  dry  straw.  When  poultry 
sweats  III  boxoB  straw-dust.  givesB  menu  look.  Break 
jHilnti*  trt>m  tWe  limlJi!  nf  g)il  bnrrols  wtjen 
tijyy  ari'  iihch!  In  orrtiLr  to  grt-vunt  property  from  tniir- 
lug.  Hhort  cut  dry  straw  Is  better  for  puoklng  eggs 
than  aoyUilng  else.  Try  and  avoid  iLu  arrtrnl  of 
Rumnicr  Uoms  here  on  Saliirduv. 
,  I'KAB.— Bxpiirls  of  boans  pnsi  week, 
I.IBj  bbls.:  jUiice  J:in.  Ist,  25,8IU  do.;  same  time  last 
year.  IU,2l5r1o.  ExportRoi  puaspasr.  week,  10,189  bush.: 
since  .li.n.  1st.  ::20,li0  ihi.;  same  time  last  year.  197.400 
do.  Warm  weather  reduces  the  wunU  of  mediums 
to  noiiHy  a  Jobbing  demand  and  late  prices  are  very 
dull.  A  round  lot  of  the  best  wimld  not  go  above 
•  1.15;  holders,  bowevoraiu  notincliiied  to  oltorlrce- 
ly  at  that  rate.  Marrows  fell  r.frtufljXJ  early  In  tho 
week,  hut  a  fair  shipping  Inquiry  has  revived  them 
again  and  some  marks  are  held  above  >I.i!.5  free  on 
board  ves-el.  Prinia  Fua  bentis  suiuiblc  for  wasl(‘rn 
Cittes  are  scare.i;  and  wnnp'd.  p'or  wIllU)  kidneys 
lliure  Is  np  eall.  JIimI  kidneys  are  quiet,  but  as  stock 
jias.'hofoiiie  reduced,  holders  ofteholce  arc  tlrni.  Poor¬ 
ly  cured  red  are  not  looked  at.  Tborii  is  u  fair  de¬ 
mand  for  Limas.  O.tiuidlaii  iieas  ant  morn  niiliiiated 
and  close  llriiier  lor  bulk.  Green  pons  very  Inactive 
WiMi  a  further  decline.  B.  K,.  ilull.  We  quotu- 
Beans  Prime  uea.  »1.8(ifiji.,%,  fair  to  good,  fl.oo® 
JI.251  prime  niedlums.  ^l.Wl.ai;  fair  to  good,  UOc.® 
fl.lO;  poor,  SiXijiKki.j  prime  marrows,  fl.to;  fair  to 
good,  $IAiX>«1.50  ;  prime  white  khl.,  S].4IF'i,1.riO  :  uihor 
lU.hkii,  1.2(1  ado..  In  hulk  and  bond,  UdchMK;  greeu."$1.26(a 
1  i*i’‘  ^.“Uthorn  B.  1C..  2-bush,  bug,  ♦2.(ilK(fi2.70 ;  spilt,  V 
DDi*«  cv. 
llBXgWAX. — There  is  a  little  bettor  supidy,  biitsuf- 
tlcloiu  demand  to  give  It  a  stoiidy  niarkel.  Southern 
quoted  nt  Itli.'-tfisXtc.:  Western,  toe. 
Exports  past  week,  noini ;  rluoo  Jan.  1,  3().200  do  • 
same  time  lust  year,  172, MX!  do. 
Broom  Corn.-  Business  cKintlnnesvory  light,  with 
prices  unsuttlud. 
\Vi-  qiioie  Hrusli.shortgroen.8Hf*10o.:  burl,  green, 
^wlde.;  green.  mutllum,6<ct6Hc.:  rod  and  red-tlppod, 
Bi  'itkii.— Tiierc  Is  no  spocial  change  In  quotations. 
Most  of  Uu)  past  week  the  sales  lif  State  have  boon  at 
tiig  itibultf  !lj)g,  but  wo  look  for  full  prlouH  ncixt  w«Pk 
uspeeuilly  tor  seleullons.  There  Is  a  fair  deiuaiid 
but  8011*0  Interriiulion  I#  occasluneii  by  the  lack  of 
unlforiii  Color.  .Some  lots  are  arriving  inore  or  less 
streakod  and  the  bosMrade  will  not  touch  tbein 
Ak:iIii  parcels  that  would  be  oalled  yellow  last  Wi-ek 
are  piislmd  aside  In  the  endimvor  to  tliid  enough  of 
iicii  urii!%9  c.oloi*  PU(*li  tiff  In  lu  u  uouii  ituipy 
nnoSs  ii(»K«oii(uk  corulioiinB  a  tfood 
niaiiy  lots.  Weknnw  it  Is  notea.-y  to  exactly  lilt  the 
histoof  all  buyers  but  a  litilc  Judgioent  would  pre- 
vent  llu!  extreme  Of  over-salting  or  washing  out  all 
of  tliu  ncasnning-  Spnukliig  of  color,  puckers  In 
Hrkinsshould  guard  ivgaliiBt  puUiug  up  anytlilrigof 
a  ghi  Huge,  as  the  trade  that  .alls  i.,r  Oiklusm)w 
will  not  use  white  or  Btrinv-coiored  at  any  t/rloe. 
Pails  sehliiiii  exceed  bust  III hs.  in  fact  most,  of  our 
grocery  tnido  prefer  tho  latter,  Wustorri  huuer 
liolds  up  rather  better  than  Ktato.  The  retailers 
who  have  a  quick  unde  are  Induned  to  purchase 
freely  with  prices  so  much  in  their  favor,  wliile  its 
deep  Color  (when  Drtiurul)  uttnicls  other  buyerB 
Ihe  Cuninnnial  does  not  ns  yet  help  oiir  ordinary 
trade  with  Phllodeluhla,  f,.r  the  mJmenUt  Is  intl- 
nmieU  an  over  supply  there. 
New  butter.  Pulls  ..State  soloote<1,2H®—o.:  do..othor 
to  good,  'U(<sMka  VVosteni  tuba,  dairy,  good  to  prime 
24.^-q.:  fairto  good.  lfka»20o. 
•  0^5,^'’“''''’'  ehqica.,  24'A26c.;  do.  fair  to  good, 
18(.(j2()e..  poor.  Iirti21n.  Some  low  grades  of  Btuto,  19® 
21c.  Old  Western,  lti®20c. 
rnEEaE.-Export,s  for  the  wcok,  15, 928  boxes,  allow¬ 
ing  only  n  slight  moveiuiiut  us  yet.  Ucompts  have 
run  somewhat  larger,  but  they  have  tmmi  mainly  of 
modiuiii  slock  and  skims.  The  One  factories  do  not 
neoumulate  materially,  and  are  soiling  at  UiaURo. 
'The  l.tverpool  ilispntches,  while  notot  u  dopresshig 
nature,  olfer  but  little  Indiircineut  to  buy  other  than 
small  lots. 
Nownt  lR»llge.  for  tine  factory ;  lOttlOHc.  f-irgood; 
9tt<;9>4c.  lor  fair;  do.,  half  sUlmnied,  7(ii9o.:  do. 
sklmuiu.1,  .3(m5c.  Old.  nominally  as  follow*;  State 
faniT  factory  Ht  12(<i)12Xc.;  do.  tliio.ul  llHo.;  do.,g..od 
to  prime,  nt  Kk^Uo.;  do.,  fair  lo  good,  at  8<ii9kf.i  do 
^Bite  farm  dairy,  good  to  prime.’ 
OEkclOViC.;  do.,  fair  to  coud.  TcsPc.;  weaterri  factory 
good  to  prime,  !iJ4®lORo.:  fan.  TlgiSo.;  poor  to  fair; 
I  JVovguibcr,  12  7-;i2^]2k< 
Gt,  12  7-8il<itl2ke,i  January,  i'2  ll-82®123gc. 
tJuolaiiuuB  for  spot  cotUm,  based  on 
elandard  nf  clusslbcatlon; 
VplamU. 
JMmnt.  T«xa» 
Ordinary.. . .  pl-iij  8  ll-W  8  11-10  8  11-16 
Strict  ordinary .  lili  9K  9W  9jg 
Good  ordinary . 10  1-16  10  1-10  10  3-16  toXl6 
Strict  good  do . 10\'  JOik  lOM  lox 
Low  mlddllug .  llXlt!  uXl6  ll^  n: 
Stnotgood  do . 10\'  JOik  lOM  lOK 
Low  mlddllug.., . 113-10  115-16  IIMO  117-16 
Strict  low  middling...  11*  uu  pju  lav 
Middling  . m  UH  Ao  12%10 
Good  middling . 12^  12V  i2v  lou 
Stnotgood  mlddllug.  18>|  isu  18«  y.iu 
Middling  fair . 13R  13^  18*  13* 
‘*’alr .  14X  iiH  14M  hjJ 
^  Stained. 
Good  ordinary....  8lk  Low  middling .  10« 
Strict  ordinary —  9)4  1  Middling .  11* 
