PUBLISHEE’S  NOTICES, 
A  dramatic  scene  recently  occurred  in  tlio 
Hupreme  Courtroom  in  Salem,' Maas.,  when  Mr, 
roster  asked  for  the 
custody  ol  hla  child,  his 
wife  having  petitioned  lor  a  divorce.  On  cross- 
examination  of  the  wife,  she  was  brought  to  tbo 
point  of  confessing  that  she  had  no  ohjeciloa  to 
living  with  iier  husband,  when  she  fainted  and 
’  fell  down.  There  wa.s  great  exclu^ment  In  the 
court  room,  and  when  she  recovered  Judge  Ames 
solemnly  advl.sed  the  jiartles  to  go  home,  to  lake 
no  outside  adtdcc,  to  u.se  a  little  common  sense, 
and  try  to  live  together  in  peace.  He  then 
ordoi'ed  them  to  appear  again  at  court  on  a 
certain  day  for  a  further  consideration  of  the 
case. 
Chestnut^!  are  as  low  as  one  dollar  per  bushel  In 
Tennsylvanla. 
The  HrtMsh  market  Is  satisfied  with  American 
TO  THE  LADY  READERS  OF  THE  RIRAL, 
SPKCIAL  OFFER 
OF  EAEE  PLANTS  AND  SEEDS 
Havino  a  few  choice  plants  now  growing  in 
the  Rokal’s  Expebimentax,  GnouNns,  which 
we  think  would  be  desirable  to  some  of  tho  lady 
readers  of  the  Rubax  New-Yorker,  wo  make 
the  fallowing  offOT : 
Those  >vho.  In  renewing  their  owu  subscrijv 
tion,  send  ua  au  additional  name  (not  already  on 
our  list)  with  the  sum  of  84.90  for  the  two,  may 
select  any  two  of  the  following-named  plants 
I  and  a  paper  of  tho  seed  of  the  Molucca  Balm. 
Those  who  receive  these  premiums  can  divide 
with  thoir  friends,  or  keep  them  all,  as  they  may 
agree  among  thomselves,  as  our  object  in  mak¬ 
ing  the  offer  is  to  induce  old  Hubscribors  to 
send  us  new  ones,  thereby  iucroaHing  our  list. 
Tho  ])lauts  and  scods  offered  are  very  choice,  as 
will  be  Bfion  in  description  given  below.  Tho 
plants  will  be  sent  by  mail  free,  and  carefully 
packed  and  forwarded  immediately  on  receipt  of 
Subscriptions. 
Abntilon  Itoiile  do  N’imkc.  —  The  best  of  the 
AbuHlorm.  Ub  flowors  are  larae  and  white.  It 
blooms  throufihout  the  whole  year  and  therefore  Is 
alike  desirahli!  for  tho  conservatory  and  Ranlen. 
l>Inrle  Lcitiniiie.  — Among  a  hundred  or  more 
varieties  of  ihiublo-dowered  I‘c  hirdoniimin,  new  and 
old,  tliiB  Is  yet  iinriviihsl.  'I'ho  individual  (lower,  ol 
a  delicate  roBO  color,  as  well  as  tho  truss,  are  tho 
largest  of  their  clans. 
Ilydrariaen  panicninm  tlrniidillorii.  —  So 
much  has  been  said  of  this  new  .lapaneso  shrub 
during  the  past  year  that  little  need  bo  added  now. 
It  begins  blooming  In  early  Augunt,  <ioiitlnulog  until 
after  bard  frosts.  Hardy. 
VarioKiited  AniprlopsiM  or  VMk  hi'tfrop7ivVn 
varieauta.—  Wc.  do  not  hoMiato  to  iironouneo  this 
one  of  tho  most  aitraotlvo  vinos  In  cultivation.  The 
loaves  are  doiuily-lobcd  and  variegated  with  white 
and  green.  Hardy. 
Jcriinnlpiii  A rilchoUc.— nolle  ving  that  tlie  Je¬ 
rusalem  Artlohokos  uro  exceedingly  valuiiblc  as 
food  for  <ill  kinds  uf  farm  stock,  we  place  ibem 
among  our  valuable  promliini  plant.s.  They  will 
yield  more  bushel*  of  luber.H  per  acre  than  ^he  com¬ 
mon  potato  and  wo  believe  ibeiu  more  valiinhio  for 
feeding  purposes;  besides  Min  Artichoke  will  grow 
vigorously  where  the  roiuio  would  fall  entirely. 
Wo  will  send  one-half  puund  each  of  the  Long  I'ur- 
plcandltonnd  White,  for  each  new  subsnrthor  as 
above,  or  one  pound  of  the  tuber*  of  either  vanety. 
We  shall  store  a  u'lantity  of  the  tubers  In  tbo  cellar 
for  sending  out  Mils  winter;  hut  those  oi  our  sub¬ 
scribers  who  reside  north  of  the  latitude  of  New 
York  City  had  belter  leave  their  plant  premiums 
In  our  hands  after  the  first  of  January  until  early 
spring.  Wc  will,  however,  "hook”  all  orders  re- 
oelvod  during  the  winter,  to  he  sent  at  the  curliest 
possible  moment. 
Aehiiuiti  niiilvnrisciin  or  ItlulvnviMe.iiN  nr- 
boi’ciiB.— Tho  flowers  are  bright  red,  of  a  turban 
shape,  two  inches  long.  It  blooms  Incessiintly 
whether  indoors  or  out.  In  the  cxnisorvatory  it  may 
be  trained  so  us  to  cover  wood-work  as  readily  as  a 
vino,  Itsgrowib  is  so  rapid  that  small  pluiitssetoiit 
in  tho  Bprmg  will  cover  a  apace  four  toct  in  diame¬ 
ter  by  fall.  As  a  plant  for  the  sltilng-roora,  the  lit¬ 
tle  care  H  needs,  Its  perpetual  searlnt  flowers,  con¬ 
trasting  elegantly  with  Its  golden-green,  plush-llkc 
leaves— its  endurance  of  dry  bout  and  dust  render  It 
most  phasing  and  satisfactory.  Wc  commend  tills 
plant  with  oonfidcnoc. 
lYloIuecclln  Inovia.  —  Wc  will  send,  also,  to  ali, 
who  arc  entitled  to  a  choice  of  any  two  of  tho  above 
plants,  a  package  of  tho  seeds  of  tho  beautiful  Shell 
Flow’or,  an  account  of  which  and  an  engraving  wore 
given  In  the  RrnAL  of  Aug,  17,  p.  117. 
Deef,  and  is  noiv  calllug  lor  Amerloaii  mutton, 
Mr.  CharloH  L'ruor,  of  Ka.st  Coventry,  Pa.,  han 
two  cowa,  from  which  he  has  made,  during'  the 
paat  elirht  moiillib.  5li5  Dounda  or  butter. 
The  aontiie  laoies  at  .Salt  Lake  did  their  oeat  uj 
cast  Delagate  Cannon  adrift  on  Salt  Iflvcr  on  elec¬ 
tion  day.  They  went  to  the  polls  and  argrued 
with  the  wives  of  the  saints.  “  Why,  Mrs.  Riack, 
I'm  astonlshod  l  How  can  you  vote  tor  Cannon  7 
Has  he  not  tour  wives,  and  can  he  love  them  all 
a.s  lie  oujjht  to?  Take  this  ticket  and  vote  for 
Baskin,  who  does  not  believe  lu  tho  wholesale  de- 
pradatlon  of  woman.  Do  not  vote  for  a  brute— a 
bruih,  a  brutal  brute,”  But  Cannon  was  elected 
In  spite  Of  this  splutter  or  opiiosltion. 
ThchealtJi  of  Cov.  Beveridge  ol  llllnol.s  Is  al¬ 
most  completely  restored. 
Tho  ni-st  Winter  meeting  of  Uie  New  York  As-so. 
elation  for  the  Prothctlon  of  Came  was  held  last 
week  at  the  residence  or  Royal  Phelps,  who  is  i 
President  of  tho  AssoclalJon. 
Both  the  Oxtord  and  Cambridge  irniversliy 
Bowing  t:iuhs  having  declined  the  challenges  sent 
of  Oliver  Hazard  Perry,  the  hero  ol  Lake  Uric,  hla 
mother,  still  living  at  an  advanced  age,  being  a 
Bister  of  that  oniecr.  Of  tho  Perrys  seven  have 
belonged  to  the  navy  of  tho  United  Ktates,  as 
follows:— Capt.  Chris.  R.  Perry  (I79H);  Capt,  O 
If.  find  .M.  c.  Pen-y  (of  l-ake  Erie  and  Japan), 
their  brothers,  Raymond  and  Alexander  Perry, 
midshipmen— the  l.aHer  was  lost  off  Callao  by  tho 
.swamping  of  a  boat  In  1821 ;  l.lcut.  o.  H.  Perry 
who  resigned  his  comraLsslon  to  take  charge  of 
cotton  mllLs  at  Caboiville,  Ma.ss.,  and  the  late 
Lleut.-Com.  M.  C.  Perry,  Jr. 
The  New  Haven  agent  of  the  Montreal  photo¬ 
grapher,  whose  consignments  of  college  photo- 
I  peach  her  tndependcnco.  fithcr  special  corres- 
f  pondenhs.  however,  think  Turkey  wUl  accept  the 
proposals  of  tho  Powers.  'The  Standard’s  and 
Times’  rcjirescntatlres  at  I’tra  express  this 
Opinion  strongly. 
A  dispatch  to  the  Russian  Telegraphic  Agency 
says  the  preliminary  conforence  h.as  lermlimted 
happily.  The  aci’ord  of  t  he  Powers  Is  complete. 
The  disposition  or  tho  Por1,c,  however,  does  not 
look  very  favorable.  .Military  preparations  con¬ 
tinue  In  Russia. 
It  Is  positively  assorted  that  Belgium  has  been 
offlclally  requested  to  send  troops  Into  Bulgaria. 
Tho  Brussels  preas  generally  disapprove  of  such 
action. 
I'ungii,  a  young  gorilla,  lately  received  at  the 
Berlin  Aquarium,  is  the  pot  of  the  Prussian  eapl 
tal,  and  dwells  lu  a  largo  glass  palace  erected  for 
his  express  occupat  Ion.  Ills  liiUTO.stIng  manners 
have  boon  tho  subject  of  a  paper  read  before  the 
German  Association  of  Naturalists  and  Physi¬ 
cians. 
Ismail  ISadiek  Pascha,  tho  laU;  Egyptian  .Min¬ 
ister  Of  Finance,  who  lias  been  coudemned  to  ban- 
kshment.  tor  alleged  disloyalty  to  the  Khedive,  was 
the  son  ol  a  poor  laborer.  His  mother  was  the 
nurse  to  Prmcel  small  Paseha,  and  upon  the  ac¬ 
cession  of  tho  latter,  he  was  appointed  Insjicctor- 
General.  This  and  other  official  positions  gave 
him  great  opportuniUcs.  ami  ho  soou  acquli'oda 
thoreiigh  kmnvledge  of  the  resources  or  tho  coun¬ 
try  :ind  also  of  the  private  lortunes,  M'hen  the 
Khedive's  llnanclal  emharrassmentA  began,  sa- 
dlck  Pasha  presented  his  Intormailon.  it  was 
considered  most  precious,  and  he  was  naturally 
Huriietf’n  Flavoring  Extr.-u-fh  are  used  and 
endorsed  by  the  best  Hotels,  Confectioners,  Gro¬ 
cers  and  tho  11  ret  families  In  the  country. _ i’x. 
There  seems  to  be  a  mania  for  Inspecting 
theaters  In  large  cities  since  the  burning  of  the 
Brooklyn  Theater.  It  will  all  die  out  however, 
until  the  next  tei’rlble  aecldonl  revives  11, 
Four  hundred  emiiloycs  of  the  Bureau  of  En¬ 
graving  and  Printing  at  Washington  were  dis¬ 
charged  recently,  nearly  one-half  the  force. 
About  rwo-t birds  were  women. 
William  J.  Reo,  the  celebrated  New  York  forger, 
was  pardoned  on  the  recommendation  of  .state 
Prison  Inspector  Clark,  Gen.  A.  c.  Ncvln  ol  the 
Investigating  Commission,  and  tho  agent  and 
warden  of  Clinton  Prison,  "I’hey  united  in  a 
statement  to  Governor  Tlldcn  that  the  evidence 
upon  which  he  was  convicted  did  not  show  guilt 
concluslveJy,  and  that  It  was  almost  certain  that 
he  was  unaware  of  the  nature  of  the  foiged  note 
when  he  uttered  It. 
There  can  be  Utile  doubt  that  the  taxation, 
State  and  National,  on  bank  deposits  and  capital 
Is  ino  heavy  a  burden.  Its  effect  within  the  past 
year  or  two  has  been  to  drive  capital  out  of 
organized  banks  into  private  banking  concerns. 
The  result  of  such  a  change  will  be  that,  when 
business  revives,  the  faclliues  for  discount  MUl 
be  narrowed,  and  borrowere  will  have  to  pay 
higher  rates  of  interest  than  heretofore,  if  our 
bank.s  can  succeed  lu  bringing  these  facts  fairly 
before  Congress  and  the  Legislature,  there 
should  be  little  difficulty  in  obtaining  a  partial 
Teller  from  the  present  burden. 
Counting  by  stales,  the  Speakership  or  the 
House  or  Kepresontatlves  has  been  held  by  Penn¬ 
sylvania  three  times,  by  Connecticut  once,  by  New 
•fersey  three  times,  by  .Maryland  once,  by  Massa¬ 
chusetts  sLx  times,  by  North  Carolina  three  times 
—lor  three  successive  Congresses  and  by  one  man, 
SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS, 
POREIGN  NOTES, 
For  Hroiieliinl,  Astliiiiaiie  fiml  Full 
Complaints,  nrown'it  umnrMul  Troche's 
est  remarkable  curative  properties. 
The  change  In  the  method  of  placing 
TERMS  FOR  1877,  IN  ADVANCE, 
INCLUDl.NG  POSTAGE,  WHICH  PUBUSHERS  PREPAY. 
SinM-lp.  Copy,  $3  50  per  Year.  To  Chibs Five  Copies, 
and  ono  coijy  free  to  AKcnt  or  welter  up  of  Club,  for 
$11.25 ;  Seven  Odjmm,  and  one  free,  for  $lii.uo ;  Ton  Cop- 
ies,  and  ono  Irots  $3i)-oiily  $3  por  oopy.  The  above 
rates  mcfaite  fmslaiif  (under  the  new  law)  to  any  t>art 
of  the  United  States,  and  the  Atuoncan  postage  on  all 
copies  mailed  to  Canada.  On  papers  mailed  to  Europe, 
by  steamer,  tho  postatre  will  be  86  cents  extra  for  each 
Bubscription.  Drafts,  Post-Olhce  Money  Orders  and 
Registered  Letters  may  be  mailed  at  our  risk.  Lib- 
ei-al  Premiums  to  all  Club  Agciiti  who  do  not  take  free 
copies.  .Speci  mou  N  umbei-s,  Show-Bills,  &c. ,  sent  free. 
Frank  Mu.lkr’s  Leather  Preservative  and 
Water  Proof  Blacking  received  tho  highest  and 
only  award  at  the  Centennial  Exhibition. 
The  Rpkal  Nkw-Youker  war 
agents.  Address  Boral  I'cb.  Co. 
Frank  Miller’s  Harness  Oil  received  the  high¬ 
est  and  only  award  at  the  Centennial  Exhlbltou, 
THE  MARKETS 
PRODUCE  AND  PROVISIONS, 
New  York.  Saturday,  Dec.  2.3,  iHVfi. 
Kkceipts.— The  receipts  of  Produce  for  iho  week 
were  as  follows  : 
J  lour,  bblp . .  72,8y8  Molii8.*4e8.. .  4  igfl 
Whisky... .  3.501  Kico.bbls .  m\ 
Cornmcal.bbls...,  1.1.57  Cut  iat*ats,  nkgH,  ‘ 
SIS  ’■SSS.’:'','"::::-  ,15 
Kve“bush* .  . 
37,5(r.»|Cliee8e,  .  15  iin 
.Malt.  nuMh.. .  , 18, Uio'Coitoo.  bales . .  32.«OS 
Harley,  bn sb...... .  37,sU0:KusIq .  8  7.S2 
Beans.  busU....,.,  5,S3!ll8nts,  turn-,  bbis 
Grilse  seed,  bush,.  S, 415  lined  Friiffb.  pkg!.'.' 
Beef,  pkg.t .  Egps.  bbIs . .  2  730 
15  mil.  ijules .  l.OSl  I'eanuib,  bags .  3  514 
.  '"VoCmr,  sides .  107, ’sil 
“ .  Supr.  hints .  m 
.  1.0.1  Oil  cake . 
II  produce  UN  tirnily  us 
Its  nature  ullow.v ;  oilierwlaii  niiiiiy  lUims  suffer  in 
appoaraiioe.if  nut  m  qiinllty.  ibroiiKh  Uiu  JirnimS 
•iiGliletit  lo  iraimport, Ilium  Do  not  mark  packuvos 
J!  -  "'ill  Biiindge.  A  good  pamt 
purpiiBOB  can  ho  niade  i»f  tncRroinaie  ot 
potlish  and  oxlnict  ot  lopwoiid.  Nailed  cards  uro 
Torj  liiaectiro.  kiirlmiK  lines  of  gnuds  a  niiirkliig 
pmti!  ur  biitiid  U  prcterablu  toordi  11.18/  hiiieriiiK,  At 
the  time  of  shipment  put  a  complete  list  of  the  lot 
into  one  of  the  puckiiges  if  it  can  be  dune;  but  be 
HOME  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS, 
Railway  reiurns  at  the  West,  tor  part  of 
November,  show  a  general  decrease  in  oai-nlnga 
compared  with  last  year,  on  the  SI,.  PuuL  Michi¬ 
gan  Central,  and  Ohio  and  Mississippi,  the  loss  is 
quite  large.  The  Ceni.ral  Paeifle  gt^ned  hand- 
somelj"  Ih  October,  and  the  Loutivtlle  and  Nash¬ 
ville  aLso.  Twonty-slx  roads  report  for  October 
aggregate  earnlng.s  of  il0,T(g.,S91,  against  $111,886,- 
540  last  year,  of  these  roads,  eighteen  earned  In 
October,  $7,210,807,  against  $o,93.i,iii'6  in  i&is.  and 
$0,1168,117  In  1874.  Four  roluls,  the  I'nlon  Paelilc 
and  Chicago,  Burlington  and  (^utucy  Included, 
report  for  September  $'2,7S2.062,  ag.i.ltisl  $2,523,544 
last  year.  ForLv-sLx  roads  earned  In  September 
$13,310,600,  agaln.5t  $12,798,080  last  year.  OI  these, 
twenty-three  roads  report  for  three  ye-sis’  earn¬ 
ings  lu  SepCember  $9,842,351,  agalusi  $9,245,708  in 
8  75,  and  $9,090,708  in  ISi-l. 
