Cincinnati Commercial (Newspaper) - February 26, 1869, Cincinnati, OhioA the Cincinnati commercial Friday. February 26. 1869. 10netary and commercial. Thursday evening. February 25, 1869. Gold ranged above yesterdays closing rate in new York Bat lost All it gained and by the a is reports is quoted at the same figure As it a Vas a ast evening. The buying rate Here has cd l varied a Little during the Day to conform to a York reports but now is quoted at the Fame figure a9 is Given in our last�?32o Prem. To it transactions in it Wero As meagre As Ever Ood n Iti. Any significance As relates to other Modi tie. Exchange was to Day in rather better request both locally and for outside account and the a ayes receipts were perhaps less than the de Izu. A. The rates Are continued at 1-Loc off buying Par seeing. Quotations. Buying. Selling. X. A exc fee. H s a Loc Dis. Par. ,. 1-Loc Dis. Par. I a Ladelphia. 1-Loc Dis. Par. Rain Toile Moc Dis. Par. Ver. 24 3 26c Prem. 25328oprem. Gol. A. 32j�oprem. 329%c Prem. Business in Money to Day revealed a slightly a i Ier condition of things than was reported yesterday. The demand for Loans was less pressing and the receipts of currency were bet Tiit can however scarcely be said that i or Rowe i s Cau effect their negotiations on Bette term a Strong upward movement in government j r. Was made in new York to Day. It was Fob in d with some Reserve in the purchases of dealers Here although the offerings were very a Chr. Trio buying rate Here is quoted at below York figures and the Selling at c a a Vivo them. g quotations of government securities in the saw York Market. 1 5 so no v1 Jan Rob 1 Ssiss. 1134 1131 5-20�?Ts 14621144 114sill 11c4 11244 1121 >2o a in fit a new is 110 il0� 5-20a, of 18u7. 110? 1104 a Okons. 1?�68a is Lios /. B. 19-40 a. �09 4 109� not or s of pkg i Quot a if i �8 a of of it Sci 113% 113� 114 113% 114 % 114v 114s 114� 114% 116 Hin a i is Lii 12%jm% 112 s 113 to 112s to no Iio Iio Mims is in a is Uio c in rent fixes 101%. Market excited. Railway stocks were irregular in their , in new York to Day though they had a f incr Market it the close and most of them on the closing quotations of last evening. A la inv quotations of the new Tore Stock Hoard. N t. Central. Erie. The if to s a a a it u x Cut f in St a acc pkg feb. 25, 1 4 . 1601, �62h 163% 163 163% 163% 164% Hudson River. 135 134 \ 135% 1354 136% 136% 136 Reading. 91h 924 92% 92% 91% 92% 92% Mich. Ceuta a. 118 119 1184a 118 u7 118 m cd. Southern. 924 934 94 v 94% 95% 96% 96% Illinois Central. 143 143 143 141 142 141 141 Rev u k Pitt. 894 904 90 % 89% 89% 90% 90% Chicago v n. A. 814 82 m 82% 82% 82% 82% 82% c h. V n w. Ltd. 894 91 90% 90% 90% 91 91% Ltd a i at Toledo. 103 3, 104% 106 v �05 104% 105% 105% Ruck Inland. 1264a 127 a 127% 126% 126% a 1126% f it. In. At cd. 1174% 1194a 120% 121 123% 122% it. Paul. 65 66 66% 65 4<, 65% 65 66% St. Paul pref. 77 4 78 78% 77% 77% 77% 78% o. A m. Cert. 33 4a 345 34% 34 4, 34 33% 34% Canton. 59 60a a a a 60% 60% w. C. To. Co. 36% 36 to. 37% a a a a 37% 37% 109?, 106% 105%a a. 97% 102% . 634 67% 64% 59% 59% cur d mates. A a a. Fargo. 30 american. 45 44� 44 �9% 41 me Chauta Union. 174 1816% 17 Gold. 135�?� 134% 133% 133% 132% 132% 132% Market a lose Strong. The 3 50 dispatch to s. B. Key life co., and the 4 30 report to l. A. Green a co., were As follows. Feb. 24. Feb. 25. 3 30 4 30 3 30 4 30. Quot new York Central. 163% 164 164% 164% Kjile. 35%36% h Odeon River. 136%130 Reading. 92% 92% 92% 92% Michigan Southern. 96% 96 96% 97 cd Veir us Aud Pittsburg. 90% 90% 91% 92% Rock Inland. 126 126 126% 127 Northwestern. 02 82% 82% 82% Ortli Gestern preferred. 91 91% 91 90 to fort Wayne. 123% 123% 1224 122% Western Union Telegraph. 37%37% 37% Adams. 65% 65% 66% 66% merchants Union. 16% 16 17 17 Geld. 132% 132% 132% 132% to sluggish condition of business was in some degree increased to Day by extremely unfavourable weather. Hour received rather better attention or rather inquiry at a Little off from current quotations. There was however not much actually a one Aud if holders were to attempt to Foroe a Les they would doubtless have to make concessions. Wheat remains Dull at $1 40 �1 50 for no. 2 and 1 red Winter. There la but Little on the Market and scarcely More than a local demand is experienced. A urn was steady at 65c for mixed ear shelled tf.11 not bring More than this figure. Whito is held 22 3< above it. Cats were scarcely As Active As yesterday but were maintained in prices. Pc continues in 6cant Supply and is held at 81 to 7i 1 to for nos. 2 and 1, but these figures can scarcely be realized. R j. Ley is in Light offering and though in Only inor a rate request is held for Only As lately quoted. The stocks of Grain in Chicago on the 22d were a of rows no. No no. A no. No. No. Fri wheat. 2 red. B red. 1 Spring. 2&Quot Spring. A i Spring. Cited Spring. Bush. 206. 19,210 1,48/4162,34 7 .1,166,2/ .8 155,6 80 17/ 52 tots 1,117,471 same time 18681,09/,.503 Corn. A a. 1 a 26,613 . / 62,124 no. 1< urn. 62,989 ,2covd 13,265 is j cited. 11,180 total.1, ,656,171 same time 18683,809,235 Oats. No. 2 Oats. 732,436 rejected Oats. 10,678 total. 743,114 same time 18681100,482 Rye. No. 1 Rve. A. 112,145 no. 2 Rve. 10,989 e acted Rye. 3,335 total. 126,469 a it time 186844,036 Barley. No. 2 Barley 155,98% rejected Barley. 17,578 in asking 124c and sides and 15�o for 14>6c Clear for rib Are now firm shoulders and sides. Bacon 8houlders were dealt in at 1354 s13tic, but there Are none offering now at less than 14c. Bacon rib sides Are quoted nominally at 139<o, though in Light offering. Clear rib Are now quoted at 16t$c, and Clear at 17c, though the former were sold at 16kc, and the latter at 16%o. Bugar poured hams have a Strong Market at 18 191�c. In another place will be found the report of a committee of our pork dealers in regard to frauds in lard which had been developed by the return of a Large consignment to new York which had Boon made from that City to Germany. The conclusion arrived at is that the whole transaction was concocted in order to affect the Market for lard in this country. The average Cost of the shipment of wheat and of Corn from Chicago to new York by Lake and canals for a series of twelve years is stated by the journal of Chicago to have been As follows Karly ask rage Tia Buffalo. Lakh. Cana i total. Wheat Vic Corn. Wheat Corn. W heat. A Quot Quot a Corn. 69 lbs. 56 lbs. 60 lbs. 56 lbs. 60 lbs. 56 lbs. . . . . . . 1867, 9 8 9 8 6 1 15 3 9 12 1 4 35 2 9 20 7 5 18583 7 6 3 2 5 15 5 2 10 9 7 16 2 8 14 2 6 1859 5 0 8 4 6 0 12 8 0 11 1 8 17 5 9 15 7 8 1860 9 8 9 8 9 3 14 9 4 13 4 3 24 8 3 22 3 5 1861 11 5 3 10 5 6 15 7 5 14 4 3 26 5 5 24 6 7 1862 10 4 9 9 6 0 15 8 4 13 7 6 26 3 3 23 3 6 1863 7 5 1 6 5 6 14 3 9 13 3 9 22 9 1 19 9 4 1864 9 5 8 8 9 4 18 7 8 16 5 5 38 3 6 25 4 0 1365 9 7 8 9 0 7 16 8 4 14 6 7 26 6 2 23 6 0 1866. 12 3 4 11 4 1 17 2 7 14 4 2 29 6 1 25 8 4 1867 6 6 7 5 4 3 15 6 9 13 3 2 22 3 6 18 7 5 1868 7 1 4 6 0 5 15 6 5 13 0 1 22 7 9 19 0 6 average 24 2 1 21 1 8 12 years 8 6 4 7 7 5 15 5 7 13 4 3 to Bart a brag via Oswego. 1857 14 0 5 12 5 3 10 6 9 7 9 5 24 7 5 20 4 1 1858 7 4 5 6 7 5 8 7 3 7 5 5 16 1 7 14 2 9 1859 7 0 3 6 5 6 10 7 2 9 2 6 17 6 3 15 7 6 1960 14 0 5 12 4 6 10 7 7 6 6 4 24 8 6 22 1 0 1861 15 6 7 14 4 6 11 1 1 10 1 0 26 5 4 24 3 9 1862 15 2 2 14 2 7 110 5 9 5 8 26 2 8 23 8 5 1863 11 7 4 10 5 9 10 8 9 9 3 7 22 6 2 19 9 6 1864. 15 3 7 14 2 8 13 0 9 11 6 2 28 4 6 25 7 6 1365 14 9 2 13 9 7 12 3 1 11 0 0 27 2 3 24 9 7 1866. 18 9 3 17 1 2 11 6 9 10 2 5 30 6 2 27 3 3 1867 10 8 7 9 6 2 11 4 8 9 7 4 22 3 5 19 3 6 1868 11 6 5 10 5 b 11 2 2 9 6 7 22 8 7 20 2 5 average 21 5 7 12 years. 13 0 8 11 9 3 11 1 5 9 6 4 24 2 3 the average freight on wheat and Corn for the twelve years ending 1868, from Chicago to new York is equal to $8 07 per Tun of 2,000 lbs., via Buffalo and a fraction More via Oswego. These rates include tolls on the new York canals and carriers profits. Money a old and stocks in Fife work. Total. 173,566 Fame to me 1868 118,827 whisky had a Dull Market at 93c. The following table exhibits the imports and exports of some of the leading articles for the past Twenty four hours Imp s. E l Imp a. Exon to apples bbl. 30 9 Oats Bush. 917 60 , Bush. 2,626 325 pork it Bacon butter pkg. 1 178 251 Hhd. A a a a 229 , los. A tsa. 3 168 Corn i. 9.501 740 bbl. 65 27 Bxs. 165 Bxs. 56 be litre be Quot a. 53� 598 lbs. 6,400 Cotton in of. 61 680 potatoes bbl. 340 Clor r 61, 117ltye Bush. 350 bbl. 562 519 sugar. Hhd. 12 "�?T63 i. Bale. 545 270 Salt bbl. 375 hog so. 200a heat Bush. 415 err bbl. 214 59 whisky bbl. 404 531 . 17 50 rim the it�?Td., in 7 154 , bbl 2s4 5� petrol a. Bbl. 259 530 , Bush. A. 4501 Telegraph report new yobs february 25. The i�05kt Market is without any new feature with offering Liberal and demand not excessive. Call Loans 537 percent., and prime paper 7�8c per cent. The Treasury is largely supplied with currency. Its balance is about $20,000,000. The Erie Railroad announces that it will do its own express business on and after March l customs receipts for three Days %2,388,000. St Hlis steady but quiet at 1093109%. Gold irregular the Market opened at 132%, advanced to 1334s, and under the Rise of Bonds in London fell to 132% 3132%. At the close Loans were made at 2 4s �4 per cent for carrying. Exports to Day $6,000 clearances $82,000,000. The great feature of Wall Street to Day was government Bonds which was the scene of great excitement and buoyancy. The Advance in London consequent on the passage of Schencks Bill in the House and the probability of its concurrence in the Senate stimulated the demand Here and prices Are fully 1 @1 4 per cent higher than yesterday closing Strong and excited. Private dispatches quote five twenties High at 81k in London and say they closed at 81. Coupon 1881 1153115%, do 1862 1164s �117, do 1864 1124631124, do 1865 114%3114%, do new 11i%3111%, do 1867 121%�112, do 1868 111%3112. Ten forties 1103110%. 8tate Bonds were firmer and slightly higher in some cases. Missouri 874s-387k, old Tennessee 664s 367%, new Tennessee 65%�65%, North Carolinas 601 360%, Virginias 620.-62 Louisiana Sixes 72, levee Bonds 69. Uail wat. A Pubis. Telegraph so. The Stock Market was firm during the morning but not especially Active except on Pacific mail which Rose from 1004s to 103% of heavy purchases by a leading broker to cover speculative Short sales on account of customers. The company Are about to reduce their trips to three a month from new York Viz 1st, 11th and 21st. In the railway list the principal dealings were in Michigan Southern Wabash new York Central Northwestern and Rock Island. Miscellaneous shares were steady. Express shares were unsettled but rather higher on favourable reports. In the afternoon the Railroad Market was steady with Wabash Michigan Central and Pittsburg As the features miscellaneous stocks were higher except Pacific mail which closed at 102. Express shares steady. The following were the 5 30 prices feb. 24. Cumberland. Well a Fargo a express american express. Adams express. T a<4 of n l a it United states express. Merchants Union express 8uicksilverauton. Pacific mail.10043101 Western Union Telegraph. 3714� 38 Mariposa. 84� 9 Mariposa preferred. 30 3� 37%� 39 31 a 311 3944� 40 591�� 5944 42 4 a 1644� 17 �?�244 a 25 6044� 61 feb 25. 374s� 38 30 a 41 a 41 % 5944� 59h a 17 a 17 4 244� 25 60 a 60% 102 3102% 374� 3744 944� 94 31 a need of is quiet with $1 06 at trading figure. A ton was again Dull and easier middling nox being scalable at better than 28c, though he d o higher and not much offering at that. Rile fro vision Market waa spiritless Early in Rie Day but acquired Bettar tone afterwards especially toward the close under More favourable new from new Orleans and the increase of orders for consumptive account. Mess pork has $31 50 As a trading figure with c 2 generally asked for of a packed. Country is rated nominally at 131. Lard was to be bad at 19o for City Kettle rendered. And country at 18&c. Bulk meats were dealt in to a Liberal extent c 1 4c for 8houlders, 14�<�14to for sides and b �7t 16 for Clear rib and Clear Side. Holders new York Central. 164 �164 4 1644�i64 Krie. 3644� 36 a 3644 Hudson. 1364 �137 136h�137 Harlem. 13644�13h a year lint preferred. 137 a a Reading. 92 a 9244 924� 9244 Terre haute. 39 a 3944 38?�� 39 Terre haute preferred. 66 a 66 a 67 Wabash. 674� 68 67 4$� 674 Wabash preferred. 77 a 774 77 a 78 St. Paul. 654� 659 664 a 669 St. Paul preferred. 7744� 78 784� 784 fort Wayne. 1234�123% 1224�123 Ohio and Mississippi. 344 a 34 344� 34 Michigan Central. 117�118 118 �1184 Michigan Southern. 97 a 971 97 a 974 Illinois Central. 1424� 141 �143 Cleveland and Pittsburg .9o4 a 904 92 a 924 Toledo. 10544�1054 10544�l054 Rock Island. 1064�1064 126\i�l27 Northwestern. 824� 824 82 4� 8244 Northwestern preferred. 914� 91 91 a 914 Lake Shore. 105 a a St. Joseph preferred. 115 a it a a clev., col. And ind. Cent 454� a a a a Chicago and Alton. 156 a a clev., col Cin. And ind 69 a a sex dividend. Mixing Sharis Are weak Gregory 205 Smith a. Parmalee 155. The following we be the prices of. Copper shares at Boston to Day Calumet 50, Copper Falls 17, frankly 24, Hecla 75, Hancock 444, Minnesota 334, Quincy 33. A receipts at the sub Treasury $1,304,947 payments $694,205 balance $92,191,548. Daily review of the Cincinnati Al Larket and repartee sales. Furnished from the merchants Exchange. Thor sat eve Xix february 25. Beans the Market remains Dull but prices Are nominally unchanged. We quota prime White at $3 50, and Navy at $3 75 per base. Bran demand for All articles is Light but prices have not undergone any change. We quote bran and shorts at $20, ship stuff at $25328, and middling at $35�40 per Tan. Butter the Supply of the Best grades is Light barely equal to the demand and the Market rules firm at full prices. Prime to Choice grades of yellow sold at 33�35o, and for extra table in Small packages l�2c More has been obtained. Light coloured even though fresh and Sweet will not command More than 28�30c. The lower grades can be had at 20�26c, As in Quality. Barley a quiet and steady Market with Only a moderate demand. We quote at $2 15 for no. 2, and $2 25 for no. 1. Canada is held at $2 20 for no. 2, and $2 35 for no. 1. Fall is held at $2 25 32 50, As to Quality. Cotton the dispatches from the East were of an unfavourable character which caused a Dull Market and purchases could have been made at lower prices. Middling was offered to some extent at 38c, Low middling at 27@2744c, and Good Ordinary at 26�2644c. Cheese we have nothing new to second of the Market. The Supply is Light Ald full prices Are realised though fhe inquiry is Only moderate. We quote selected Western Reserve and English Dairy at 29� 21c, and factory at 22�24c, with sales of 200 boxes. Coals the transactions Are on a moderate scale Only. Ohio River can be had at 7c, and Pittsburg at 10c per Bosh afloat. The prices delivered to Consumers Are 10@12c per Bush for Ohio River and 14c for Pittsburg. Corny the Market is firm with a Good demand for ear at 64�65c. Shelled is held at 65�66c, but not scalable at better than ear. Cofp1e�?there is a continued fair demand from Consumers though aside from the sales by the jobbing houses there is no movement. Rio can be bought at 19�20c for roasting grades 21�22c for fair 23�23l4c for Good 24325c for prime and 254�26c for Choice. The sales comprise about 200 bags within the above Range. Egg8�?the Market is without important change. The demand is hardly equal to the receipts but prices Are maintained. We quote them at 18�19c per Doz stoppers count the inside the Selling Price. Fruit Green apples Are Selling at $3�5 50 per bbl As in Quality. Dried fruit is firm at ll�13c per la for apples and 14�19c for peaches the latter for Choice halves. Oranges Are in better Supply and the Market closes Dull at $535 50 per Box. Lemons Are Selling at $6 50�7 per Box. Flour the Market is firmer with a better inquiry and some speculative demand and prices though not higher Are a Rmer and holders Are displaying less anxiety to realize. We quote fancy brands at $7 2539, Western family $6 7537, extra $636 50, and superfine at $6 5036 75 Spring family at $6 2536 50, extra $5 7536. Hay the Supply is hardly equal to the demand and full prices Are obtained. Sales were made at $18319, fair to Good at $16317, and common at $13315 per Tun in Hales on arrival. Hemp the transactions Are Stoml quite Light and stocks being Small prices Are maintained. We quote prime undressed Kentucky at $2103215 per Tun and dressed at 1444�144c per la. Molasses the Market rules firm with of Zircon sum Tive demand. We quote new Orleans at 83390c, syrups at 70c3$l 40, and sorghum at 50360c, As in Quality. These Are the jobbing rates. Oils linseed is scalable at $1 06, but holders Are contending for $1 07, and this was paid for Small lots. Lard Oil is quiet at $1 6031 65 for extra the latter the jobbing rate. Refined Petroleum is steady at 36@37c. Onions the Market remains quiet at $4 5034 75 per bbl for the Best descriptions. Oats the Market is firm with a Good consumptive demand and prices Are steady. We quote no. 2 at 65 366o, no. 1 at 67�68c, and Choice White at 70c. A Sale was made of 600 Bush in elevator at 66c. Poultry the receipts Are still Light barely Equa to the demand and full prices Are realized. We quote chickens at $5 2536 per Doz both for live and dressed and turkeys at $1 50 each for live and 16318c per la for dressed. Potatoes the demand is still Light and the Market rules Dull. The Best can be had at 60�65o per hush and $2 per bbl on arrival and 10c per hush and 25c per bbl More from store. Provisions the Market is without any important change and prices Are easier. Mess pork is held at $31 50, hut no demand. Bulk shoulders sold at 12me, but this was 4o above buyers views. Sides were held at 14 a. Clear rib and Clear sides Are quoted at 1544� 16c. Bacon shoulders Are held at 14o generally but not scalable to any extent at Over 1344c Clear rib sides Are held at 16 4�1644e, and Clear at 17c. Sugar cured hams Are firm and a eld at i844�i944c, canvases and packed for established Branda lard Dull prime City could not be sold to any extent at 19c, though not generally offered below 1944c steam is held at 1844c. The sales were 138,000 lbs bulk shoulders at 12 a and 60,000 lbs do at same. Rye the offerings continue Light and the demand fair. No. 1 is held at $1 45, with sales. No. 2 is held at $1 4231 43. Salt the Market remains Dull for All kinds but prices Are nominally unchanged. Domestic is quoted at 43c per Bush of 50 lbs and $2 40 per bbl of 280 lbs. Liverpool is held at $2 70 per sack and Turk s Island at 65c per Bush. Seeds Clover is in demand at 16 �1644c per la the latter the jobbing Price. Timothy is quiet at $3 40 �3 50 per Bush. Flax is in demand at $2 25�2 35 per Bush and the receipts Are Light. Sugars the demand is still Light and beyond the purchases for consumption there is no movement. The advices from the East Are still of a favourable character which causes a very firm Market Here but we Cau not report Ady further Advance. We quote raw at 14@154c for Cuba 15�16lc for Porto Rico .1431640 for new Orleans and 1744@184c for Demartra. Refined is Selling at 1831840 for yellow 19�19 a for extra a 194c for a 194c for a and 204�21c for hard. Tallow the Market is Dull and prices Are drooping but not quo ably lower. Prime country can be had at 12o, and City at 12�12l4c. Whisky there is still an inactive Market but prices Are unchanged. Sales were made at 93c, tax the Market is without change but Little is offered and the demand limited. No. 1 Winter is held at $1 53 for inspected lots and no. 2 at $1 63, but $1 50 and $1 40 were the Best rates offered by buyers. Nothing doing in Spring or White cheats. The sales were 350 Bush no. 2 red at $1 42, and 350 Bush no. 3 at $137. Cincinnati live Stock Init ret. Thor sat february 25. Br1ght01v Bxs. receipts since monday have been 715 cattle 565 sheep and 450 hogs. Beef Supply was unusually Large for the time of year. The Market was rather Dull. The demand not being sufficient to take All that were offered a Large number were left Over unsold though butchers took a Good Many As did also the shippers. The Market closed rather Dull. We quote sales of butchers cattle common 343440, flne44�5c. Prime to Choice 546 �6,, shipping 64@74c. receipts fair and the Market rather Active at 34354c for common to extra. Market continues very Dull with a Supply too Large for the demand. Sales Range at about 84�1 to for common to extra most of the sales at 10� 104c. C. L. Enyart supt. Great westers Stock tards. The receipts at these Yards since monday the 22d instant from All sources have been 550 sheep 220 cattle 1,000 hogs 120 mules and 25 horses. We quote prices As follows beef receipts have been Liberal and the Market rules Dull although there has been a fair demand from butchers and shippers. We quote inferior at $4�4 75, medium $535 75, prime $5 85 3 6 75, and extra shipping Stock $737 75 per Cental live weight. to Light receipts the Market has advanced 10315c per 100 lbs Gross. We quote prices at $3 853 5 75 per Cental for common to prime. receipts have been Liberal and the Market still continues Dull with a few left Over unsold at the close. We quote prices it $9311 25, Gross for Light to heavy averages. Market is steady at $803150 per head. demand is Active at $603150 per head. G. W. Marshall supt. Salea of Leal tobacco. February 25, 1869. The sales of Leaf tobacco at the various warehouses to Day were 26 Hhd and 4 boxes As follows 12 Hhd Mason and Bracken counties kentucky�?3 at $6 1037 25, 2 at $939 90, 2 at $10310 25, 2 at $11� 1150,3 at $12312 25. 9 Hhd of old Mason county kentucky�?2 at $9�9 85, 2 at $1131175, 4 at $12� 12 75, 1 at $13 50. 5 Hhd of new Mason county kentucky�?1 at $4 70, 2 at 5 2035 75, 1 at $6 75, 1 at $8 95. 4 boxes of new Western Virginia lat $3 70, 1 at $4 15, 1 at $5, 1 at $7 85. I Teaburg Oil Market. Special Telegram to the commercial. Pittsburg february 25.�?the Petroleum Market is unsettled and somewhat excited sales 500 bbl spot at 164c, and 5,500 bbl seller till july at 16 40 sales at $6 50 per bbl at of City. Bales 500 bbl refined each March and april at 37c, and 500 bbl last half March at 37c. Late m the Day february was quoted at 354c, showing a decline of la. Although there is not ranch doing and no material Changa in prices there seems to be a Panicky state of Trade at other Points. New Yolk february 25.�?Cotton heavy and lower sales of 500 Bales at 29c for middling Uplands. Receipts of flour 500 bbl Market 10c lower with rather More doing sales of 670 bbl at $5 4536 25 for superfine state and Western $6 3#36 85 for extra state. $6 20� 7 05 for extra Western $7 1038 10 for White wheat extra $6 50 �8 for round hoop Ohio $7 50�8 50 for extra St. Louis $9312 for Good to Choice do closing quiet. Rye flour quiet sales of 700 bbl at $5 2537 25. Corp meal in fair request sales of 850 bbl at $5 for Brandywine and marshes caloric. Whisky rather More Active sales of 200 bbl Western at 944�95c for free. Receipts of wheat 43,358 Bush Market is heavy and to lower for Spring and 233c lower for Winter sales of 89,000 hush at $1 5331 56 for no. 2 Spring in store and afloat $1 63 for no. 1 do in it Tore and afloat $1 82 for Good no. 2 White Michigan $2 0532 10 for retail jots of Choice do $1 90 for White California in lots and about $1 80 for prime Amber Michigan. Rye Dull and heavy. Barley More Active and firmer Wiles of 39,000 Bush at $2 15<&2 18 for Canada West $2 17 for Hungary $2 35 for prime English and $2 3532 40 for prime to Choice German the latter Price is a extreme figure. Barley malt is Ull. Receipts of Corn 7,903 Bush Market without decided change with tales of 4,000 Bush at 89@91c for new mixed Western 92�92c for Western yellow. 96c for White Southern 964c for yellow Southern 85c for new Orleans $1 for old mixed Westen in store and $ 1 03 for do afloat. Receipts of oals 625 Buh a a Are kit is without decided change with sales of 38 000 Bush at 734c for Western in store and 75375 a for to afloat. Rice is Dull. Coffee is Dull with sales of 4, bags on of a private terms. Sugar is firm and quiet we h sales of 00 Hhd Cuba at 134�l4hc 2,000 boxes i Vana on private terms. Molasses is .1b. A with sales at 214o for crude Aud 36c for refined a boil hops Are quiet at 5�15c for american. L Lowed 011 quiet at $1 0331 05. Pork lower sales of 1.506 hmm at $31 50332 for new mess $3i@3l 25 for old do $ 26� 27 50 for prime. $28 50330 for prime Mesa beef amp us i Aud heavy Salea 100 bbl at $916 50 for new plan Vul mess $12 8031950for new extra mews. Tierce beef is Dull and heavy sales 375 pcs at $26@.30 for prime mess $30336 for India mess. Beef hams sales 80 bbl at $27333. Cut meats Dull add heavy sales 130 pkg at 13 43140 for shoulders 174� 18c for hams. Dressed hogs heavy and lower sales at for Western 1331340 for City. Middles heavy and drooping Sale 30 boxes Cumberland Cut at 154c. Lard firmer sales 450 pierces at 17431940 for steam and 194 @1910 for Kettle rendered the latter Price for Choice also 1.600 pcs steam seller february search and april at 19319 a and 500 Tea do. Buyer Abril at 194c. But later firmer at 25�35c Tor Ohio add 42�64c Tor state. Cheese firm at 17322c. Freights to Liverpool firmer it quiet. Latest flour closed quiet and steady for Low grades and Dull and declining for medium and Good grades. Wheat heavy and 132c lower with a limited Export demand for Spring. Rye Dull with sales at $1 4031 43 for Western. Oats Dull at 734c for Western in store. Corn quiet at 90391c for new mixed Western $1@1 02 for old do in store Aud afloat. Pork firmer and quiet at $32 for new mess Carfl and regular and $32 25 for future delivery. Beef Dull and brooding. Cut meats Dull Bacon quiet without decided change. Lard firm at 1931910 for fair to prime steam. Bags steady at 23325c.dry Dull but steady for Stapie of Brics. With an improved demand however for seasonable fabrics in Small quantities to meet the wants of the Trade. In prices there is no important change. Printed Cali Coes in limited demand at 12431340, and heavy Brown Sheet tugs at 1643170. Chicago february 25.�?eastern Exchange quiet at Par buying and l-10c Premium Selling. Flour quiet and firm at $5 2536 for fair to Good snog �xta8 wheat is in fair request and less firm sales of no. L at $1 2131 25 for regular and fresh receipts no. 2 $1 Loa 1 154 for regular and $1 1731 174 for fresh receipts dosing with buyers at $1 15 4, and Sellers $115 for regular sales this afternoon at $1 15. T Orn quiet and steady and la lower at 574358c for new and 56� 5640 for no Grade dosing firm at 58c for sales of no. 1 at 70c, seller last half of april and �,74c seller May no. 2 at 63�634c, seller May and new 59c, buyer March. Nothing doing this afternoon. Oats moderate and Active and la higher sales at 54c Tor rejected 0 v . 1. Barley is in Good demand and Arm with sales at $1 85�1 88 for no. 2. High wines Are firm steady and moderately Active with sales at 91c for Iron and 90c for wooden bound packages. Provisions Are More Active and firmer. Mess pork sold at $32, buyer March and $31 25 Cash closing firm $31 25 on the spot. Lard is in Good request with sales at 18 a for steam rendered c�?~�8i2? i meats firm and steady dry a felted shoulders 12o Cash. Dressed hogs in better request and firmer at $11 50�13, closing steady at $11 50312 50 for Light and heavy Active and firmer at $8 4038 75 Tor common to fair $939 75 for medium to go cd and $ 1d310 or Choice to extra. Beef cattle moderately Active at $5 40�5 i5 for cows and Light steers $6 2536 50 for fair to medium and $6 753 7 624 for Good to extra shipping steers. Receipts during the past Twenty four hours 60.124 bbl flour 14,742 Bush wheat. 20,015 Bush Corn 6,072 Bush Oats 375 hush Rye. 1,706 Bush Barley ,4,460 hogs. Shipments 6,847 bbl flour 14,286 Bush wheat 10,138 Bush com 4,336 Bush Oats 1,407 hush by a 449 Bush Barley 1,663 hogs. St. La uis february 25.�?tobacco quiet and unchain. Ged. Cotton unchanged. Hemp has no demand except or strictly prime Aud Choice. Sales of undressed at $1 flour Dull and 15325c lower on the lower Gradi a a a supers and single extra $536, double extra a 1536 65, double extra $6 8537 50, Choice to fancy $9310. Wheat Dull and declining prime red $1 60, Choice $1 803183. Corn firm for Choice and fancy White at 70�72c. Oats about la better but slow at 66 �67c. Barley unchanged no demand except for Best qualities. Rye Flat Small sales of Choice at $1 30. Pork firmer $31 25331 50 for mess. Bulk meat firm and a fraction higher. Bacon firmer Aud higher prices asked jobbing Iota sold at 14314\c for shoulders 17k @1740 for Clear sides. Sugar cured hams 18c. Lard quiet steam held at 19c and Kettle at 19�20c. Whisky steady at 92c. Cattle in moderate demand and a trifle lower 3�6c for common to prime 64�7 a Gross Lor Choice to extra. Hogs unchanged b a 10c, Gross. Receipts flour 2,847 bbl wheat 4,800 Bush com 1,112 Bush Oats 4,514 Bush Barley 793 Bush Cleveland february 25.�?flourr quiet and steady sales of City made triple extra White at $10 50310 75, double extra Amber at $8 7539, double extra red Winter at $7 5037 75, red at $6 7537 25 country made double extra red Aud Amber at $7 2538, double extra Spring at $6 5037 25, double extra White at $9 75310 25. There was something More of an inquiry for wheat but transactions were limited and the Market is unchanged at $1 58 for no. 1 red Winter and $145 for no 2 do. Spring is quiet and nominal. The Market for Corn is firmer and better sales of new shelled brings 69c, and new ear on the track is held at 65c. Oats Are steady unchanged and quiet no. 1 state is held at 62c. Rye is in moderate demand and is held at $1 2931 30 for no. 1 state and Western. Barley is nominal at $2 1532 20 for no. 1 state and Canada and $232 05 for no. 2 do. The Petroleum Market is firmer under Moxa Active inquiry and More favourable advices refined is Keld at 324333c for Standard White 3143 32c Tor Primo Light Straw to White in Large lots retail lots 2�3c . Milwaukee february 25.�?flour is quiet and prices Are unch amp a ecu wheat Sells at if 1 18-for no. I Aud 1 124 for no. 2. Oat Are quiet Aud unchanged. Corn is steady at 5736i c for new. Rye is Active at $1153 1 16 for no. 1. Ban Ley in in fair demand at $1 8531 9b for no. 2. Provision s Are quiet and prices unchanged. Dressed hogs Are it a at $12 25312 50. Receipts 2,000 bbl flour 16,000 Bush wheat 2,000 Bush Oats 4,000 Bush com. 2,000 Bush Rye 400 Bush Barley 100 dressed hogs. Shipments 6,006 bbl flour 18,000 Bush a heat 400 urls pork. Buffalo february 23. A flour Dull and unchanged. Wheat nominal asking i ice 77�774c for new extra and 90c for old in store with no demand. Oats Donl sales 1,000 Bush at 67c Bagel a a Rye nominal at $1 35. Barley steady sales 2,000 bin h Canada at $2 10 in store and delivered. Seeds firm Vith Little doing. Pork Dull and unchanged. Lard unit Ailis a. High wines nominal at 96397c, buyers offering94c Philadelphia february 25 Petroleum is Active sales of 3,000 bbl refined on to spot at 36133610. And 374c for March delivery. No series Are unchanged. Flour is very Dull. Wheat very quiet fair and Good red $1 8031 90. Rye $1 55. Cora is Ixo f�1demand yellow 89c.-. Oats is steady Western l73�5c whisky is nominal at 97c �$1. Memphis february 25.�?Cotton Dull and nominal at 28c. Receipts of 377 Bales. Exports 1390 Bales. Flour Dull sales of superfine at $637. 72�i3c. Oats 80 385c. Hay $27. Bran $24325. Coa n meal $3 40. Pork $33 50. Bulk meats weak sales of Clear sides at 1731710, and shoulders at 134c. Dressed hogs $12 313 Louisville february 25.�?sales of 231 Hhd a tobacco at full rates. Cotton 274c. Mess pork $32. Lard 19 a. Bulk shoulders 13c, Clear rib sides 164c Bacon shoulders 14c, Clear Rife sides 17c, Clear sides 174c. Flour $5 5036. Wheat $1 5031 60. Coru60�62c_ Oats 62363c. Ryo $1 46. Raw whisky 93@94c. Toledo february 25.�?flour is steady. Cheats Amber is la lower and Active with sales at $1 60 for no. 1 White Michigan. Com is firm at 6840 for new 664c for rejected and 63c for condemned. Oats Are finn at 634c asked and 63c bid. Rye is quiet at $<12821 129. Barley is steady. Dressed hogs Are Dull at li�3121 pc. Baltimore february 25.�?flour is quiet weak and Uncle aged. Sales of very Choice White wheat at $ 2 30, Valley red $2 0532 15. Com is firm prime Wiite. 94 a 98c, yellow 88390c. Oats Are Dull at 7��75c. Re nominal. Provisions Are us changed. Produce Itlo vement at new Quot work for the week ending february 93. Receipts. Past since 8ame to Fame week. Jan. 1. 1868. Cotton Bales.16,115 176,455 173,740 flour bbl. 20,125 286,225 315,�?T.110 Corn meal bbl a 4,685 64,240 86.415 wheat Bush. 58,035 81,785 610,705 283,775 Corn Bush. 979,800 2,256,535 Rye Bush. 930 1,990 12,785 Barley �fee., Bush. 34.960 187,895 87,225 Oats Bush. 114,255 253,165 220,490 beef pcs and bbl. 4,165. 30,190 11,775 pork bbl. 4,000 24,060 25,235 Bacon �fee., pkg. Lard pkg. 2,605 31,395 37,130 890 exports. 24,665 48,566 Cotton Bales. 9,687 44,967 92,039 flour bbl. 13,990 162,010 100,710 Corn meal bbl so 2,946 56,788 28,671 309,932 wheat Bush. 214,397 1,265,533 Corn Bush. 43,455 634,597 1,504,245 Rye Bush. A. A % a a 17,474 Oats Bush. 2,275 22,464 15,827 beef pcs. And bbl. 2,688 19,627 18,82p pork bbl. 629 9,532 117,871 15,408 Bacon �fee., 100 lbs. 8,694 147,840 lard 100 lbs. A world. 4,681 58,539 113,863 sugar in new York. T the excitement in the raw sugar Market noticed for several weeks past has somewhat subsided As the current of business in the absence of speculation gradually Vela Paes into the regular Channel of demand from Consumers but there is Little if any abatement of strength or buoyancy and though As usual after a Holiday attended yesterday with unfavourable weather there was not As much done As usual our revised quotations show a further advanced of a fac per la on refining and a few of the grocery grades. The Trade Are not doing much but refiners buy freely As the Advance in their product runs ahead of that for the raw article making its manufacture much More profitable than when prices were at their lowest Range a couple of months ago. We quote new and old fair refining Cuba i3j�313c, Good do i35��135�c, no. 12 Box 14j40, amp a. The first arrival new crop Porto Rico came to hand on the 13th inst., per Brig Mary Olivia from St. John Bay 195 Hhd and 28 bbl but it is not offered at present. Refined continues in Good request the production of the refineries being readily taken up at constantly advancing prices so that there is no accumulation of Stock. The Advance since Friday is again &3h of a cent powdered granulated and crushed being quoted 20ii�20c, soft White b and a 183190, yellow 173170, and extra c 18c messes. Stuarts prices yesterday were 20 cents for hard 19c for White a and 180 for yellow a Cash. The sales of raw Are 2,863 Hhd Cuba at 12315c 326 Hhd Porto Rico at i4315c 78 Hhd 11 pcs and 90 bbl clarified Demartra at 14316&c 2,500 bags brow Pernambuco a resale at 13c 2,605 boxes Havana at 13% 316c, 4 months and 1,000 bags China on private terms. The Range for molasses clarified is 123150�?an Advance of 3%c. The Stock yesterday morning was 8,325 lids 3,052 boxes 1,000 bags sugar and 368 Hhd commercial and shipping list. There will be velocipede races on a Large scale on the 15th of april at the race course of Vincennes. The leading veloce Edista of fran will be present and prizes amounting to get to the sum of sixty thousand francs will be awarded to the winners. The Empress offers the first prize of three thousand francs and the emperor it is thought will also offer a Liberal prize. The Best in Paris is said to be m. Dellevie the private Secretary of the Duke de Rivoli a a sort of mechanical Genius who has constructed a velocipede of his own Wiloh he prefers to those made by the Best manufacturers Washington letter. Correspondence Cincinnati commercial. Washington february 23, 1869. Mile btone8. When one possessed of the Power to Hurt uses that Power in behalf of virtue he raises up a mighty Host of enemies great and Small that do Battle in behalf of their a shality. And one can measure his Success by counting the numbers opposed to him. Among these there will be a wast collection of Little creatures that swarm out like flies from a Rotten carcass when you kids it. These insects can not be bought. One has. To endure their dirty Little stings and March Ron hoping that the storm we raise will purify the atmosphere and sweep All the poor wretched things out of existence. At times one gets irritated by some insect so Small that it would r Equire a Needle and a Microscope to dissect the filthy creature. And a a for Power to sing this emanation of the sink this buggy bite Mosquito sting. This animated but it would be like fighting Mosquito in the dark when one get More slaps than insects. The Alabama treaty. We were led to believe that this diplomatic work of John Bull and digestive Johnson woul it to promptly rejected. We now learn that it is to be modified and probably ratified. This is simply monstrous. In the whole affair from end to end the ancient pump of our state department and his festive minister Reverdy Johnson have been out witted and we can judge of bulls anxiety for a ratification by the tone of the English press to Day. Why or. Seward Ever permitted himself to be drawn from the one Point where we stood impregnable into a sea of doubt with commission to adjudicate Whan in such an adjudication we give up All passes human understanding. Minister Adams made out his Case with great clearness and ability. He gave notice to the British government that the Alabama was being fitted out in English Waters. We now learn that the notice was turned Over to the Law officer having charge of such questions and he happened to be of a spree and in the forty eight hours necessary to get his Legal brain Clear Orff be bad Brandy the Alabama slipped out and without making an attempt to gain a nationality went to preying on our Commerce and returning into British ports for supplies. The question of belligerent rights lugged in by Seward himself has nothing what Ever to do with the question. There was a vessel built in England fitted out in English Waters armed with English guns and manned by English seamen that escaped to sea in violation of eng Lush Law and without touching at a Confederate port returns to English harbours for supplies with the Sanction of the British government. The plainest Road to right is the shortest and lies in a demand for indemnity for our loss so far As Money can cover that loss. As Grant says the actual sinking of our ships is the smallest part. They drove our Oom Merce from the seas and continued our civil War for nearly two years. Hon. Joe Holt. With these facts before us How earnestly one prays that general Grant May be India oed to select judge Holt As his Secretary of fixate. His fore e of Char Acter based As it is on a Clear far seeing and admirably cultivated intellect would give a new life to a department that has suffered so shamefully through the timid wavering of a Man the height of Whoso am idiom is to be thought Subtle insincere and wicked. I saw judge Holt yesterday on the Street. He has the handsomest presence of any Public Man in Washington. His Well developed figure is surmounted by a head that would Mark him among a thousand and wins admiration and respect from All. Nature wrote a a a Clear legible hand when she created the phys site got trudge Holt. The Man who could approach h in with a dishonourable proposition has Notye it been created. All his life a student modest it and unassuming the world has never done him the Justice he has done himself. For after All the self approval that comes of self respect is of More Worth than Are the hollow plaudits of the ignorant crowd that die out As soon As made there is Only one defect in judge Holt a temperament. He does not laugh enough. We All Kilow that laughter is As Neces sary to a healthy nature As sunlight is to vegetation. This statesman a life seems to be in Shadow All the time. From his office where he sits tat work All Day he drives Home to his elegant m an Sion where although surrounded by oho Ioa books exquisite paintings and rare statuary no cry of children no Sweet human gossip of women no merry bursts of laughter Are Ever heard. And what makes it worse such things have been and about the spacious rooms Aud silent s airways come Back in memory Sweet voices of she past making the present All the More some r. General George h. Thomas. I had a revelation in this Way last night. I i took some Little ones to witness a humpty dumpty a and we sat directly behind the hero of Chickamauga and Nashville. I wondered seeing him there at All. I won. Dered yet More when i saw his face wreathed with smiles and his substantial sides shake with laughter at the antics of the crowd. It was hard to realize that the Man who had stood unmoved amid the carnage of the fearful est fights the world Ever witnessed who while the destinies of the War and the government Hung upon his 4will, presented a face upon which no Man could read the slightest emotion or Trace the remotest a3mblance of an expression other than one of i do thought a it was hard to realize i say that i had the same Man before me unbending into m merriment at a funny burlesque. Yet such is healthy human nature. What English statesman was that who when caught by a brother official on his Knees playing horse with his Little ones looked up and asked a have you children at Home a a yes my a a then go ahead boys a was the response and the a fun who wielded the Power of a great government went on playing horse with the boys on his Back. How much More we would love George Washington if we could think of him As laughing with the girls and romping with the children. But we can not there is no us trying. It threatens insanity. Andrewes last shot. The veto of the Copper Bill sent to Congress yesterday is As you will see a masterly state paper. In a few Briers sentences to punctures the selfish design and i Hope kills it. An attempt will be made to Day to pass it Over his head but i believe it will fail at least i Hope so had the inebriated Andrew contented himself with this one act he might have retired from the place he has disgraced with some show of dignity. But he could not. With his trunk packed for Tennessee or Europe he could not resist granting a Pardon to Dempsey who had been convicted of making a brutal assault on an officer for merely doing his duty in exposing an infamous fraud. The court had sentenced the Felt Low to ten Days imprisonment in the jail and to pay a Fine of two h undred dollars. The Pardon saved the scamp from his merited punishment and Why this president who is so shortly to leave the executive mansion with his heavy baggage of Dishonour should thus wantonly add to it no Man can make out. A Man of impulse without principle is As certain to take the wrong Way when the right Road is before him As a Rule is to kick when tickled or a Chicken to run to the fire when frightened. Charges of fraud. A Good Deal of feeling was manifested in the House to Day Over a personal explanation offered by or. Wilson of Iowa on an Anonymous charge made in the Cincinnati Gazette of the 19th, and endorsed by a editorial of to a aah a Issue against messes. Hubbard Wilson and Allison. The communication that appears anonymously which i Ani assured by reliable authority comes from a Man totally bankrupt in character would have passed without notice but for the editorial endorsement that accompanies it. No three men could have been selected in the House for such an assault who carry with them More of the Confidence and sympathy of their brother members than messes. Wilson Hubbard and Alison. They have been distinguished for their High toned integrity and the singleness of purpose with which they have perform feed their legislative duties. And the editor of the Gazette should have paused to reflect that while the parties making these charges have been possessed of what they claim to be facts for tour years they Are brought Forward Only at the close of the session with nine Days left when it is utterly impossible to have a investigation. D. P. Our next president. General Longstreet on the situation and president a rant. The Washington correspondent of the Troy times in giving an account of a recent interview with general Longstreet says he was exceedingly cordial Anil communicative full of Hope for the future mud glowingly sanguine that the South purified from the blight of human slavery and recognizing the equal rights of All men would grow Aud flourish and Blossom All Over like unto a second land of Promise. A a general a said i a what More peril Havo these obstructions at the South undergone what More suffering have they endured what More bravery have they shown that they should to for the Frank renewal of your loyalty to the government a a none a he exclaimed. A then Why not follow your example a i inquired and give us the fruits for which we fought a a simply a said he a because you of the North i rather Meau your administration made a wrong Start when the War ended. If vigorous Means of reconstruction had been put m Force when the Confederate armies surrendered there would be no obstructionists now. It was the dallying policy of Andrew Johnson tolerated too Long by your people that fed the spirit of the South with false Hopes of recovering the supremacy they had lost and while these false Hopes prevailed it required no Small amount of moral courage to take the stand that i did. Up to the third of last november this same delusion existed and had Seymour and Blair been elected Good Bye to peace and reconstruction of the a but Grant will set All things right Down there a i observed. A yes a be responded a the entire sensible mass of the Southern people secretly rejoice at Grants election. I myself am growing in favor with them every Day which is an excellent sign and but for the infernal tyranny of politicians who will hold on As Long As a breath of popularity remains to the most fossilized or exploded political theories my ranks would be More largely a general i presume you have seen Grant since you arrived in Washington a i asked. A ooh yes a he answered with a smile of pleasant recollection a we dined together. We talked Over our Battles and had a very agreeable a what opinion did you form of Grant a i modestly inquired. A very favourable indeed a in returned. A Grant to my mind is the Beau Ideal of a soldiers companion. To explain this to you i might Lay it Down As a Rule that a Soldier detests Long sentences of rhetoric of he prefers a Short nimble Mode of expression and likes a Man of general information who is not a bore. Grant has not read very extensively but it is amazing How Clear and precise he is on every subject. His mind would appear to Flash across a question like lighting Over the wire and then after a Brief pause he gives you his opinion in the simplest words but in the terse St form. It is All a mistake about his reticence. In Public he is taciturn but meet him As i did in social conversation and under the convivial Cloud of a Cigar Aud no Man living can be More entertaining than Grant at least to my mind he appeared so and i had no favors to ask him. Grant thinks deeply but talks Little on what he meditates most. You will find him develop his policy and be assured it will be a grand one in detail As a general developed his plan of Battle. Under his administration the country will take a bound Forward and achieve a degree of Prosperity beyond our most sanguine valuable information for Young girls Loudon correspondence Chicago Tribune. J a the London Yelver site certainly require some stiff information from such damsels of Sweet seventeen As May wish to offer themselves for the examination. The honors examination in human physiology is a Little bit startling a Novelty generally is. Besides knowing the general relations of the different organs of the body one to another the Structure of the tissues the balance Between nutrition and waste the Youn girl who desires to be certificated will be exp fled to understand the circulation and to reply to the questions upon a the processes of alimentation respiration perspiration and renal excretion with the essential Anatomy of the or f ans by which these functions Are t is not the renal secretion which is to a studied by the English Young ladies but the excretion of that important fluid Aud the essential Anatomy of the organs male and female by which these functions Are performed. Tax l Granville who presides Over the Senate of the London University is a polished courtier Aud can hardly have seen the meaning of this proposition. But the Young ladies Are to know yet More. Their knowledge la to include also the organs of motion rigor mortis animal mechanics the entire nervous system with the special senses and the candidate is a to recognize the various elementary tissues under the Micro the a Young Man of the period is horrified to see what a formidable personage is in training for him. Cov i Nixon. A Frame House situated on the Alley Between fifth and sixth and Scott and Madison streets in the rear of Hollister it leathers dry goods store was damaged by fire to the extent of about $200 yesterday morning Between 6 and 7 of Dot Sec. The building belongs to Hollister 4t leathers aim was occupied by a coloured Man named Willis Hamilton Aud his family. The county court Lias been engaged a part of two Days in the trial of a Case of Bastardy the parties to that a suit being Barbara Wansch plaintiff and Baltas deits defendant. The jury brought in a verdict of not guilty. We regret to hear of the dangerous illness of or. Z. Cushing sex president of the City Council. His condition last evening was extremely critical. We have heretofore mentioned the fact that Soma thief broke open the cellar under or. J. A Banning House on front Street two or three nights since and stole therefrom a Keg of lard three hams and a firkin of butter. Yesterday detective Butts visited the Houma of James Sheehan at the Corner of front Aud Greenup streets where he found two of the hams and a portion of the butter. He arrested Sheehan and took him before esquires Francis Aud Tebbs who after hearing the proof in the Case commit Ted him to jail in default of $300 bail for his appearance at the criminal court. Dennis Healy aged about 11 years was caught Ott wednesday evening in the act of robbing Tho Money drawer at t. N. Wilson in pork Louse no. 7 Pike Street. He was arrested by Deputy marshal Riffe Aud the mayor on yesterday Morring held him to bail for his appearance at the criminal court. Five dogs and two hogs supposed to have had hydrophobia have been killed in this City within a few Days past. A Man named Joseph Kelly who had left Hamilton Ohio to avoid testifying in a murder trial pending there was arrested in this City about 12 of clock might before last by officers daily and Riley and handed Over to the sheriff of Butler county who took Hira Back to Hamilton. Kelly states that certain parties have threatened to kill him if he testifies in the Caso above alluded to. A special meeting of the school Board will be held to night for the purpose of discussing the question of permitting the Public school houses to be used for Sun a school purposes. An election wiil Al of be held for two members of the school Board to fill the vacancies caused by the resignation of Hannel f. Creighton of their Pecoud Ward and John j. Mao Kiiu of the ninth Ward. V at the close of the regular weekly prayer meeting a Tho main Street methodist Church on wednesday evening last or. Jerry Reed circulated the temp francs pledge of the Reform club among those present and obtained thirty three signatures. Notwithstanding the extreme i clemency of the weather last night Odd Fellows Hall was densely crowded at an Early hour in response to a Call for a meeting of the friends of Temperance. Or. S. T. Wall one of the founders of the Ketora club was the first speaker. He delivered a very interesting and effect to address concluding by announcing the Gratifying fact that the membership of the club bad reached right Hundred. Or. Wall was followed by a. T. Whitaker. Esq., who said that America was Cluj drunk nest nation of the face of the Earth Aud that Covington. Until recently had been the drunk Chest City in said nation. To have Here according to a statement obtained at the office of the assessor of internal Revenue one for every Nineteen voters. The speech of the evening was made by or. Birch Mussell Mati. Most of his remarks were of a humorous character and were received with immense applause by the audience. Colonel Kollert Richardson being present was loudly called for Aud in response took the stand Aud delivered a very Able and eloquent address. During the evening about Oue Hundred and Twenty persons signed the pledge. Newport. Leave has been obtained to introduce the following Bills in the legislature a Bill to incorporate the Young menus modality association of the Church of the immaculate Conception Newport a Bill to give Tia clerk of the Campbell county court time to file his Kojl a to Kux set of jts win re