[OKETART: AND COMMERCIAL. MONETARY. •S Monoat Evening, Not. 20. |T flnnncca we note a little more activity in tho K demand for money, being due chiefly to tho In- movement of the hog crop and a eontln of tho grain movement, which Is now fully g* qua! to what k has been at this season in any tSprevious year. The aggregate of deposits held by H, 6 banks has diminished considerably daring the ),ut several of tho National Banka aro yill bnrdencd with money for which,. they can no safe employment, so that In some eases V*h®y have cash and available exchange to tho FJJtcm of from 70 to 80 per cent of their deposits. i.STlila. however, is not the case with all the banks, ygandlt appears probable tliat tho increasing do fflirinil for accommodation in tho grain and pro- I gTisioa trade will soon relieve oven many of tuoao Ithatlxavc the largest amount of unemployed is rathermore freely offered from day m ®P.diy, as the Eastward shipments of provisions JL Kkercuse. Now York bills were sold to day at par «7 Between bunks. At tho counter, bankers sell at B nr, cud buy at i-io discount. m- ggDxere is a moderate movement of currency 5 Mnraj-d the counny, but as it is increasing ft y jgiCtos not improbable tliat currency will bo Brought hero from New York within a week. Kin regard to the probable demands on New ®ttrk for currency, we quote tho following from •»New Orleans i’lmt/unc of the icth: A Jk£ ,0(, P 11 hist season was anything but a prosperous I *2?®. Wiwwmiw Point of Hew In U»o Southern 1 1 gwes tin* supply of money sedans to be larger than I &mrT» Um, lllce T iir H was expected that there sl^SVVn l^*, 1 York to move tho br, t thus far there baa been scarcely any d,»manil for currency, though about WX3.OW Ibc crop Lave Wen runrket<‘d. _ J j ms case in ine southern money markets Is daw in JL ,n £3*i Urot Dio Increased amount cf nations! cur »uq issued under the new Hanking law, something diNi>’ed among tho cottou 7' 7 lieu the lomkm of planters la**t season ]r to recover the excess of the amount on the check over that for which it was jinunually drawn. The defence set up that the Vankor Commerce was guilty of negligence in flmt detecting the forgery when the check was fat turned to them for payment, but the Court do- Rciued that, under the authority of the case of .13 mm an vs. Berime, a verdict should be catered Iy< r iliefplaintitT. I Tile PACIFIC INSURANCE COMPANY. V.° have received several communications from f yoiicy-holders denouncing the “Pacific” and L me other California insurance companies, as t swindling concerns," because the stockholders L-jjow repudiate any individual liability over and S-above the amount:of tbeir stock, and do this not- EWitustaudinpthe fact that the Californiacom ||jnnies advertised the individual-liability feature SjoflLe insurance Uwa of their State very intensively, as an unquestionable proof of jgthoir detrrumiatjon to pay all i>ossibie losses their policies. Remembering these oft ;p?nraded a.-suranees, the public could at first «Bcarccl3- believe that the Pacific Insurance Cora- Syany oi San Francisco were oirerlng their pnltcy a»oldcr« here only 4t> cent* ou tho dollar of their PIIKS4 S. t\e have made careful inquiries both of pile policj -ladders and Uie legal representatives Wf the iM.mpuuy, and while wo ure loth to -Pl*l*ly tonutf so harsh to business in Califomia, whom Chicago people -fliuve heretofore held in such high estimation, it i-ttmist be acknowledged that the stockholders in Ihr a;ilji(UiJia rompanies are deliberate!vropu ,«i:itiug obligations by which they ure bound, both In law and in honor, to abide, j Tin* financial condition of tho Pacific,” us wo jrsun Tiom ils legal represent !tiro hero, is as fol Jews: Its total assets on September 30 amounted $i.?oo,«oo. lisles>es in the lire in this city -.•mounted to $1,900,000.. Since that date it lias er- losses in New York city and else whore to •»u amount cetiroat« rt at teoo.ooo, tuukiutc tho total •*©r ils liases, say. J2.100.000. On this amount of {ijc resits estimable assets would be 65 per cent, stmt there appears to have boon gross misrepre rjpi ntaiien ini the part of tho company in regard ito its assets, as they are now practically do* to be worth less than half of the $1,300,000 -reported on September 30; in short, only enough to pay 40 cents -on tho dollar of iu Josses, which is all the company offers. 1 The courts of California have, in two instances, i v r.tlhmedthe legality of the proposed assessment iof the etockhidders to pay the losses of the com .vy Jl'mir, and while tho stockholders do not deny its legality they slmxdy say they won’t pay,” and rely on the leehnieauiles of the law as a means of. i escape. This action, in connection with the pre vlous misrepresentation of the company’s assets, make ’the most disgraceful case of •which we have* yet become cognizant ..among the broken insurance -companies. The j 3K>li4*y-holders lu the Paclllc have hold several uieeimrs to determine what course they shall pursue, and, while they express tho belief that more coulil he recovered by legal proceedings, their present ucceusUicslor toady money prevent their adoption of such a course, ami the minority of them have instructed their committee to stip ulate for 60 cents on tho dollar instead of Hu. We notice the San Francisco quotes the stock of the Pacific Insurance f Company us offered at 10 cents on tho dollar.” Now, if thors is anything which induces the i filocknolders to think of retting 10 cents on the dollarf4*rth«Srstock, while they at tho same time declare the company bankrupt, and able 7 to pay onlv4o<*enu on the dollar of its losscs.it must he aiitnilted this it a curious state of affairs. What does the company possess that will be worth lo cents on the i dollar of its stock after tho payment -j) uf the proposed 40 percent of its losses! This might be a point worth Investigating by u com miitee on bebalf of sue policy-holders. Another i3*oint might also bo raised in regard to tho lusur Ssmce Commissioner of Califomia; does ho give *ubondP. and, if so, are not his bondsmen liable for evident malfeasance in aiding to devolve tho ap'ublic by endorsing tho misrepresentation of as- Usds of this company 1 COMMEBCIAIi. is _ _ Moxdat Evesiko, Nor. 20. -I: *°“°wlng were the receipts and shipments f «f produce at this point during the nasi fortv hours, us far as reported, with the eorres quantities one year ago: JUceiptx. Shipments. 5 3 8 *J- 1870- 1871. 1878. £Wheat,bU 43,330 61,200 50,900 85 873 k Corn, bn 179,110 43,345 3U.T31 53.931 i frills, bu 64,230 29,443 75,660 5 644 iaiXye, bn 4,710 2,845 bn 10,010 9,245 5,51*6 30,675 7 Crass seed, lbs... 96,405 13,865 9C 862 --flaxseed,lbs.... 20,000 20,000 Broom ccru/rlba. 142,810 1C9.U0 49*666 71*690 Cumulate, lbs... 13.970 67,200 63U.070 634.139 Beef, biia 3,350 690 2,401 2.2U jPork, br15........ cs 310 loot v Xard, tes 17.690 V Tallow, lbs 67,220 8.130 S&li aSjSs BuUor, lbs. 76,602 49,223 23,680 36,400 r. hop, N0... 16,WW 7,459 i,sr,2 6 372 fl Ovtllo, N0........ 790 65« Ron r«o fj llldes, lbs-....... 120,180 121,180 231.033 100.100 I Jlit-llWUieo, brio.. 200 073 511 360 I T>«ol. llw 80,117 20,010 00,0*1 032130 I* Potatoes, bu 2,775 oo»5 I Lumber. m 6,691 2,310 l‘c2o 2*^B Shingles, m 1,530 663 1,303 a 253 iotb, m IS3 590 23 Vo bait, brls 2,900 4,443 4 3 7 3 Withdrawn on Saturday, for city consumption 541 bu wheat 1,566 bu com; I£CS bu oats 837 Du rye; 785 ba barley. The following gram has bsen Inspected Into Store up to luo'clotk^o’clookthlsmomimi; ns st* wheat; 657 snrs corn 11,800 bu No. 2 do; 67 cars *mls 6,o«o bu No. 2 do; 16 cars rro; 27 cars bar s ley. Total, (882 ears), 374,000 bu. Thu produce marker were all weak to-day v mainly as a consequence of larger receipts’ joined to a knowledge of the fact that the season Of navigation is about over, and-that henceforth there would be u wider margin between the prices here and in New York to permit sUiptnoat to the seaboard. There was not much change In Eastern quotations. i lligbwmes were moderately active, at ic lower range, sales 200 brls being reported at 870. The’ f market I’liiM‘d nominal at 87u«7 X-20. As I-akc freights were-quiet and steady, on the *35 basis of joe for corn by sail to Buffalo. The sea t. pou is now so nearly over that few owners cease to charter their vessels. A total of sir grain Vt charters was reported, all for corn, which will carry out U7,00u bu. Dn ssea hogs wci'O nominal. About CO were ro ts ceiyed, but t»u the sales made were on the street, 2s and not reported. J Provisions were tame, and weak all round, especially for future delivery, the continued receipts of hogs beating the market most eff ectua lly, if receipts should ho as liberal in the fniiuo ;vs last week, it will not take Chicago long 1 iv 111 onbog f unll, 59 oth r points aro J J oogaKwl, It mny bo difficult to And a I 1111 11116 Prodnot. Pro scut I xho market closed at the fol i lowing range of prices; Mesa pork, tl2 40a!2.45* -do. seller the year. $12.37 1.2; doTfioner J^nnJ^’ 5 912.50; do, seller February, sl2 70-vi9 ik -2lurcb, 113-wa12.95, any month up to March; do j 3er March. Bwc, Orocn m«Sati 3 6-Sc for shoulders. 60 for roußhid.w n.7, f ior short Jibs, and 0 3-4a71-4c for to weight. Bulk meats, part salted, at so fol i shoulders, 6c for short ribs, and c i-4e for short I clear. Boxed meats held at 8 l-4o for-short ribs j «ud 6 3-4 c lor short clear. Sweet pickled hams' t S l-2u9c. Mess beef, $8.0038.50; extra moss beet SIO.OO. Fuckers' tallow, 6 5-808 3-4 c. Sales were xejiortcd of 550 brls mess pork at sl2 45; 200 brls do in lots (special brands), ut512.75; 1,000 brls do acller December, at $12.45; 600 brls do, seller the year, at sl2.;rr 1-2; 500 brls December jmd January, at $12,87 2-2; brls do, seller F’cbrustry. uud 500 brls, seller llrst half do, at $12.75; Jj'OO brls do, seller March (Saturday even ing), uisi3.oo; Ixoo brls do at $12.95; 1,000 brls do ntsl2.to; routes lard at 8 l-2o; 100 tea do (old) at 8 2-4e; 5:o us do, seller February, at 8 l-2o; 500 tea do. seller January and February, at 8 l*2a; £o,i*.51.9l I*4. Seller December ranged lo above seller il*j month, bu7 closed at sl-22 1-2. Seller January sold at $1.24. Winter wheat was quiet but Arm. Cash sales were reported of 7,000 du No. 1 spring (hard) at $1.26; 800 bu do at $1.251-2; 13,600 buNo. 2 spring at $1.22; 44,809 bu do at $1.21 3-4; 27,400 bu do ut $1.215-8; 25.000 bu do at $1.21 1-2; 19.0001 m do at $1.21 3-8; 12.0>"0 bu do at $1.21 1-4; 4,0c0 No. 3 spring ut $1.13; 1 200 bu red winter, by sample at $1.40; 1.200 bu white winter on private terms. Total, ir>r.,oiO bu. Com was moderately active, hut quite weak, averaging 34c lower, us a consequence of big re ceipts. with little shipping inquiry. Tho offer ings of ear lots were very numerous, and many were taken up, but they were unsalable before 1 o’clock, only one or two cargoes being wanted for shipment. The short interest took hold moderate ly at the reduction, but there werofew who cared lo buy long, as they think the big receipts will probibly depress the market below 400 before long. Tho market for No. 2 corn opened at 42 3-4 o fell t0 413-4c, and closed firmer with 42 bid, wlen New York was reported better. Seller November or December sold at 413-4a420; and seller January at 42 l-4a42 5-#o. Rejected closed at 40 l-2c cash, bales were reported of 17,800 bu No. 2 at 423-40* 29,200 bll (lout 421-9" 30,000 Imdo at <42 14 40.400 bu do at 42c 25,805 bu do at 413-4o; 5,600 bu do at 45c afloat; 11,000 bu do at 430 afloat; 3,800 bu re jected at 42c 11,200 bu at 41 3-13 8,000 bu do at 41 l-ic 9,800 bu do at 41 l-4o; 26.800 bu do at 410 10,000 bu do ut 40 3-ic; 8,600 bu do at 40 l-2c 800 bu yellow at 13 1-20; 400 bu special bln at 430; 400 bu cars at 45c on track. Total, 240,800 ha. Oats were dull and again lower, but steady dur ing the sessional so 3-tasio for cash or seller the mouth, Sla3l iso fur seller Doccmbur; and 320 for January, closing with buyers at Inside quota- Uone. A low car loads of strictly fresh receipts sold at 31a3i 3-40, hut wore not reported. Cash sales were reported of 49,000 bu at 3ic; 3.0J0 bu at S2c afloat; C.OJObu at39l-23 afldat; 6,0110 buat 32 l-8o afloat; coo bure’ccled at 231-4o; 1,200 bu do at 2Hc; 600 bu do at 27 3-4 c. Total 66.400 bu. Rye was quiet and weak, closing at 6io for No. 2. Sa’es were 1.200 bu No. 2ut file, 400 bu do at C 2 3-4 C, 800 bu do at 62 l-2c, 2,000 bll do at* C2o. Total, 4,400 bu. Barley was active and firmer, under a good de mand, both for cash and options. No. 2 closed at 63*63 l-20, seller December sold at CO 1-2. and seller January at Cia6sc, ‘closing at the outside. Cush sales were 4609 bu No. 2at 631 2c, 5,100 bu do at COc. 400 bu do at C 3 3-4 c. 2.400 bu do at C2/l-2c. 9,000 bu do at 62 l-4e, 3,900 bu doat C-e, 2,400 bu No. 3 Ut Csc, 400 bu do Ut 53 1-2 C, 800 lui at 53c, 1,600 bu by sample at73o. To ail, 30,- i? 1 0 A an Francisco J larJset Review says: We allnacd In our lust issue to purchases in Cincin nati of 50 tons sido meats for this market. Tho order was sent forward by telegraph as a first experiment. It was promptly, and, we believe, satisfactorily executed, the bacon sides now ar riving here in good condition. Wo uro now re ceiving sides in canvass from Kansas and other points adjacent to the Pacific railroad, and. from present indications, wo will bo compelled to drew considerable supplies of sugar-cured hams and bacon from Illinois, Ohio, and other largo packing centres of the Interior. For some un accountable reason, tho Pacific Coast production has lulled to meet our wants. Even Oregon has been obliged to draw upon California lor sun pllcs, thus reversing tho past order of things. The introduction, a year or more since, of sugar cured hams from Chicago and St. Louis, seem# to have quickened the* appetite of our p:e for this superior meat, aud up to this time no slock has been allowed to accumulate, although several million pounds of hams, bacon, shoulders, etc., have b«en reeiuved by rail, including largo invoices of lard and some little pork. Gilead A. Smith Co., of Loudon, quote rail road iron—ordinary Erin sections—at£7 s#a7£ 10a per ton, free ou board in Wales; pig Iron at 53a iiGa« 10d, according to quality, aud tin at UOs for common block. LATER. There was nothing doing in the afternoon. Tho wheat market was nominal at $1.231-a hid for De cember. Chicago I>aily Market, BUTTER—There was increased firmness in the market for choice butter, as the offerings were not sufficient to meet the wants of customers’ but er prices ruled steadyuml unchang ed. Thcic was considerable inquiry for fair to good lots for shipment to Lake Superior aud the lumber country, and some demand ou Eastern and Southern account. The following are tho prices now current: Choice diiry, 2SaiSc; good to choice tub and firkin, I4al8*; common grades. lOalSo. BAGGlNG—Remains firm at prices that have been current for a week past. There is a fair in quiry for all goods in the lino, and, with fair stocks in store, a satisfactory business Is doing. We make no change iu our quotations, as follows: Stark,see; Lewiston, 340; American, 31*1-20: Min nesota, 80o; burlaps, bags, 21 l-3a220; gunuloa, 17a 28o; wool sacks, G7c. BUILDING MATERIAL—The demand for at tides coming under this head continues steady and active, without material change In value. Dealers experienced- some difficulty in keeping on adequate supply of lime, •but with this exception tho stocks are reported ample. Wo quote: Stucco, $2.60a5.00; cement. $1.75; lime in bulk, $1.25; white sand, per bri, *3.00a34*; plastering hair, per hu, 36a<0c; are brick, per 1,000, $40.00a90,oo; building brick, tu.oo alft.OO; Ure clay, 14.00a5.00 per brl. BEAKS—Continue in good request, and are firm «t full previous rates, sales making at $1.50 a 1.76 for common, and at $2.0002.50 for good to cbi.ioe hand picked. BROOM CORN—Is firm, atsloo.ooal4o.oo per tun for old; $150.004200.00 for nifw, and $230.00a2i0.00 for choiec-ImrL t COOPERAGE—Is steady and firm at $1.70a1.75 fer pdrk brls; 32.10a2.10 for lard tee 32.50a2.25 for beef lea; 12.00a2.40 for wliiskev brls; 60; 157 lor flour brls. i Staves and headings are quoted at slß.ooa2on per m for pork, and 323.00a2d.00 per m for whisker brls and t<*s. CHEESE—Trade was reported rather nulot to day, tho inquiry being chiefly of a local charac ter, and values underwent no perceptible change. Prices ore very flm East, and the market hero is linn In nymprthy m the stocks are light, and can scared}’'be replenished to sell at present tu'icua. Be quote: New York factory, ISaiGo; Ohio fact ory, 13i14c; Western do, 13u140. COAL—'Was again active, both on local and In terior account, and the market remained firm for all description*. We repeat our quotations of Saturday: Lehigh, prepared, $10.08; Lackawan na, 39.«0nl0.00: Erie, 39.00; Briar Hill, 39.00; Walnut Hill, $8.60; fndiana, 37.60; Hocking Tal ley, $8.oo; Wilmington, $5.60. CIDER—Sales were chiefly at $5.00a6,00, though some lots sold as low as 55.00a3.25.. There was a far supply. EG Gb—Fresh offer lugs found, buyers at 27a230, The supply continues light. FKUl’lS —DRIED —No new features were de veloped in the market for goods in this lino. Bus iness continues steadily good, and the lirmuefcs that has prevailed for sorao time past'shows no signs of abatement. The stocks of foreign as well ns of domestic varieties are generally light, though sufficient to- meet the present require ments of the trade. We quote Dates. 31-3aioi-2o; tigs, drums, I8o20e; tigs; box,- 20a22c; Turkey prune*, OalOc French do,l4al6o;raisins,ola, •$5.0083.15; do new, K00.vt.15; blackberries, ICaisc; pitted cherries, 3&UO0; peaches, pared, 24a55e; poaches, halves, V l-2a10,1-2c; currants 91-2alol-2c; apples, now, Southern, 81-2a91-20, do new WesteruvliaiJsr FlSll—There was decided firmness in the mar ket for lake fish, and prices have an unmistakable' upward tendency os the season is now nearly over uud the stocks arc much below the average ul this season of the year. Saltwater flsh are quoted steady, with un ample supply. Prices range as follows: No. 1 whicetlsh, $4.75*5.00; No. 2 •4.25&4.50: No. I shore mackerel, Il0.00al0.35; No. bay, SBXOa2.OO: No. 2 mackerel. $8.00a5.50; No. 1 shore kits, t2.00aa.10; No. 1 bay, $1.50*1,80: fam ily kits, ti.10a1.16; bank cod, $6.00a6.60; George’s ood, |7.00a7.50; box herring. No. 1, 40a450; box herrings, scaled, 45u£00. GREEN FUUITS—Apples were steady at un changed prices. Choice sound lots were In good demand, but common were neglected. Cran berries remain linn. Wo quote: Apples on track, $1.60m2.50: from store, fi.75aa.00. Craubor »rios.s9.ooall.so for wild, and lIS.OOaU.OO for «uUi vnted. lumens, 57.00u7.50. GROCERIES—Sugars were quoted firmer, in sympathy with the New York market, but, with this exception, prices ruled steady. The stocks arc liberal, and well assorted, and our dealers are now as well prepared to All orders as before tho lire, find are doing so with as little delay. Tho following are the current rates Coffels—Pi ime Rio coffee, 19 l-2a501-2C; choice do, 20 l-2a21 l-2c; O. G. Java, 29a3l 1-2; Singapore, 25a25 1-2 c; Costa Rica, 28 l-2a24 l-20. Kick—Rangoon, 7 1-2*7 3-4 c; Patna, Baß 1-2o; Cnroliua, 81-4aß i-2c. Sugahs—A sugar, 121-Sal2 l-4o; B do, 11 7-8al2o; C do, u.3-Balis-4c; choice brown, 10 3-Sall i-to; fair do, 16al0 l-2c; molasses do, 9aiOo. 671:1:1*3—Common molasses 30u350; Porto Rioo tnolasscp, 45u50c; New Orleans 70a75c; good sugar house syrup. lOaCOo: extra. GOacso; silver drips, extra fine, Soaß6c; Diamond, $1.25a1.30. 6PlCE&—Allspice, liaise; cloves, I8a20o; cas -23a24c: nutmegs, $1.20a1.25. BOAPB—French mottloa, 6 3-4a70; standard, s 1-4063-40; German mottled, 6i-4063-4c; env&lve 4 120°° brOVai Vluer do t65.00aw.00; French calf, Jodot, 170.00a100.000. METALS AND TINNERS’ STOCK—An active business was doing In tills class of goods and previous rates were firmly sustained, wo quote; Tin—Box tin plate, IC, n)xl4, sn.oo; rootlag U, $10.60; large pigs, iso; small pigs, tin, 460; bar tin, 47c* Coi’Pßß—Copper bottoms, S3o; braziers, over 19 ll>e, 540; tiu copper, 33c. SiiEkT Zin o—First quality, cask, 10 l-2o; first quality sheet, lie; slob zinc, 00. Wins—2 to 6,9 c; C, 8 and 9,10o; ID to 11, lie; 12, 12 l-2c; 13 and 14,12 l-2o; 15 and 10, lie; 17,15e; 18. 10c; is 19c; 20.10o: full bundles 20 per cent ofL NAlLS—There was a fair demand at $1.50 rates: 10 to COd per keg, $4.60; 8d per keg, $1.75; od per keg. $6.00; 4d per keg, $5.25; 3d. per keg. fc.oo: fine 3d, per keg, $7.25; blue, 2d, common, per keg. #7.25. ONIONS—Were dull atsoaoooper bn. OILS—No change deserving special mention oc currertln this market. Business was generally re ported good, for the season, and prices ruled com purativelysteady. We continue to quote: Carbon. 25 l-2a26e; extra winter lard, 83o85o; No. 1 cur rent make. 73a*5c; No. 2 do, 650; linseed, raw eoc;do boiled, 85o; whale, $1.00; sperm, $2.15* ncata/oot ell, tl.ooal 25; bank oil, CQaOGc; straits. 70c; elephant. oll95o; turpentine, 76»7T0. POTATOES—SaIes wore reported at the follow ing prices: On Track—Common mixed, C5a750 straight lots, 80a9oc. From Store —Common, -95 a 85c; choice. OOcall.OO. PoIILTBY AND GAME—Were In fair-request, and last week’s prices were fully sustained. Wo auoto: $2,60.13.00 for chickens; $1.50x2.75 /or ucks; $4.00a4.25 for pralrio elilokcns, and #1.50& 1.76 for quail; iDalll-2o per for turkeys. BALT—Is in good demand and steady at the an nexed quotations: Saginaw, line, $1.36 per brl; Onondaga, line, $2.40 per brl; coarse, $2.35 p*»r brl; coarse, diamond C, *2.40 pet hrL 450 bags Turk’s Island sold at $1.60 SEEDS—Were steady on timothy, but clover was easier, and closed dull. Sales were reported of so bags timothy at $3.16; 24 bags do at $3,121-2; 49 bugs clover at $5.60. TEAS—The demand continues active,which in duces a very firm feeling, as the stocks hero and at tbe East are light. No decided advance has as yet taken place, but the present tendency is upward. TSo report our Hat, os follows: Young Hyson, common to fair, 60a650; good, lOasOc; choice to extra, $1.50a1.40; superior to fine old hyson, 90ca$l.lQ; common imperial, 75a900; good to choice do, 90ca51.15; fine to good gunpowder, 8oca$l.oo; choice to extra, $1.36 a 1.45; choice to extra leaf Japan, Il.00al.l0; 'fair to good do, 70;i80o; colored natural leaf Japan, coaTOo; common to lino Oolong, 60a660: good. TOaeoo choice to extra, 90ca$L25. WOOD—Remains steady, at the following quo tations: Beech, $10.00; maple, $11.00; hickory. $12.00; slabs. $6.60, delivered. WWOOL—Is in demana at full former rates. A fair movement was noted, at ths annexed prices: Tub-washed, 60a75c; fine fleece, washed, 48a50c; medium fleece, washed, 65a620; coarse fleece, washed, 670; unwashed, coarse, 40a44c; unwashed, medium, 38a420 un washed, tine, 35a380; combing, washed, 67a620; combing, unwashed, 43a470. Wool in bad condi tion, and half-washed, in proportion. LAKE FREIGHTS^—'Were quiet and steady- Wcnote the following charters; To Baflal>— Behrs Masking Bird, Mosher, C. Meats, Hoboken, nndMontauk, comatioc. To Ogdonsburgb—flehr Merrick, corn on p, t. RAIL FREIGHTS—The following is the pres ent tariff; 77 To Flour. 4 th Close. Grain. Z.irts. Wool. Portland $1.40 .70. .70- .80 1.80 Boston 1.40 .70 .70 .80' 1.80 Providence.. 1.40 .70 ,70 ,eo i.eo Now York... 1.90 .65 .05 .75 1.70 Albany 1.20 .DO .CO .70 1.60 Troy 1.20 ,60 .60 ,70 1.60 Philadelphia 1.20 .60 ,60 .70 1.60 Chicago litre Stock Market. CATTLE—-The receipts since Saturday have been There was little doing In tho cattle market to day. Tho attendance was slim, and the few who did enter an appearance” did not seem inclined to operate beyond meeting actual necessities, and trade dragged throughout. In addition to the liberal number reeelvod yester day, there were several hundred stale cattle, aud with the prospect of full receipts to-morrow, hold ers wore by no means firm in their view*, though tho reduction demanded by buyera was greater than, they were willing to grant, and, con frequently, comparatively little trading was done. Sales were reported at 33.00a3.50 for com mon, J1.00a4.80 for medium, and J4.75a5.25 for good to choice. The market closed weak. CLOSING PRICES. Extra—Graded steers, averaging 1,400 lbs and upward |5.C5a5.85 Choice Beeves—Fine, fat, well-formed 8 to 5 year old steers, and averaging 1,200 to 1.400 lbs 6.1505.50 Good Beeves—Well-fattened, flnely-form steers, averaging 1,100 to 1,250 lbs 4.78a5.00 Fair Grades—Fair steers,in fair flesh, av eraging 1,030 to 1,200 lbs 4.05a4.50 Medium Class—Medium steers and good cows for city slaughter, averaging 800 to 1,100 lbs 8.0004.25 Stock Cattle—Common cattle in decent flesh, averaging 700 to I,OSOiba, 3.50a3.50 Inferior—Light and thin cows and steers 3.00a3.25 HOGS—Received eiuc© Saturday 13,000. There was a good demand for hogs, both on local and Eastern account, and a liberal business was transacted »t oiumt Saturday’s range of prices, or at $3.75a3.H) for common; $3.8503.90 for nudimu, uiulat $3.95a4.05 for good to choice. A lew extra brought $4.10a4.15, while some inferior Jots were closed out at s3.C*oo,ooo. On Thursday Mr. J. GUI, a depositor to an inconsiderable amount, determined to with draw his deposits from that institution, and made application accordingly. Tho demand waslmet with, tho reply that the bank was unable to pay, no fnnds for tho purpose being availabloj Mr. Gill took immediate stops to secure his deposits, and through his law yers, Messrs. Devlin, Miller rt of ibe United States Surveyor General for California, for the year ending June 30,1871: From time to time, the inhabitants of Califor nia iuo startled by these sudden and terrible phenomena. There are many who turn pale at tho mere mention of earthquake;” and many there are who much prefer h residence in on hurublo wooden cottage to dwelling in a lofty palatial edifice, although it be built of marble, for predic tions arc hot wanting that some davthooitvof Bau Francisco will share tho melancholy fate of the ancient cities of the plain. J shall endeavor to show, by the light of history, that these predictions are not well rounded. In making predictions in. relation to future phy sical phenomena that result from fc the operation of natural laws, we should look to tho past for data on which to base our Judgment. The Spanish archives of this office extend back to the year ITG9. In these archives frequent men tion is madoofearthquakes, and itlsnot improb-. able that any severe shocks occurring doriag'the period over whichlhey extend escaped the notice of the old Spanish chroniclers. Havingbeen a resident of California since tho the action of earthquakes in tho country since that lime, i Tlie severest* shock since IMS occurred In De leter, IMS, which very nmch frleMenca tho In habitants of Son Francisco, and old some damage to the city. J Accounts aroifound in. the archives of my office of several earthquakes, which I should Judge from the description of the same to have been about as severe us tho shock of October, IS 6B. In tho year isooeix severe shocks were felt at the Mission of Ban Juan Bautista during one day. Injuring, more or less, all buildings In the place, and so nigbtening tho inhabitants that for sev eral nights they did not dare to sleep in their houses.' t On the iTJh of July, 1808, tho commandant of the Presidio- of SanFranclßoo reported to the Governor that from the list of Juno to that date (July 17) eighteen shock* had been felt at tho Presidio, some of which were so severe as* to do considerable damage to the Presidio buildings; the chronicler gravely remarking that thoab eence of habitations was the only reason why more damage was not done. One of the severest shocks on record occurred ,ln the year 1813, during which the tower of tho church at Ban Juan Capistrano, falling upon tho rdot, crushed it in, killing some fifty Indians, who wero attending tho service. of the Mass at tho lime. _ __ Many slight'shocks are noticed by tho histo rians of tho limes, but those above referred to appear to have been the most severe that oc curred from 1769 lo 1849, as no record is found In the archives of any other of equal severity. As beiuro remarked, the shocks of 1800, 1803 and SSKS lw8 iaT0I,cen I,out c i" al forco to Thus wo And that while several carthfiuakea have occurred in California during tho period of JhiSSKKjJSf SP™ Proouhlyfwitu the wvcrHy“ 8 tUat tUcro haTU lM!011 nono It is fair. ih<:n» to, consider tho shock of 1868 as a standard of tiie maximum force of earthquakes a^oriilli duri »R the last hundred th at earthquakes are the re suit of natural laws, which operate with some I ffT r T‘J arity i 11 bo Sirly presmnrt h bulKlrl;, l years voald, in all rtheac,?o’n if\^ U,UUort U rosult b, i'^ np learned from reliable history, and from observation, the maximum strength of earthquakes in California we may from these data. wHU some degreebf predict what their maximum strength win piubably be during the hundred yoarato ascertained irom the history of tbe of danger to be apprehended from tlio same cause in the future, it w'nl perhaps be no difficult matter to provide against any serious damage being caused by thesoisudden' i C .S°*V 0 constructing build ings as that they shall be proof against'uny such California are not so much to be dreaded as is’ generally supposed; in fact, that they are far less a ua I )ro l Mi flT than aro th£s or summer tornadoes of mtn??! 1 K?5 1 i? nTO doubt but that the luha bltants of ban Francisco and other California cities may so construct their buildings of brick or t *i ao 10 rt u sonablo degree of confidence that th»j* may stand, uidess destroyed by fire or flood, until they shall crumble beneath the slowly wasting hand of lime. Incident* of tho Peshtigo Fire. A member o£ tbo Ciucumati Relief Com nnttco, after visiting the burned district of \y jHcoiisin, makes a report, in wliicli' he gn es the following incidents of the Peslitigo To give some idea of tho effects of tho Are, aud theimpossibiilty of escape, wc will mention tho cose of Charles Lamp, an intelligent Gorman wlom wo found sluing in tho olficoof the hospi tal, badly burned in tho hands and feet. Ha said that, on the Sunday night of the tiro, ho heard a rumbling noise, not unlike that made by a heavy train of railroad cars, and, on going out of his houws to ascertain the cause, found the wind rising to a hurricane. Fearing that the lire, which hud teen burning In the woods to. tho west of where ho lived, would reach and destroy UU house with such a wind storm, ho hastily hitched up his team and drove to his door, and, seizing some bedding and-throw ing it into the called to his wife and hvc children to come out of the house that ho might take them to a place of safety. Scarcely hud they got Into tho wagon, leaving ail behind them, when the whole country was enveloped in flames. Mounting on tho front of his wawn he pushed his horses forward to the Peahtlgo road, poping when he gotoutof tho timber toesexpo: but everywhere the lire raged furiously. Press ing the horses to their utmost speed, ouo of them feu. Ho jumped off to get hla hrosq up, aud when he resumed his scat to again start, he looked back and his wife and children were dendl burned in to a crisp. Almost suffocated by tho flames, smoke and dust, and finding he could do nothing /or his family, and being badly burned, Uo loit them to ihi ir fate and sought-safety for himself. The tiro burned tho harness so that the horses escaped; and. said he, they aro now hero in Green Bay, all that I have left of wife, children, or property.* “To show the intensity of tho heat of tho very atmosphere, we may mention that while some of the citizens hud taken the fire engine to the river on tho first alarm, and laid tho nose from tho river to the boarding-house, at least one hundred yards distant, and while throwing water to the full capacity both of hose and engine, the hose burned to a crisp while full of water, and the brass connections melted like lead; and this hose laid on the ground whore there was not the least combustible matter, not even a spear of grass. Close to tho river stood a small office, on which hung a bell of, perhaps, fifteen or sixteen inches In diameter, made of bell metal. Such was tho intense heat o! the air that tho half of tho boll out from the house melted, while the other liult next tho office fell with tho burning buildings, and re mains Intact.” Benia in Paris. A Paris correspondent writes describing the changes in Paris consequent upon a.rise in rents, owing to the financial Families are leaving apartments thev have occupied for years. He thus describes a class of tenants peculiar to Paris: “Shops are closing by dozens every day, in consequence of teuants giving up their lease. Thli* step utterly ruins some of the tenants.' In Paris there are thousands of shops whoso hoop ers arc contended if they clear profits enough to put sluip and lodgings (It is rare they are sepa rated) free of rent into their hands. The shop is, In reality, their sitting-room. They delight in the animation of the streets. I have board many, a shop-keeper's wife or daughter say they would die U obliged to live on the third or fourth Iloor. When I say shopkeeper, I blunder. I should say use the feminine gender, for the great major ity of shops hero nre kept by women. The situa tion of tbo majority of. them is singular. These women led lives of gallantry while thov owned youth ami beauty. They did no; spend their whole revenue, but husbanded a portion of it. Those who wanted husbands secured them with These savings. The latter arc generally sufficient to buy food and raiment, but are not enough to supply house-rent. So they keep a shop, and try to make the proceeds pay rent. When this class lose the shop, they are Immediately re duced from easy circumstances of fortune to severe poverty. Even those who have husbands find their shop essential to the balance of their budget, for the husband's earnings aro set aside to provide dowTy for tbo daughters, or to pur chase a substitute for tbo sou, should ho draw a “bad number” in the military ballot, and to furnish forth hfs marriage portion. You know marriage here is preceded by weighing money bags? if they balance, all Is welL In French whist, where the stuko is marriage, diamonds, not hearts, aro trumps.” The Arctic .Whaling Disaster* In speculating on tho causes ou tho recent disaster to the Arctic whaling fleet, the Sau Francisco Bulletin says: It ia, of course, si matter of general surprise that the fleet should mc6t with such an extensive dis aster, and that nearly all the vessels suffer alike. Year after year the vessels have visited the whal ing grounds anil cruised through the same waters. As a general proposition, experience must have familiarized the navigators with the currents and winds, and taught them how to avoid the various difficulties encountered in the Arctic. Until hear ing some of the unpublished details, it seemed singular to many old “salts" that the vessels were so generally caught in the Ice. Now the cause Is apparent. It seems that formerly the wliales were caught in the open ocoan, and It Is only within six or seven years that they have fled to the Ice, apparently for protection. When the whales entered the ioe-flelds, the Captains adopted the same course. In the case of the re cent disaster, the whales were abundant among the flouting ice, and the ships were doing well; Hitherto, durinpthe months of July, August, and September, northeast winds have predominated, keeping the ice a safe distance from the shore. Indeed, it was not deemed extra hazardous to sail between the shore and the Ice, where the open space was no greater than in this case, where the ships were caught. A strong northeast gale pre vailed on the 25th of August, the ice opened uud went offshore, and tho ships made the most of the chance to secure whales. When all suspicions of danger were allayed, the wind shifted to tho southwest, blowing quite fresh, and the vessels, were hemmed In the ice. The Captain of ono ves sel says that in all hts experience in the Arctlc.aud that Is considerable, ho never knew of such weather. In August, 1870. he was in tho neigh borhood of Icy Cape, and had Ciiaterly winds all the time. It appears, then, from tho facta at our cemmaud, that tho present season was excep tional. Singular Phenomenon* .From tho Kansas City Bulletin. Nov. Ifl. Rain in very lino drops, from a cloudless sky, during bright sunshine, has been falling a large portion of the time for .three succca-. sivo weeks, in two places, in the town of Knobnoster, Mo. For a few days past, a third snot has been added to tho number of places thus strangely visited. These spots of ground, from fifteen to thirty feet in diameter, are all of them considerably elevated,ancDin'caclr instance occupied by.peach trees* 'Other peach orchards in neighborhood, and* other portions of those named, have boon, visited by the citizens of tho place, to see whether this peculiar tree had anything to do with this phenomenon, hut theydiscovr* ered nothing strange among tho other pouch trees. I visited all of these spots on a cloudy day, and discovered nothing unusual, except that the ground had been thoroughly tramped by visitors. w These facts can be substantiated by* scores of visitors, one of whom is the Postmaster of the place. Mr, Chester, and in whoso gar den is one of the spots named. The atten tion of his familj* was first called to it by hia little daughter, 10 years of age, coming into the bouse, saying, “It will rain to-morrow, because it is ruining now while the sun shines.” James French, Secretary Baptist Missions. The Date of the Crucifixion* Herr Kiiib, the German savant, 'in a workre cently published, shows that there "was a total* eclipse of the moon concomitantly with.' the earthquake that occurred when Julios Cesar was assassinated, on the 15th of March B. C. 44. no has also calculated the Jewish calendar to A. D. 41, and the result of hia researches fully confirms the facts recorded by the Evangelists of the won derful physical events that accompanied the crucifixion. Astronomical calculations prove, without ft shadow of doubt, that *dn‘ tho 14th day of the Jewish month Nisan (April 6)/ there was a total eclipse of the sun, which was accompanied Id all probability by the earthquake, l when tho veil of the Temple was rent from the' top to tho bottom, and tho earth did quake, ana the rock rent." (Matthew xxxii, 51). While St. Luke describes the eclipse in these words: And it was the sixth boar (12 noon), and there was a darkness over all tho land till tho ninth hour (t o’clock p. na.), and the sun was darkened." (Luke xxii.. 44.) i Tills mode of reckoning corresponds perfectly with the result of another calculation our author made by reckoning backward from the great total eclipse of April, 1818, allowing for the difference between the old and new styles, which also give April 6, os the date of new moon in the year A. D, 31. As the vernal equinox of tho year foil on Murch 25. and the Jews at© their Easter Lamb, and celebrated their Frib Passoh, or Feast of the Passover,- on the following new moon, it is clear April 6 was identified with Nisan u, of tho Jewish calendar, which,-moreover,.was on Friday, the Fardikrrff. or.day of preparation for the Sab bath, and this agrees with the Hebrew Talmud. Thus, by thounited testimony of astronomy, ar cha.’ology, traditional and Biblical history, there can be but little doubt that of. Cruel- Hxlon was April 6, A. D. 3L The Tal*« «f Acmi. From the Stockton (CaL) Independent. Perhaps It la not generally known that acorns command a good price— s2o per ton—fn Stockton, and quite a profitable business has been done by several parties gathering acorns and disposing of them at that' price. Our attention has been drawn particularly to one instance, wherein an industrious and .energetic farmer, who resides la the lamoiis district on the west side of the R-\n Joaquin River, who, during the season, gathered acorns sufficient, la amount to realize money enough to pay his taxes, and leaving In hts hands a surplus of twenty-five dollars, or, as ho expresses It, "twenty-five dollars -ahead of- the. hounds." Forthe*oaeorns,gatherodfrom the largo trees bordering on the rive r.-and- wbich-tirc said to be of excellent quality, twenty dollars-per ton is a price readily obtained from parties In this city, who use this product lor fattening hogs. Tho farmer In question prefers to scratch with his own hands, and live In tho most primitive stylo, rather than accept of assistance from his fellow men. If tho wheat cron proved a future, tho acorn pleld in this locality has not been short, and a knowledge Of the fact that the fruit of tho oak can be converted Into money, is all that has been necessary to incite this Industrious farmer to action in this direction. The truth or incor rectness of the Greek tradition that tho oak was the llrst created tree, and that acorns were the primitive food of mankind, he does not wait to consider, hut pitches in to “thresh the wood” and prolit by his labor. Caffro Devotion. fcbovo heading a correspondent of the Loudon JTmcs sends tho following to that paper: The following act of heroism, of which I have Juet received an account from a son of mine, offi cer of engineers stationed at Natal, appears to me to approach so nearly to sublime, that I can not refrain from communicating it to your read ers. It appears that a few months ago a ease of succession to tho chieftainship of a tribe of Caflreawae decided before tho local magistrate at Natal; and the nearing of the case was at tended by numerous adherents of the rival claim ants, The whole account of the trial and of tho demeanor of the Caffro tribe on tho occasion is very interesting, but with this Ido not mean to trouble you. After the decision of the case in favor of one of the claim ants the rival parties (to the number of several hundreds) returned homeward, and the beaten party were suddenly overtaken on their Journey bj-a grass fire, whereby no less than thirteen of their number were destroyed. The young claim ant to the chieftainship would have shored the same fate had not one of hla followers made him lie down on tho ground, where, covering him with his own body as u protection against the flames, 'he deliberately allowed- htmnnif to be burnt to death, and thus sacrificed hla life to save that of one whom- ho' be lieved to ha his legitimate chieftain. Well may my son observe in Ids letter to me, “These Caffires, aarngcstbotigli they may be, are in many respects flue follows,” One touch of heroism (or of nature) makes all tho human toco uidn. BOOTS AND SHOES. Boots 11 Slots. 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