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NOTES.
0G v. nbinuson wants the appropriations for g
publi buildings reduced one-half. t
-Daltimore papers note the fact that coal is j
cheaper in that market than at any time since d
1801. 1
-Geo. H. Pendleton, "Gebtleman George," is
talked of for the Greenback candidate for 8ena
tor in Ohio.
-Hereafter the cle,ks of the War Department t
must buy their own soap. Thus do our vast
economies move on. H
-It is proposed to submit to popular vote the a
question of removing the capital of Georgia from a
Atlanta back to Milledgeville.
-Baltimore rejoucer in the prospect of re- e
ducing her taxes 20 per cent on $100, and wiping
out a million oftloating bt. -
-The indloati,ns in Tetxas point to a more
abundant crop of wheat this year than last. The d
grasshoppers have mostly disappeared. t]
--There is some talk in Pennsylvania of urging t+
the 1ian. Wayne MaeVeagh te accept the Repub.
lican nomination for Governor next year. a
-Five tons of maple sugar were made in Gra
tiot county, Michigan, this spring. There are yet i
a few hills remaining in the county whioh will h
bear grading down. S
A new race of origands has lately been started
in Italy. A pretty heavy band of them was die- a
persed by the pAioe between the towns of q
Caserta and Beneventa. it
-In the list of last year's French suicides,
twenty-nine were of children, nine were of fifteen r
years of age, six fourteen, nine thirleen, one a
twelve, two eleven, one ten, and one nine. e:
The Mobile (Ala.) Register thinks the South d
should take the Speake ship, the Nortlfrn Dem-."
ocrats, as a rule, not having shown a liberalepirrt
toward the South in matters relating to its mate- k
rial interests. al
-The city of Bed Wing, Minn., has compro- tl
mised the payment of her bonds issued to aid the
construction of the river railroad from St. Paul di
to Winona. New bonds to the amount of $45,000 01
have been issued in exchange for the original C+
$75,000. o
-There was a rush of gold hunters to the Leaf W
Hills in Minnesota a couple of weeks ago, in con
sequence of a report that the precious metal had a
been discovered there in quantities that were
sure to pay. Later developments proved it to be
iron pyrites, or "fools' gold."
Irrigating the dry lands In Colorado from wells b
by windmill power has bb~n recently found prao- h
ticable by a farmer, near Evans, in that State. h
With one small m 11 an acre of vegetablee was
watered, and the thirst of a herd of eighty head R
of cattle, horses and sheep Was quenched. h
-The Portland Oregonian Oomrplaines grevi b
ously of the alledged results of the Sandwich
Islands reciprocity treaty. It says that its bone- p.
fits accrue solely to planters at the islands and to fl
a sugar monopoly at San Francisco, and that this ol
combination is enabled by thie actor the Ameri.- t
con Senate to make vast sums of money at the ex- bi
pense of the people of the Pacific ttates. I
-The great gold mine of Los Ohristaes, at
Oauquenes, in Chili, which has been lost for forty ri
yearS, has been found by three Englishmen. It k
was abandoned at a time when the Ohilans were re
shooting each other and trying to overturn the sa
government. It then filled up with water, and h
an avalanche slid into and over It, and confound- ea
ed all the geographers for forty years in regard
to its whereabouts. Now that it has been found, b
it will be worked again by English capital. n+
-The Paris Patrie gives some particulars at
about the "treasures of Islam." It says that all p+
the pilgrims who visit Meoca cast an offering into
the three sepulohree for the defense of Islam. bi
The writer calculates that not less than $8,000,000 pt
a year are thus oontr buted, and adds that from st
one of the sepulchres, which was opened in 1829, di
immense sums were draws. Another sepulohre
was opened during the Crimean war, and now the lit
Shoik-ul-Islam has gone to Mecca to draw munds R
from the third, which ha not been opened since ne
1415. Taking the three sepulohree together, it is ni
computed that they must contain about $120,- 81
000,000. ea
-Prince Charles of Roumanla, one of the Ho
hennollerns, is said to be an amiable prince, but
without any remarkable ability. He has a civil
list of about $200,000 a year, which he spends
mainly at home, thus pleasing the Boumanan s.
He lives in an uninteresting-looking palace in the
"red quarter" of Bucharest. except during the
summer, when he goes to the old monastery at
Corooerie, on the right bank of the Dunbovitsa,
overlooking the capital. The statement that the
Prince lives in the "red quarter" of Bucharest is
thus explained: The city is divided into five great
wards, which are distinguished one from another
by colors. Yelow is used to denote the aristo
cratic or residence quarter, red the commercial
seotion, green the eastern, black the western,
and blue the southern wards. These respeotive
colors appear on the barriers which separate the
wards, on the uniform of the soldiers, on the col
lars and cuffs of the policemen, and on the letter
boxes, lamp-post., etc. Although the yellow
quarter is considered the mors .lTocrasio, the
-e is manre beautiful.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
t" twlrif*.
A 800-pound bear was killed on Bayou
Tigre, in Vermilion parish, by a Mr,
Broussard.
f The Lake Providence True Ilepublicani
disappears and the Carroll Conserra
f- Live appears in its place.
The faotory at the Penitentiary al
Baton Rouge has been leased to a comr
pany of gentlemen who will commence
Sat once the manufacture of cotton and
woolen goods.
I* Six thousand saw logs, worth $14,00(
' are in Bogue Chitto waiting for a freshet
h before being rafted out of that river,
the water º'eing low, with little pros
t. pect of rain sufficient to float them out
of Pearl river this season.
A very large area of the lands in East
Carroll are now submerged in conse
quence of the Ashton and Bass ere
vasses, more especially the latter. The
a water from the Bass break covers some
of the plantations in the parlish, and
partially overflows others by meeting
o the water from Ashton, and backing up
o towards the rear of the plantations on
STensas and Lake Providence.
o The back water at Rayville is rising
at the rate of one-half inch per day. It
came to a stand Friday and will proba
bly commence falling this week. It has
dlone little damage in the parish, Rich.
land. Capt. E. Comer and Mr. J. H.
Callaway are perhaps the worst suffer
ers, about twenty-five acres of the
former, and probably fifty or sixty
acres of the latter's plantation being
submerged.
The reorganized police jury of Plaque
mines re-elected Eflingham Lawrence
President. J. C J. Rlivers not having
qualified as Seretary, Fred. U. Brooks
was elected to fill the position. Onizemo
Martin was elected Parish Treasurer.
T. A. Flanagan, Esq., handed in his
resignation as Parish Attorney. Ten
syndics were elected, the parish having
been redistricted into ten police jury
wards. The Obserrer was elected as
the official organ of the parish.
An old colored man by the name of
Ben Johnson, aged fifty years, was acci
dentally drowned on Thursday evening
in Cross bayou, opposite the Oaddo saw
mills. He was employed at the mills to
saw logs In the water 'and place them
near the gang way of the mills. He had
just.finished sawing a log tn two and sat
down on one portion of it for the pur
pose of eating his dinner, and in reach
ing for something near by lost his bal
ance and fell into the water and sank
Immediately under the logs, which pre
vented any assistance being rendered
the unfortunate man.
The Hon. Cain Sartain assembled the
Stamboul colored clubs of East Carroll
on Monday evening last. There were
about 150 persons present. Resolutions
were passed indorsing the Nicholls gov
ernment and the course pursued by Rep
resentative Sartain in relation to it.
Sartain received a hearty welcome from
the crowd present. He delivereda good
substantial speech, toelling what he had
done in New Orleans, and explaining
the attitude of the Nicholls government
towards the colored people. Charles
Henry Scott presided over the meeting,
and Peter Bax acted as secretary.
the awakening of the "old Whigs"
in the South, expected so fondly by
Hayes and his friends, appears really to
have come, as the following, from the
St. Tammany .Farmer, bears testimony :
"The approaching election of Mayor
and Aldermen bids fair to be a very
quiet affair, notwithstanding the "storm
in a tea pot" threatened last week.
There were indications that the old
Democratic and Whig parties would be
revamped and the nucleus of a split
among good citizens mobilized, so as to
excite endless feuds and build upon "the
debris of defunct prejudices a sort of
"war of roses."
Last Tuesday the remains of an un
known white man were found some four
and a halt miles above Bayou Chicot, in
the woods near the public road, with
two bullet holes through the head. He
had apparently boon dead five or six
days. He had on dark pants and a
dnuff-colored woolen shirt; his hat and
coat had disappeared, and the remains
of his valise, pocket-book and shoes
were found in a heap near by, where
they had been burned. He was appa
rently thirty-five or thirty-six years of
age, about five feet seven or eight
inches high, had very black hair and
two of his teeth had gold fillings. A
party of negroes were out in that neigh
borhood on a camp hunt about the time
he was killed, and they are suspected of
having committed the foul deed.
The denizens of Ironton and Ste.
Rosalie plantations, Plaquemines par
had a jolly spree and grand free
blow-out and lively time gene
rally last Sunday, and this is how
it came about: It appears that one De
sire Fortin caught a quantity of goods
floating down the river from the wreck
of the steamer Emma, and among other
things, a barrel of whisky, a cask of
bacon, boxes, shoes, etc. This was too
much luck for the liberal-minded yet
godless Desire, and notwithstanding
the goods were marked "Henry Per
riot," he invited in his friends and
knocked in the bung of the whisky bar
rel and allowed them to have a jolly
spree. But as this did not pay Fortin
his salvage, he bursted open a box of
shoes and, finding Ferrot's bill inside,
he commenced auctioning off by that,
and was perfectly willing to sell much
below cost to realize cash, and thus the
new business went on swimmingly until
all hands were drunk and the goods dis
posed of.
Mr. Clem Franks, who keeps the toll
bridge on Dorcheat Bayou, in Webster
parish, three miles west of Minden was
shot and mortally wounded on Wednes
day night, about 11 o'clock, while in the
act of retiring, by some unknown party.
Mr. Franks and two companions, Wil
lie Berry and John Martin, were to
gether on the gallery of Leary's store,
near the bridge, and about 11 o'clock at
night Mr. Franks asked Mr. Martin to
sleep with him that night. The latter
excused himself, saying that he would
go home, when Franks started to his
room, leaving his two companions
standing on the gallery. He had only
moved a few paces when some one con
cealed between the bayou and the store,
behind some boxes, fired on him with a
double-barreled gun, eighteen buckshot
striking him in the small of the back
and two between the shoulders. At the
discharge of the gun the unfortunate
young man fell, but was immediately
picked up by his friends and conveyed
to his room. Medical assistance was
summoned as soon as possible, but no
hopes were entertained of his recovery.
Nilssisippi.
Panola county sends ten negroes to
the Penitentiary at this term of court.
A large excursion party of East Mse
sissippians are ou a visit to Shreveport.
Charbon is prevailingaround Satartia,
and an immense number of mules are
dying from it.
Gov. A. G. Brown, who was renomi
nated the other day by the Hinds county
(a.ette, declines to be a candidate for
Governor.
The contest for the governorship in
I MislssIeppi, the papers think, is nar
rowed down to Gens. Humphreys and
Robt. Lowry.
SHon. H. D. Money, of Mississippi, ad
dressed his constituents at Kosciusko on
political events, and particularly on the
Electoral College.
The Meridian Mercury says it has in
formation which leads almost irreseleti
I bly to the conclusion that Chisolm was
an accomplice in the assassination of
Gully.
The editor of the Greenville Times
has seen some Deer Creek planters who
are plowing up their cotton in conse
quence of the heavy white frost which
fell early in the month.
The Greenville Ttimea says that there
were twenty-eight convictions and sen
tences at the late term of court in that
county, and all but twenty-five were
whites. Two unfortunates are sent to
the Penitentiary for fifty years each.
The Panola (Miss.) Star says that
C. W. Johnson, a colored man, was
licensed to practice law at this term of
the Circuit Court. The board of legal
examiners spoke in favorable terms of
the manner in which he stood his ex
amination.
Texas.
The Houston T"legram complains
that the Galveston mule race was a
plagiarism on a New Orleans affair.
Good.
The courts of Houston have decided
against the Sunday law. and whisky
can be sold as well on that day as on
any other.
John Waelder and John Maton, two
of the wealthiest and most respectable
citiznns of Refuglo county, were mur
drred by unknown parties on Tuesday
night last.
A Mr. Benson, dealer in hogs, died of
a strange disease in Dallas. Nome of
his hogs had cholera, and being bitten
by one of the diseased animals he was
taken sick and died, just like the hogs.
The engineer corps of the Gulf, Colo
rado and Santa Fe Railroad have ex
tended their experimental line as far as
BJelton, and are now running another
line from Belton back to Bronham, for
the purpose of comparing the two.
An Indian raid Is reported as having
come down South Llano, taking some
horses. Capt. Caldwell, in charge of a
scouting party, went in pursuit, but the
raiders, scattering when close pressed,
divided and the trail was lost.
Major Jones, with his Hlingers, haI
scoured out Kimble county, making, so
far, forty-one arrests, two-thirds of the
caught hailing from other localities.
Quiet and silence reign in Kimble. A
petition has been going the rounds ask
ing that Lieut. Moore be permitted to
remain there with his command.
Gen. Steele reports that Capt. Lee
Hall, since he left Austin, a little over I
three weeks ago, has made twenty-one
arrests in and about Eigle -Pass. Ai
portion of his company only is with
him. The balance is doing good ser
vice in other quarters.
Sam Stockton, one of the men who
robbed the hacks on the Weatherford I
road last July, was lately caught by
Sheriff Henderson, of Coryelle county.
Stockton left the State after the robbery
and went to Mexico. He came back, I
and now he has gone up.
Kimble county now has legal exist
ence, and Junction City is its capital.
Judge Blackburn presided over the first
court at Miller's ranch whore he made
a public square and Sliver and Honey
streets. They found a beeo tree in the
square, and the bees "swarmed" while
the court sat in the open woods and
"settled" on the court's saddle-bags,
and the new town had peach and honey '
made on the spot.
The Ne,.s Item tells that Inlians, or
white men in the guise of Indians, have
been making pretty extensive depreda
tions during the past two weeks in
Klmble and the country west of that
county. On Devil's river, a good many
horses were stolen. but no person is re
ported killed. It is reported that tbhe
rangers captured five supposed Indians,
and took them to a creek and made
them wash, when they all proved to be
white men.
During the last year Lampasas county
has had three county attorneys, two
county judges, two district clerks, two
surveyors, two assessors and two com
missioners of Precinct No. 1. Some
thing is the matter with either the ofil
cers or the law. The resigning officers
complained of starvation. Of the coun
ty officers elected at the last election,
only the sheriff, county clerk and treas
urer will hold the offices to which they
were elected.
The l'rontiersman says that Indians
raided down as far as Spring creek, (il
lesple county, last week, within a dozen
miles or so of Kerrville. It is believed
that the party was small and an offshoot
of the raiders whom the rangers were
pursuing in Kimble, near the South
Llano. Some fifty horses are said to be
missing altogether. It is exceedingly
difficult to ascertain definitely about
these raids, but it is a comfort to know
that they are rarely as bad as at first
believed to be.
There are twenty-seven newspapers
in Texas, located as follows: Gal
veston - News, Galvestonian and
Civilian, 3; Brownsville - Ranche
ro, 1 ; Corpus Christi - Gazette,
1 : San Antonio-Herald and Ex
press, 2; Austin-Statesman, Leader
and Gazette, 3; Houston-Telegram and
Age, 2; Jefferson-Jimplecute, 1; Waco
-Examiner and News, 2; Corsicana
Observer, 1; Dallas--Herald, Commer
cial, Mail and Intelligencer, 4; Fort
Worth-Democrat Standard and Her
ald 3; Sherman--Register, 1; Denison
- ews and Crescent, 2; Brenham
Banner, 1. Making a total of 27.
Chief of Police Erichson and a gambler
named Woodlieff, of Houston, had an al
tercation on Tuesday, growing out of the
arrest of Woodlieff. Several shots were
exchanged, both men being seriously,
if not mortally, wounded. The citizens
of Houston were very much excited at
the attack upon their chief of police,
and an indignation meeting was held at
Gray's Hall on Tuesday night, which
was attended by about four hundred of
the most substantial citizens of the
place, all professions being represented.
Resolutions were passed, sustaining the
police and denunciatory of the lawless
element that is trying to override the
city, and, as a finale, a vigilance com
mittee of three hundred, men was
formed, sixty to each ward, who will
see that the officers of the law are pro
tected.
Bilver Boapins.
Yesterday we noticed the otfice of W. H. Bar
nett, money broker, No. 38 st. Charles a reet,
opposite St. Charles Hotel, thronged with parttes
to settle their taxes and licenses, which was occa
sio' ed by he liberal allowance of discount on
warrants received for erme. Mr. B. buys three
warrants from first hands over the c mater, and
jf course, is prepared to offer larger inducements
than any one else. We would advise those con
corned to se him.
ADAMS' LETTER TO 'tiIDEN.
(Charle Pranerms Eplains How He Au.
tbhrlzel Its Publlratlon-Ile Now
Takes Kindly to Hayes.
[New York Herald Interv.ew.]
In the course of a conversation with
Hon. Charles Francis Adams the cele
brated letter which he sent to Gov.
Tilden on the 5th of March was casually
alluded to.
"Ah," said Mr. Adams, laughing,
"that letter seems to have created a
good deal more talk than was neces
sary. I simply wrote to Mr. Tilden
that I thought he was the real President
of the United States, and expressed to
him my firm belief that he should have
been inaugurated instead of Gov. Hayes.
The letter was considered, and, in fact,
was written by me as a private commu
nication to Mr. Tilden, and not intend
ed for publication. But when Mr. Til
den received it he showed it to some of
his most confidential friends, and they
were very anxious that he should prifit
it. I was communicated with, and asked
if I had any objections to its publica
tion, and I answered that I had not,
and, indeed, I had no objections, al
though I had not supposed or indited it
with the intention that it was to be
made public. The truth, however, is
stamped upon it and cannot be gain
said, and I have not yet had it contra
dicted by facts. Its truth rendered an
absolute denial of its assertion impos
sil)ie. I have Levwcr rugretted that let
ter, because there was simply the whol
truth in it, and I have a great regard for
what is right.
"Sinceo inditing that letter I have
received an amazing number of com
munications from all parts of the coun
try-some.from as far points as Cali
fornia-many of them lauding my
course, and many others of a vit upera
tive character, manifestly written by
drunken persons, and so coarse anrd
vulgar that I destroy them; but the
others I have labelled 'Pop-Guns,' and
filled them carefully away.
In reply to a question about the policy
pursued by Mr. Hayes since his inaug
uration, Mr. Adams answered:
"Well, I must say that I think Mr.
Hayes occupies a very hard posi ion-a
most difficult one-and one which I
would not desire to hold under similar
circumstances. As far as the man is
concerned I believe him an upright and
honest one, but he has got a very hard
task before him.
"In reference to his Southern policy
I think it is one which is more liable to
inure to the benefit of the Democrats
than to the Republicans, for he seems
to be pursuing the same course which
not only the Democrats but all honest
and patriotic citizens have for a long
time favored., Of course, it is not what
such men as Blaine and Butler will de
light over, and therefore I am not sur
irised that they and their kind are lia
le to find fault with him. Haves' policy
is entirely and pleasingly different from
that of Grant's, and if the latter's had
been contitued it would have wro.ttht
incalculable injury to the country. The
policy of Hayes, you will notice, is a
policy favored by Schurz, and is in per
fect accord with the utterances of that
gentleman before his identitfletlon with
the Cabinet. On the whole I think Mr.
Hayes has done very well thus far, but,
in view of the outlook ahead, I fear that
he cannot master the multitude of diffi
culties that hbe is likely to encounter."
"What do you think, Mr. Adams," I
aslked. "of the feeling that is prevalent
throughout the West and South? Will
there bea revolution among the Repub
licans or a new fusion party of dissatis
fled Democrats and Republicans?"
"Well, I think it is very evident that
there is no little dissatisfaction among
the Republicans throughout the entire
country-meaning, of course, those of
the Blaine stripe, who were notoriously
corrupt during the reign of Gen. Grant.
There is also great dissatisfaction in
both parties about the manner in which
the presidential contest was decided,
an(d perhaps we have not heard the last
of it yet."
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TIHE UNIIIEla WI'ATElt AlRM.
Probablity that Ofllcers will Accept the
Propoeltlion madte by the New York
Rankers.
[New York Times.]
WAsmhoGToN, May 1.---Secretary Mc
Crary is of opinion that the officers of
the army will avail themselves of the
proposition of Drexel, Morgan & Co. to
advance their pay, but he does not
think it will be necessary for the en
listed men to avail the.selves of the
offer. Enlisted men are paid but once
in two months. As their rations and
clothing will be supplied regularly, as
usual, and as a credit system is univer
sal among sutlers, it will not be neces
sary for them to have money. As a
general rule enlisted men are unmar
ried, while a majority of the offlcers
have families dependent upon their
pay. The acceptance of this offer is
entirely discretionary with the officers,
however.
GOING TO PIECEI.
Rebuilt Chicago 1 nmbllng Dvlwn.
[Boston Journal.]
One of the leading architects of Bos
ton has recently returned from a visit of
inspection to Chicago, where he went as
the representative of capitalists who
hold mortgages on buildings which
were represented to be in bad condition.
It is said that the buildings erected
after the great fire were constructed
with great haste and in such a manner
that many of the finest stores are
affected with dry rot. Large green tim
bers were covered in, and by the addi
tion of paint were so incased as to be air
tight, and the rot has been so active
that the buildings are unsafe. Some of
these stores are being strengthened in
various ways.
THE POPE' HEAITII.
It Gives More Reason for Disquletude
than Ever Before.
The London Standard says that the
Pope's health again causes disquietude,
perhaps with more reason than pre
viously. He has no special ailment.
He is in good spirits, but is extremely
and increasingly weak, and has again
taken to being carried in a chair, which
he does not leave during an audience.
The audiences continue almost daily,
and are a source of considerable un
easiness to the Pope's medical attend
ants.
Ill
A CHANCE FOR OUR MAIL,
The Postal Commislion Comlnln South
Again.
[Cincinnati Commercial.]
WASHINNTON, May 19.-The Postal
Facilities C >mmittee will start for At
lanta on Monday evening to examine
into the postal facilities in the South,
and inquire how they can be improved
and extended. They have invited the
Postmaster General to accompany them,
but it is not yet known that he will ac
cept the invitation.
gI.AA;NCIAII AND COMUMERICItUAL,
MOtl STA aR
OFFICE NrIJW ORILE NS DEMOORI T,
Wednesday Eveninug, May 23, 1877.
NEW ORLEANS OLEABING HOUSE,
Clearlngs. JBal ance.+.
May 19 ..............$1,483,57 29 $131,272 70
Ma 21 ..... ...... 1,619 683 15 218.219 12
May 22............... 1,593 47,r 1:1 169,525 11
May 23 .............. 1,441 ,874 11 155,319 51
Thus far tbis week .... .0.124,20 68 0074,830h 50
HSme time east week.. 7,r79,3,9 9) 6:9,1145 71
Total last week....... 9,1900,7.1 47 9 )2 821 39
Total week before..... 8,683,717 98 967.809 91
The demand for money was moderate to-day
both in bank and on the street, and oimmercial
paper was unchangfd. Gold and Foreign Ex.
change were without quonablo variation, and the
movemout in both was lmited. New York eight
declined slightly for commercial. Stooks were
in request at advancing priots. Under the rnl.
it ge of the Funding Board, State tlonsols wt r:,
more freely off red, and meeting with less de
mand, showed a felling off of ;/ per cen'. bing
qu ft d at the close at 89.-.@)0, against 90@9uj
yesterday. Premium bon~lto ruled at about
prevlous rates. State Warrants, receivable tfr
taxes and licenses, were ', per cent higher.
We continue to quote: Laceptional commercial
paper o@-. cent per annum discount; Al do.
@l(1l0; second grade do. 12t15; collateral loans
7((8; rest clase mortgagee 8¼ .,' i, and second
grade do. 10(a12.
Gold opened at 100%!@106, against 10(f, at
New York, and after a Imitett businuess closed at
thk opening rates in both marlk i, after touching
107 at Now Yrk. 'IThe sales wire onfinuedl t,
$17,000), embracing $O0 0 at tUl; l, 45000 at 106',
(it6,6j , and $200)0 and $5(110 at lit',s.
Foreign Exchange was w thout iluuotable varia
tion. The mnouv ment was lihn ed.
The sales of sterling coinpriried £18,1001(, em.
bia'ing .£1)10) bill of lading at 51 £8 8000 d . a
518q518h%. £2000 Al clear at 518l/, and £3000
bak at 522/,.
T'lie only sale fr franca rpl)orted was 0),000
commercial at a. t1f
New York higot gave way 1-16 per cent for com
mercial. 'I' e l, a comrpri-'tt $183,0!)0, enlbrao
ing $20,000 of rm.nmroil at to per c nt premumrn,
$31,000 doi. snl $501,000 pr,.r.c btank'rs' at 8-16;,
e51f,,0rO. bank at ',, and $1i0,00 tad $20,000 bank
at 9-32.
l'l,, banks continue to check on New York at
% 5Jr; cent premicm, while commnercial sight
was qou .etd at 03-i. agais:, 14 Ves erIay.
NEW ORLEANaHT((OCK EXCIIANlEi HAAl.E-M&A 2.1, 1º177
EFRorE FIIfCRT rAT I,.
25 shares Factors' awIl I'arae irs CJo..31(10 23
80 .. MSun Mtual Iluuriurco 1o.... 1A0 r6,
$4 ',000 State tton oll at ................ . ,9
7.600 Piomium Bonds ............... ...
7,100) o 0 .... ....
6,1100 Jackson Railroad, let mortgage
bon a at.......................... 10.
FIRST (CALl--I A, M.
75 shares N. O. Uas Light Co........... 108 50
75 do (8. next sek) .......... 108 50
10 do Mutual National Bank.. 90
512.000 State Consols at ............... 89
32,010) do ............... H891
11,0100 do, (0. 30 flat)..... 89
6 .100 Premium Bonds............... 37.7
24,500 do .1177,
2, 00 Ilslf-psid City (cupons........ 38
7,1l0ul Pier Diem Warrants............ 90
500 Legislature License Warrants. 90
NETW EE CALLS,.
7 shares Ptate National Hank........... I1 00
4 do 8un flutual Iasurance Co 99 00
$10,000 State Consols at................ 8i
5,100 do ............... 8 o%
,3000 Premium Bonds ............... 17,
31 d I ...... ........ 3I
2,1(1) Per Diem Warrants ............. 9
3,b00 do ........... ... 9 ý,
si.NDo C'ALL -AT 2 r'. M.
$20,000 state Consols at................ !+8'
5,000 P'rtmium Bonds ............... 37
AF'ER SBC'OND U:ALL.
$20 000 State Consols at................ H9
5,5O1 do ..... .... 8. p
10,000 do (1 30 tlat) .....
Htoeks were in request at advancing prices.
U der more lib ral offerings and less demand,
State (Ionsols were quoted at 89'4(r90, against
90@.903 y, sterday.
Premium Bonds were in fair demand, and
closed at 37¼@38.
City ocrip was quoted to-,lav at 34/,% 365, and
half-paid City Coupons at 3818@39.
State Warrants, reocivable f r State taxes and
licnnses, were hlgher, closing at 9010i0',, against
89 aoi90 yesterday.
CEOM,1MER Ali.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOORAT, 1
Weonesday Eveaing, May 23, 18177.
Quotallons represeFd In-lesfo,' ro'und ols front
frst I.hards, iinless otheris stltted. n /il lien
small orders higher prices are paid!.
COI''ON--The sales to-day (not inclulaing 120
ba'es additional yesterday) embraced 3500 bales,
at still stronger prices, relan ring a further ad
vance of '.o in Middling Fair, and a partial !;,o
in most of the other grades. We give also the
figures and report of the Eichange, as below:
Gen'l Quotations. Ex. Q.
Inferior................... 7 @ 7% -
Low Ordinary ............. 8 0 81 8!.4
Ordinary................... 8H ~ sN5 8
Strict Ordinary............. .'' ( 9
Good Ordinary............. , / it/ 11
Strict Good Ordinary....... 9 '8 ' ,14
Low Middling............l.10 1oluj, 10(1
Striot Low Middling........10' 4ý1( I -
¶Ilddling ........ ....1tl./1. IIlO, 1;'c
,triot Middling.... ........l10/l. 1 -ll
Good Middling...........11 .A.118 11'4
Mliddling Fair..............11 .l12 11,,
Fair ............... ....121@/12% -
Although the Liverpool telegram, after the four
days' holiday, was hardly as lavorable as the more
sauinnine anticipated, yet the market opened with
a fair inquiry, and up to 12:3) p. m. 2000 bales
had changed hands, after which, the movement
being olecked by light offerings of the kin a
wanted and a poor assortment, as well as by the
stringent pretensions of factors, the additional
transactions reported did not exceed 150 º bales,
making a total for the day, as noted above, of
3500 baler.
Prices ruled in favor of factors to the extent of
a partial %c in most grades, but a full ..o in
Middling Fair, which was in special request and
only limited supply, rolling at 11-. the dis
patches reported Liverpool firmer but not quo
iably higher than on last Friday, with sales of
15,000 baes, and arrivals 1.32d higher, but clos
ing quiet; lavre depress d by the heavy stock,
but without any variation in quotations, and New
York quiet and steady at previous rates for spots
and closing l-i100O4-00c lower for futures.
The Exchange makes the amount on abipboard
not cleared (before to-day's exports of 3264 bales)
33,734 bales, embracing 12,163 for Liverpool, 17,
05L for Havre, 205 for the North Bee, 1658 for
Bremen, 1660 for the Mediterranean and 938 for
coastwise ports, leaving in presses, agreeatly to
its account at 12 m., 122,000 bales, only a part
of which is on sale.
At noon, to-day, Middling was quoted at Gal
veston at 10%.; at Mobile at 1O~%@13/c; at
Savannah at luc; at Charleston at 1l.4c; at Wil
mington at 10c; at Norfolk at 10%y; at Bal
timore at 107/o; at New York at 10/5c; at
Boston at ile; at Memphis at 10Yc; at Augusta
at 10%c; at Philadelphia at llc; at Cincm
nati at 10%c, and at St. Louis at lo/,o.
The Exchange reports: "Sales 3300 bales.
Demand good." Its uuo ations are raised y'c.
OOTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Sept. 1, 1876-halos.......... 29,377
Arrived since last statement.... 195
Arrived previously ...... ..1.,63.767-1,3.3,902
1,393,359
(Cleared .to-day ............. 3,2
Cleared previously ............ 1,237,1149-1.241.133
Stock on hand and on ship
board, not cleared ........... 152,225;
Same time last year ............. 132, 81
To-day's exports embraced 1641 bales to Havre
and 1620 to Nrw York.
Receipts proper since last evening 191 bales,
against 126 on last Wednesday and 1431 last year,
making an aggregate since Friday Evening of
1774 bales, against 4270 last week and 4459 last
year, and since August 31 of 1,173,861 bales,
against 1,381,595 last year-decrease 217,731.
t'he Exchange telegrams make the receipts at
all the p,rts from 12 m. yesterday to 12 m. to
day 845 bales, against 1969 last week and 3755
last year, and since Friday 7549 bal-s, against
11,078 last week and 11,90d last year. Total since
August 31, 3.,865,564 balrs, against 3,997.284 up
to Tuesday noon, May 23, last year-decrease
131,720.
E'xports (Friday to Tuesday inclnusive) to Great
Britatin 24,165 bales, against 18,913 last week and
23,024 last year, and to the Continent 6840 bales,
against 12,578 list week and 9364 last year.
Stocks at all the deavery ports made up to 12
m . 458.775 bales, agamnst 494,211 last week, and
438 822 lst year.
I1uiAOO-The only tran.otion reported to
day was 60 bbds,. The Tmount on sale is
estimated at $850 bhde. We ountinne to q
as follows:
Unsound and flossed lage S BY8
lugs 4 @4 %o. low 4%@5%o medium s ,
| to flne o6(06 , low leaf 7(a80 medium f_
100, good I~o120, fine 12y@l8.%o, and edl
tions 14/ x@l0o.
]teoeived since last evening 89 bhds; expor
6, by rail; stock on hand by our running eta
ment 7676 bhds.
FIREIGHTS-We learn that all the steam rod
for Liverpo , has been flilhd up at 7.16d.
steamship is expected for several days. Ihi
ments were made to-day by sail to Liverpool
gi,. Yesterday we reported another ship f
tiseia at 17-82d for co ton. We quote es follo
By steam - Ootton to Liverpool 7-16d;
Bremen B/d; to New York 5-l6o; to Boston. Pr
dence, Pall River, Philadelhia and Balti
via New York, ',. Grain to Liverpool, last shi
mente at 10%d.
By sail-Uoiton to Liverpool -@d; to Hs
r@,ol, the latter for consignmouts; to Brem
7,; to Genoa %o. Grain to regular Continen
prts 18o ~i bus,,el.
HUG411--Leceived this morning 88 hh
The demand is moderate and coufned
lots for refiiinv purp-,wes for the West. 2
hhds sold. Inferior 7'0. common So, g
common 9n. and fair of., fully fair
prime e9%/t9'0, strictly raume to c.oice 91
10c, ,ecojlw, 9(ltto. enrtrifogal 100 yellow ola
'fled lic. off whites 11% (~.t.o, pure whites 11,
@120c P It%.
MOLbaH-EI4-R-.ceived this morning 47 bb
The market is steady; .o sales. Common fe
r.ottinu is qooted at 85e, strictly prime f
mentimg 470 i gallon. htupplies not fermenti
sell at 45t for o,,mmoo, 5'0 for fair, 640 f
plIme, 570 for strictly prime, and 601 V gallon I1
chioie.
FLJUI - -Receivel this morniong 800 bbl
There is srne inquiry, but o, ly at very lo
prices, antd the nmanket 'cottiiued dull and d
press d, with small *ales at the inli le prices
our quotations, 14119 btl-, sold, comprising 50 l
ir ble extra at $7 50, 5O good do at 18, 52 do
t8 (tO, (id and 40 'hoice tr l,!e extra at $9, 1
at $9, $ 25, 10 at $9 25, to ast $9 75, 2 choice e
tra at. $10 25, 510 at $10 50, 150, 160, 200, 100 an
300 bbl4 on private teIrm,
Common 14 quoted at $4 t10. fine $5, superfi
$5 50, double extra $6 50(4L6 75. low treble ext
.$7657 50, good treble extra $8(t8 50, choice trebl
extra $9@9 25, ctho e extra .9 51@l0 9 b
DealRrs and c gro re obtain 500 above thee
prices in their ordr trad.
The Chirago mo ninq di pa'eher quoted whea
at $1 54 June, and t$1 -, % Jilly, and closed
3t 49Y' duily. eli I, noi luate t3 No. 2 red winte
01 75 uash, No. 8 $1 56 May, and $1 601/, cash.
I1YN' FLOULt CUomutuiun $5 205@3,0 V b
from lfrst hanlas
COIlN FLOUR--Is selling at $4 253@ 50
bbl.
glilTrT AND HOMINY -"-rits sell at 14 10
the landing, and $4 2 (I41 23 in store. Homin
is in light supply and dll at $3 00@4 I bbl in
job way.
t OlRN ME LL--Ia quiet but strong at $3 25
bib. r50 bbls sold, in lots of 50 to 100 bbls, a
03 285 bbl. Dealers are jobbing at $3 40@3
" bbl.
I'ORK--Nothing doing. Mess is quoted nomi
nally at $15 25 :t bbl. Dealers are jobbing a
$15 75@16 it bbl.
The Chicago morning diepa'ches quoted $18
@13 94/, July. Rfoo-ipts, hogs 9.00. Clogse
$13 60 Jun- a-Jd $13 75 July.
DIlY SALT MEAI'--Onlvy a oar load shoulders
loose, sold on private terms. They are quoted a
5,c in boxes, and dealers ate jibbing them a
Ga io tlb.
BA ON-Ii extremely dull and fully '4 lowe
to-day. We have heard of sales of 50 boxes
8o for clear rib and 8 3 for dlear sides; 8 boxes
clear sides brought 8,ce J lb. Shoulders ar
united at .i, clear rib sides lH, clear sides 8l
li Dealers arn jIbbitsg shoulders at 6e
Sdear rib aidneag'r, a asda 1s p4 lb.--T ,
LARD--Is duai and qluoted at 1: 10lOo fc
titrce, 10~'@10.%o for ket and 11'/rtl ct foL
pail. Dealers obtain :e above u~ese price
in their job trade.
The Ouicago morning dispatches quoted 9 3
July, and closed unchanged.
P.IiEAKFAirT BACON-Is dull at 9%~,10r1
PACKERS' 1HOG PI1ODU;T3 - Dealers ar
selling on orders at $14 50 'l bbl for prime mew
pork, $12@12 50 for ex'ra prilme, $13 for ram
pork. $8 5u ll half bbl for pig pork, Goc -j keg a
1 2.5 ti lrkin for pigs' faet, 40 apiece for tongues
and 8',o 5 lb for new rib sides.
WillI KY--ltoctiled is q .oted at $1 05@1 10
gallon, as in proof and braind. A lot of 10 bb
pure bourbon so d at $2 2-3 F' gallon.
CORN IN BULK -Is quoted at 600o I bushel
No sales.
COW PEAR--Are in good demand for t
country at $1 80@1 85 jai bushel for blsok; $1
( 1 90 fr whlppoorwill, 52 15(,2 35 for mixed
and $2 50@2 60( fur clay.
HA I8- th-b market is very dull and there i
no d, mand at the moment for any description
though small size chdece sugar-cured are In fa
vor f r favorite brands for 0( be. Large size ar
quoted at 106(llo, small 1li/412o 'l9 18, and nd
idemand at th-so luricms. 1J tier-es sold on
veto terms andu 25 tierous are going forward f
Cuba at 12%l :t it,.
,ORN IN tal KS--s in liberal supply an
moderate demand. l'rices have fallen 20 'l
bushel. 5,50 sPcks sold, of which 5000 white
at 596:; 500 white, in lots, at 60c, and 150 yellow at
G6o If bushel.
C(hicago closed 4(s;4 June, and 49%c July.
OATS-Good supply and dull, but prices are
anchanrged. St. Louis are lUoted at 49450c.
200 sacks choice OGalena sold at 523 ji bushel.
BRAN--Good su;,ply andl freely otrfred at $1 10
I 1 0 lth. No salhs.
HAY -LIght supply and dull. Prime is quoted
at $15@17; choice $19 `t ton.
RICE-Scarcely any in nrst hands, and the de
mand as good. Iruisiana No. 2 is quoted at 4
!r,4' e, ordinter 5i(@B0, fair 6(%/f@6/,c, good 6,%
(70, prime 7r4(7%o dJ hlb.
COFFEE--i.e market is dull. Stock in hands
of dealers, 3000 bags; in first hands. 8287 bags.
We enote cargoes: Ordinary 17 @17%0 (gold)
fair 193/@19ge; good 20%@(,420y ;prime 2/4
21c 1. Job lots: Ordinary 17ý(R180 gold; fair ,
19' '(01dc; good 20(%@20%c; prime 21%@21%.,
ul;r ERl-Good supply, and s'lected lots only
are wanted. New Western creamery, fine, sells
at 26@28c; fair 24@25c; dairy packed, fine,
20ar422c; prime 18'02ac; pale and off flavor 15
(t1i7c; old Western prime 16@l18; old New York
crear.ery, fine, 25Cq27e; dairy, fine, 22(~424c,
prime 2(@220 i. pound.
OHEE:il--Good supply with a moderate de
mand. Strictly fine factory, new, sells at 12@{18c,
strictly good factory, new, ll(1i2c, New York
cream, new, 16to ) lt.h
STAR CANDLES-Fair supply; quoted at 13%o,
STARnH-Light supply and held at 3%c0 lb.
RECEIPTS OF PROUU E-Arrived smne our
review of yesterday: 300 bids flour. 140 bbls
whisky, 12 tierces hams, 35 boxes bacon, 88 hhds
sugar. 47 bbls molsses, 36 kegs bauter, 1785
sacks cotton seed, 78 boxes cheese, 47 racks cow
peas, 46,158 pounds most, 416 bbla potatoes and
19 bbls rice.
EXPORTS OF PRODUCE-Exports since our
review of yes'erday: 1678 bbls flour, 15 bbls pork,
16 caeks bason, 2 tieroes lard, 35 bbs whisky, 29
bbls corn meal. 2,067 sacks corn, 29 971 bushels
corn in bulk, 84 sacks oats, 3 sacks b- a, 72 bales
bay, 26 hhds sugar, 55 bbls sugar, 241 bbls mo
lasses, 8 bble rice. 266 sacks c flee, 3 kegs
butter, 33 sacks salt, 680 bbls potatoes and 64
bbis onions.
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