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COLUMBIA, S. C.
Saturday Morning, April 17, iy5.
The Enforcement Act? before the Su?
preme Court. .
A despatoh published two days since,
indicated that the Supreme Court of the
United States had been polled upon the
question of the constitutionality of the
Enforcement Aotn, and found opposed
n?TORIMng fnem' constitutional. The
Court la I supposed to sustain the deoi
wiiton of Justice Bradley in the Louisiana
-BMir.'frbm whioh an appeal was taken,
whioh brought it into the Supreme
Court, where it waa argued on one side
b/lh*e Attorney-General, and "on tho
other by several eminent lawyers,
Wohgst them Mr. D. Dudley Field, of
;- New York, and Mr. Beverdy Johnson, of
'Baltimore. While'the v'ewgentertained
by the Court are thus indicated, it is
. -also stated that it will not announce any
decisions upon questions of a political
nature', of whioh this is one of the moBt
. important, until after the fall elections.
. Jtrsfaa noticed during the argument that |
' Attorney?General Williams found it con?
venient to evade the issue indirectly in?
volved' in Aha. paspt - He avoided the
leading quest ion of the validity of the
Enforcement . A^oto, and the Court may
be justified in doing likewise, although
It to see ho}? they can in any
i ?11 kit rouna! the sJnrmitfon
'0#*ttre bower1 claimed ^by Con?
gress under tne new constitutional
amendments. The case, as presentod,
may: not press in that particular direc?
tion, or there may ba prudential reasons j
for not giving expression to the conolu
t Bion, whioh seems to have been reached.
The phraseology U unfortunately chosen,
however, which makes tho decision or
-the' promulgation of it in any way con
tingent upon "elections." It looks as if
they subordinated the conservatism and
just construction to whioh they are im?
pelled to the political influences which
surround them and the policy of the
'Au4ninh^ration, and awaited a more
?fcYoTBblft condition of 'public sentiment,
in orAer to justify them in giving ex?
pression to It We doubt not that the
"fall elootiona" will do their part, and
then we shall expect the Judges to do
j Call., pronouuoe against the Enforce?
ment Acts with' impunity, and with a
courage whioh will not have much to
eope with..
. There is nothing in the near or the
^?remote rat uro more important than a
right daeMon of tho questions involved
in thia matter. Are the-righto of the
States of this Union abridged and made
subordinate by these Acts to the powers
tpf,tthe General .Government? Axe citi?
zen* amenable directly to Federal laws,
without regard to the laws of their own
State? What tho country wants and
. 0***hay6 la a Just construction of. the
clans* with whio? each of the aoaond
?nantn> to the Constitution oonoludeH,
?Inat nheCongtMs ?hall ha^g^o
enforce this article by appropriate le
gialatipn." .The fourteenth amendment
provide* in the first section that "no
State' shall make or enforce any law
* abridge the privileges or
of citizens of the United
' shall "any State deprive any
. Ac., "nor deny to any person
; it* jurisdiction, the equal protec?
tion of the lews." What in "appropriate
legislation," as applicable to these pro
v^atons? j Congress 1 has assumed, under
thto grant of legislativa power, the right
i to laginlits. on the subject of pnblie con?
veyance*, modes of travel, Ac. It has
?toetched one its hand to punish of
f?ioe* within the States, without refor
V*$WW*f law?. Is this appropriate
legislation? Upon the' answer to this
qnafttioa must stand or fall tho wholo
body of, political legislation which has
?Anted within the last few yean
ie Bepubfioan majority In Congress.
Philadelphia Praas weU pays:
i "it Mr. Bevexdy Johnson, to. Field
the other eminent lawyer* who have
' against the Attofney-Chineral in
case present the right in
topT*|ation; if the " fourteenth and
flfowrtb amendments are addressed only
to States, restricting their notion and
rendering null any State statutes con
flioUng with th* intent of these amend?
ment*, but introducing no new features
into the Constitution, then all the recent
?kf4* ? Congress of the class referred to,
:QV*r whioh the politicians have been
?trnggling, are worth no. more than so
many bite of paper, and the whole
? polisy ambodiod in them U a failure and
a fraud."
. .^Parto despatch indicates that Ous
Uve Courbet, the irrepressible French
artfcrt and OommnnUt, is again in trou?
ble. The Government has just soized
of his pictures to defray the ?x
t of rent wing the column in the
V*n?ome, whioh Conrbet was
J instouraantal in destroying dur
>ttie fierce tumults of the Pari* Oom
?a?BM in 1871. Oourbet, it Will be re
a?*?n**r*A, wa# quite pveminont in all
to? aehema* of the inamrgento, and when
Paria fell, he was caught, tot** for vari
o**'*rl*aa* and sentenced te era months'
it In 1878, hto .piotures
?ymptahiear and to 1W, the
Government prosecuted him to* ?amagee
inourred la the d*auiM?hni of db*V*n
?e*m* now to b*'**s?eiM( ?f*ia*t Mm.
Conih?hiplUNt siaromosUylandacap**.
lu^jr/i'lv j Jtrrcfotl 'Ihiqa.
The Centennial,
Much could be said againHt the South'?
taking any aotivo part in the centennial
celebration. No one can consider the
unfriendly ione towards it of a consider-,
ab|e portion of tho - people of the North,
no ono can look at tho prostration of
some Southern States, the odious govern?
ments put over them, the weight of taxes
and debt under whioh they stagger, prin?
cipally due to tho temper and character
of the National Government, and pre?
tend to feel any gush of enthusiasm over
the great national anniversary. But it is
far from being profitable or wise to look
only on the dark side, and but a dreary
satisfaction to dwoll only on the disagree?
able. Tho evils of which we have had
the best right to complain, appear to bo
passing away, Great changes in public
sentiment'N6rth and Sodth are every day
taking place. Perhaps the clouds arc
1 olearihg before the approach of the great
day itself, whioh is to mark our progress
for the last 100 years. Certain it is, a
revolution in sentiment is going on.
Proscription, bitterness, depreoation aro
I melting before a naming public opinion,
which denounces wrong, and insists
upon a higher type of public and official
life, and, above all, demands justice to?
wards tho South. It may be, that the
fires of a purer patriotism are to be re?
kindled at the old shrino, and 1876, in
its revivifying influence on our national
life, be only laws grand than 1776, which
witnessed its origin.
The Southern States aro too poor and
too much reduced to contribute much
pecuniary aid to the centennial enter?
prise. But they can make a display of
the varied productions which spring
from their soil and ripen in their raatch
i leas oil mate and \mder then* genial skies.
It would bo of immense advantage if
they could Bend these eloquent represen?
tatives to speak for them in the congress
I of nations whioh will bo assembled in
' Philadelphia next year. If we had our
silkeh long cotton, our robust short
; staple, our grains, fruits, woods, mine?
rals, testifying to the paradise in which
I our lot has been cast, they would set the
'tide of immigration flowing thin way as
nothing else can. We cannot afford,
"prostrate" State as we ore, to be absent
from this great festival. Let us go up
with the rest,* claim our birthright, get
as much satisfaction out of tho occasion
as wo can, and contribute our part to the
purification and renewal of the great
national tie which binds us into one.
They will be worthy of the State which,
as Bancroft has said, made the American
Union.
. The Luok of Roaring Camp, so happily
I described by Bret Harte, was not ush
; ered Into the world under more notable
auspices than was Storm Lake Brolinska
in Iowa, a couple of weeks since. The
Western bound trains with several hun?
dred passengers, were snow bound at
Storm Lake, a smrll city on the line of
the Illinois Central Railroad, eighty
miles East of Sioux City. The hotels of
the place, as well as the private resi?
dences, were of course soon crowded by
the beleaguered passengers. On one
train was a car of Mennonites, on their
way to join their countrymen in Dakota.
They refused to leave their car,*and next
morning it was ascertained that a bed?
room, improvised by tacking sheets
across the end of tho car, one of the
Mennonite women named Brolinska was
about to be confined. Two doctors from
Storm Lake volunteered their services,
and nnder their auspices a possible Pre?
sident of the United States was success?
fully ushered into life. Tho ladies of the
city, with the sympathy and curiosity of
their sex, were not long in making their
way to the car, and excitement every?
where prevailed. The Mayor called a
meeting of tho Council, which declared
the day a public holiday, and voted the
hospitalities of the city to the baby and
its mother. A grand procession was soon
parading the gayly-decorated streets, and
the mother and baby were carried in tri?
umph to the publio hall, where speeches
were mad* by the Mayor, Judge Kid dor,
Delegate to Congress from Dakota, and
several prominent citizens. The an?
nouncement was then made that a five
acre plot of land was to be given to the
baby, and then a poll was demanded,
and, all present voting for that name,
the boy was christened Storm Lake Bro?
linska. The procession then re-formed,
and escorted Master Brolinska to the
station, and the train moved on amid the
firing of canndn and the ringing of bells.
The New York Times editorially hints
that the time will oome when the United
States will be over-run with a tidal-wave
of Mongolian immigration, and suggests
that in a few years the superstition or the
Chinese about the necessity of being
carried back to their native land to be I
buried, will pass away. It is true, that
two Chinamen have thus far become
naturalised, and have assumed the duties
and burdens of American citizenship,
bnt there are ?0,000 of that race in the
country who still cling to their traditions
and allegiance to their native land. It
is plain that the immigration question
must oome up on the Pacific coast, and
the opposition of the whites in that re?
gion would seem to place a great obsta?
cle in the way of a general influx of
Celestials. Only a few days ago, a meet?
ing of many of the wealthy men of San
Francisco entered a protest ?mliMt *>?*
employment of Chinese labor in that
oity, as they deem it injurious to their
interests, and they tat forth the great in?
jury to property whioh was incurred by
the purchase of building lota by Chinese.
There in certainly a Chinese problem be?
fore the country, bnt it would be better
to dispose of the1 negro and Indian
enigmas before we attempt the gigantic
tank of solving the Celestial puzzle. We
nan aaly handle one at a time.
of large experience says his
aaa wanld fill a eashadral, but
a pureit would bold hi* friand?. ban A..
CrrrPraMs.?Subscribe for the Phuuux
And then Invest u V in the ich I estate dis?
tribution.
This is mildness?real Mildness?the
real mildness e-tho-real mlldn?ja
They call 'm "opening" days, because
they open the mouths and pocket-books
of poAerfamilia.t.
In forwarding subscriptions to the
Phocnix and Glmmkr, don't forget the
postage. ?
It is feared the gardens caught it again,
last night--Jack Frost, the despoiler. be?
ing around.
Mr. Seegers' ice machine is again at
work, and Henry adds pine apple, orange
and other fruits and tinctures.
You can get all styles of job printing,
from a visiting card to a four-sheet post?
er, at the PnaiHrx ofiice. Prices satisfac?
tory.
Acting Governor Gleaves hat* not yet
arrived; but iB expected "every minute
annually"?and then look out
A man inquired of one of our joiners
to see if he could "got a board four feet
long and two feet short, to make a cellar
door."
Tho Greensboro Lottory comes off on
Monday next It is said that there will
be no further postponement. Columbia
is well represented.
A lively urchin accosted a drug store
man, yesterday: "Mister, please gim me
a stick of licorice; your clerk goes with
my sister."
We begin to believe the assertion of
scientists that the mouths need ro-orgun
ixing, us yesterday wns certainly a March
day- the wind blew a gale.
Pollock House Pst says he has been
disappointed in receiviug bis expected
supplies, and, therefore, cannot furnish
crabs on toast and deviled partridges for
lunch to-day; but will have other things
about as good.
The firemen and cittaens are working
energetically and making extensive ar?
rangements for the tournament which
com?? off on the 6th of May. The fire
laddies are entitled to great considera?
tion from tho people at larg*.
The ladies connected with the Presby?
terian Church in this city are arranging
for a "Lady Washington Tea Party," to
come off during the last week in April.
The initiatory stops were taken yester?
day. The object is to raise funds for the
erection of a lecture room.
Of all the good things attainable in
this good little town, commend to uh
the currant jelly in buckets, obtainable
at Hardy Solomon's. It is delicious,
fruity and just the thing for meat or
bread; besides, the price is reasonable.
News is scarce, advertisements ditto,
consequently a half sheet again to-duy,
but a whole one to-morrow, when appa?
rent short-comings will be made up.
Another thing, we are desirous of pleas?
ing the UnU?i'Iltrald man, and there?
fore omit the wood cuts.
Mrs. Elizabeth Huffman, an aged and
highly respected citizen of Lexington
County, died on Thursday last. Her fu?
neral will take place from her lute resi?
dence?the old homestead in Dutch
Fork -iu that County, on Sunday morn?
ing, at 11 o'clock.
' During the time of the fire in Charlotte,
the agents of companies which are ma?
naged by Messrs. Seibcls & Ezell, of this
place, telegraphed to these gentlemen to
Bend an adjuster of losses, in order that
they might be settled without delay.
This was prompt
There is not mnoh difference between
King William, of Germany, and ourself,
when we both have the tooth-ache. He
swears in Dutch, and we don't
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B.VKkll amd FaHROH amd tbt. AC VDKM Y
Taours.?This company, which performs
in the Opera House on Monday evening
next, is thus spoken of by the Atlanta
(Ga.) Xttes:
One of the best performances of the
season was witnessed at DeGives' last
night "Chris and Lena" was happily
represented by Baker and Farron. Tneir
impersonation of the Dutch and Irish
character excelled anything we have ever
seen in this city. Mr. Baker has just
enough of the Teutonic smaok about
him to perform the part of "Chris" in a
superior style, while Mr. Farron, a jovial
son of Erin, in the personation of
"Lena" is fully the equal of "Cris."
They are star comedians, and were greeted
with rounds of applause, and were fre
auently encored. The entire company
id so well that it would be treating
them with injustice to make special men?
tion unless each one could be noticed in
the role he performed. At any rats, we
mast mention the "Maidoon Guards"
and "The Little Frauds," as enacted by
Baker and Farron. From their first ap?
pearance on the stage to the time of then
departure the audience was convulsed
with laughter. There are no better actors
on the ?tage than these two celebrated
I comedians. To the lovers of comedy, of
real, genuine fnn, we can safely ask them
to witness Baker and Farron. They are
"stars of the first magnitude."
Another exchange says:
Opf.ua. House.?The performance of
Chris and Lena, at the Opera House, last
cTsniug, ? tin entertaining iu the extreme.
1 As true oomedians, Messrs. Baker and
Farron are equaled by few actors who
enjoy a much wider reputation. Cer?
tainly to aU lovers of mirth and fan in
last night's audience they afforded the
highest enjoyment The whole troupe
deserve general commendation and pa?
tronage, and we take pleasure in be?
speaking far them huge andienoes wher?
ever they may perform. The lateness of
the hour at which we write prevents us
from giving the particular features ot
the play an extended notiee. The whole
aflair was wall oonduoted, and was tho?
roughly enjoyed.
'? *3jmt What You Want at this Season. -
Mrs. Hoffman, near the Phoenix office,
baa some of the most delightful and aea
sonable articles to be obtained?green
peas, strawberries and other eurly garden
productions; lemons, oranges, apples,
cranberries, raisins, etc.; Bologna sau?
sages and other necessaries, which the
polite attendants will be pleased to fur?
nish.
Desthuotivk Cotton Fike in Cham-i
lotte.?A fire, broke out. yesterday
morning, in a quantity of cotton stored
in tho cotton press at the depot in Char- |
lotte, by which about 2,500 bales were
destroyed, together with the depots of
tho Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
and the North Carolina; the joint depot
escaped. The loss is estimated at over
$300,000, $100,000 insured. The wind
was blowing a perfect gale at the time,
and it was feared that the flames would
extend to the town, but fortunately it was
stopped. Tho firemen of this city were
anxious to render assistance, and Mayor
Alexander telegraphed to the Mayor of
Charlotte, tendering them aid if neces?
sary. The following answer was re?
ceived :
CiiAnbOTTE, N. C, April 16, 1875.
Jean Alexander, Mayor?1>kak Sik: I
am greatly obliged to you, but the Hie
has been checked, so as to be under con?
trol of Olir fire department.
A Festive Widow -How She Haikko
Bank Checks.?The gay and festive
damsel who victimized one of our city
banks, a few weeks ago, has been stir?
ring up the Georgia bankers. An ex?
change says: ?
Shortly after the Louisville drawing,
it was reported that a widow lady at La
grand prize. The LaO range Reporter
announced that a lady named Jordan,
from Texas, had stopped a few days at
the hotel, and that she was the fortunate
widow, according to Madam.; Rumor.
She is described as a prepossessing
blonde, between thirty-fivo and forty
years of age, dressing well, with all the
appearance of a lady in her bearing.
About the 25th of March last, she visited
Newnan, stopping at the Jeff. Davis
House, and soon alter meandered to the
First National Bank there, where she
met the urbane cashier, L. J. Hill. She
purchased a check for eight dollars and
one for nine dollars und seventy-live
cents. So elegant was she in] her man
ners, that neither the cashier nor teller.
Hurry Fisher, suspected any mischief
brewing. Therefore, when she informed
them that she was purchasing the checks
to send to a friend in Texas, and placed
them in au envelop in their presenoe.
they did not suspect deception on the
part of so innoceut ami demure a per?
sonage.
Mrs. Kmma J. Jordan, us she culled
herself in Newnan. next visited Atlanta,
where she visited two of our bankers
and succeeded iu "doing them" hand?
somely. She raised the eight dollar
check by adding the letter "y"to "eight,"
i and was so careful that after making a
I cipher after the figure eight in one cor?
ner, with a flue pen, she traced the eight
> over again to correspond with the cipher.
The clever ami popular cashier of one
j of our popular banks paid her the $80
on it, by which she netted S72 clear.
The check for$9.75 she raised by adding
tho letters "ty" to "nine," and making
the figures as iu the other. The cashier
of another popular bank shelled out the
$90.75 to her, by which she netted $81.75.
She endorsed the checks on the hack
"Mrs. S. J. Kvans." The checks were
sent on to the Fourth National Bank of
New York, who returnod them to tho
First National Bank at Newnan. Here
the "trick" was discovered for the first
lime. The amounts first stated -"S8"
and "59.75"?were entered on the stubs.
The question arises, who loses the $153.75
Mrs. Emma J. Jordan, alias S. J. Evans,
obtained?
.I. ? ? >
IasT op New AnveTrrisEMENrs.
Opera House Baker and Forron.
O. A C. R. R. ?Round Trip Tickets.
Hotel Abkivals. April 17, 1875. f'o
lumbia Hotel?X. Weiller, N. Y.; John F.
Newman, W. O. Kennedv, James Trum
ble. 8. C.; P. W. West, N. C.; T. M, Em?
erson, city; W. J. Magrath, M. J. Novins,
Charleston; Q. Myers, Mrs. A. N. Talley
aud son. Savannah: J. H. Runkle. city;
John C. Gadsden, Win. Harden, Winns
boro; Peter Dalv. 11. B. Kennedv, N. C;
A. N. Talley, Jr!, G. A C. R. lt."; Dr. E.
H. Green, N. C.; John McC. Bo wen. Md.;
W. J. MoDonald, S. C.
Mansion House?.!. T. Law son, I la.; E.
F. Dickinson, city; J. L. Black. S. C.; J.
E. Carter. Chester; B. P. Mauldin. Wil?
liamson; Mrs. A. J. Irvine, Greenville;
D. K. Duncan, Spartauburg: J. W.
Emcrsou. city.
Hendrix Houiie J. E. Gilbert, Suinter;
T. B. Livingston, R. J. Hosford, Rich
land; W. S. Alston, Fairfield; P. H.
Hanes, N. C.; John H. Smith, David
Smith, Lexington; John T. Grist, John
W. SimriU. Yorkville.
The position of our Government with
reference to Mexico seems to be this:
In 1872-3, a border commission iuvesti
fated the matter of damages received by
Vxans from Mexican raiders, and after
taking over 1,000 depositions, they found
that the claims for compensation
amounted to $49,000,000, of whioh $44,
600,000 were for cattle raids. The Mexi?
can Government, on the other hand, re?
cently sent a commission to examine the
same'matter, and have reported that the
American claims are immensely ex?
aggerated, and that most of them bud
been put in by part ies who own no cat
tie. The commission was composed ot
throe Mexioan lawyers, and a feature of
their report was that they endeavored to
whitewash the desperado Cortina,
There being no longer any dqubt that
?taring is hero, a Detroit lawyer, yester?
day, commenced to write a Fourth of
Jiiiy oration* and will soon be ready to
correspond with committees, Although
he didn't work ovor two hours yesterday,
he got along to the point where the orator
always raises his right hand and says:
"The blood of those who fought at Bun?
ker Hill still nourishes the soil from
whioh patriots spaing." [Applause.]
W. F. DAVIDSON, Muyor.
Telographic?Foreign News.
Madrid, April 10. ?It is reported the
Carlists seized a number of women and
children in the Province of Soria, nnd
threaten to shoot them unless ransomed.
London, April 16.--The Commons in
excited. The debate over a petition,
praying tho dismissal of the Tichborne
judges for partiality and - corruption,
was dismissed, on motion of D israeli.
Tho owners of her Majesty's Opera
House have enjoined Moody and Sankey,
the American revivalists, from using the
building.
The French Academy have elected Ed?
mund Saline, the English general and
author, corresponding member of the
claas in geography and navigation. An
toine Marie Remi Chazallon is dead.
Home, April 10. -Cardinal An nil ml
Cupatti is dead.
Paris, April 16.?ItUainri reports an?
other note to Belgium, in relntiou to, an
anti-Prussian pamphlet.
Havana, April 10.? Legal international
complications between tiro Spanish and
American officials, in the cobm of Win. S.
Kharky, have arisen; consequently, there
are doubts about the return of the mur?
derer to New York.
Telegraphic?American News.
Cukyensk, April 1C.?Several compa?
nies of cavalry nave moved to guard the
entrance to tho Black Hills.
Hihkltok, April 10.?The miners
doing what is called "dead," are hooted
lit by the womeu and children. The
tire at Stockton Mine is beyond control.
New OatiRAKH, April 16.?The compro?
mise resolutions were adoptod?yeas 45
Democrats, 44 Republicans; nays 13
Democrats, 5 Republicans. An ousted
Senator becomes wharfmaster.
New York, April 16. -Three pieces of
Tweed's r?al estate, in Westebester
County, valued at ?100, have been at?
tached.
Yeatman ?t Anderson's |>aper mills, at
(.'ohl in bus. Ohio, burned.
The lock-out of the iron works at
i'ittshurg is broken, und nil will doubt?
less be at work within ten days.
Cincinnati, April 16. Snow this morn?
ing. Fifty excursionists in the interest
of emigration to Texas, arc here, where
they disperse to different localities to
urge the object of the mission.
Probabilities -For the Smith Atlantic
und f'ulf States and Tennessee, colder
and clear or nor weather, with brisk
Northerly to Westerly wind?; and rising
barometer Fast of the lower Mississippi.
A Norther will probably occur on the
Texas roast.
St. Louis, April 16. - Min. E. L. Er?
win, a highly respectable young widow
lady, of Hannibal, Mo., tied a clothes?
line around herself und little girl, six
years old, fastened the other end to a
stake in the ground and then, taking the
child in her arms, deliberately walked
into Bear Cr.-ek and both were drowned.
Financial embarrassment and disappoint?
ment in love is understood to ?>e the
cause.
Yesterday's Market Reports.
New Yobk--Noon.--Money 3. Stocks
dull. Cold 15. Exchange?long 4.87;
short 4.90J. Cotton quiet and steady;
sales 3,150?uplands 10$; Orleans 16'j.
Futures opened quiet and stendv: May
16 B-16@16|; June 1621-32; July 1631-32;
August 174r.i.'.7 5-32. Flour quiet and
unchanged. Pork quiet -22.50. Lard
heaw -steam 13 9-1**
7 P. M. Money verv easy ~2<**rt2L
Stirling quiet, at 7. Oold 15(5tT5l.
(lovernineuts antive and strong -new 5s
10.]. Status quiet and iK>minal. Cotton
net receipts 486; gross 1,380. Futures
closed steady, sales 18,700: April ltJjj;
Mav 16 1S-32; June 1611-16; Jtilv
16 31-32; August 17J; September 16 27-3*2
faMOi; October 16j: November 10 1-16(W\
16 5-32; December 16|@16 3-16; January
in*. Cotton qniet and steady; sales
3.239. at 16|@16). Southern Hour dull
and declining common to fair extra
5.10^)5.75; good to choice ditto r,.Hi)<,{.
8.25. Wheat opened a shade nrnier, but
closed quiet and steady and in moderate
inquiry ? l.25(n)1.41. Corn opened
steudy, but closed quiet? holders little
more disposed to realizo?92@93. Coffee
Arm and good demand ? If.J@ 19} gold
Rio. Sugar firm. Pork unsettled?new
job lots 22.50. Lard firm and very dull,
at 15 j for prime steam. Whiskey quiet ?
1.14. Freights quiet.
Comparative Cotton statescrnt.--Net
receipts at all United States ports for the
week 4C,BSi>?same week hist" fir 39,193;
total to date 3,200,233?name t. ue last
Year 3.506,942; exports week 24,6*5 same
week last year 72,590; total to date J.158,
705 ?same" date last year 2,335,317; stock
at all United States ports 551,300-same
time last year 511,113; stock at all inte?
rior towns 74,973--same time last year
78,430; stock at Liverpool 874,000- same
time last year 800,000; stock of American
afloat for Oreat Britain 206,000--saine
timo lost year 258,000.
Weekly Cotton Statement.?Mont?
gomery?Quiet and steady?middling
151; low middling 15}; good ordinary
14}: weekly net receipts 471; shipments
I. 344; stock 1875, 2,353; 1874, 1,981.
Selms -Quiet- middling 16|(ritl6?; low
middling 15$f?l53; weekly net receipts
626; shipments UU5; stock 1875, 3,613;
1874, 3,930; Nashville-Quiet- middling I
15*; low middling 14 i; good ordinary
131; weekly net receipts 337; shipments
230; spinners 198; sales 413; stock
II. 389. Macon -Finn- middling 164;
low middling 15; good ordinary 141;
weekly net receipts 125; shipments 83*;
sales '856; stock 6,801. Columbus
Dull?middling Iff; low middling 14};
good ordinary 14; weeklv net receipts
292; shipments 1,293; sales 877) spin?
ners 312; stock 1875, 5,617; 1874. 6.047,
Salt im ork.?Cotton qutjet and weak
?middling 16); low middling 18; good
ordinary 151; gross receipts 67; exports
coastwise 82; sales 90; spinners 25; stock
13,943; weekly net receipts 70; gross
2,004; ex j nuts'(treat Britain 375; conti?
nent 100;coastwise 1,437; sales 760-spin?
ners 205. Flour quiet and steady. Wheat
1.30nY,1.42. Corn dull?white 37<?i,88;
vellow 90. Vrociamna aAttwa ??d a?j???f.
Pork 22.50. Shoulders 9?. Lard-re?
fined 15|(^16. Coffee strong and un?
changed. "Whiskey unsettled?1.14^
1.15, Sugar Arm and unchanged.
Sr. Loom.?Flonr firm; low and me
di - m grades scarce and wanted.- - Corn
dull No. 2 mixed 71(a)7U in elevstor,
Whiskey qaiet-1.11. ^orlt. ftrmex?
22.00. Baaon arm?shoulders 9<S)9$;
clear rib 12*^,13; clear 13^1?V Lard
nominally 15. i ? / ? < \i
Bomtou.-Ootton quiet?middling 16
net receipts 165; gross 2,310; sales 64 ;
stock. 10.073; woekly net receipts 978;
gross 8,306; export* Ore** Britain 1,589;
sales 1.663. . j .
Louisville.? Flour in fair demand
superfine 4.00(a>4.25. Corn firm?72fu
74. Provisions in good demand and ad?
vancing. Fork 22.50(fl;23.00. Bacon
shoulders 91; deer rib 12J; clear 13*.
Priiiie Jardr^-?teani 15-J; tierce 16: keg
[!&{(?< 16 :. Whiskey 1.12. Bagging quiet
und firni.
ArouhTA.? Cut ton steady?middling
oil: low middling 15}; good ordinary
lij; net receipt? 165; sales 163; stock ac?
tual count 1875 9,716; 1874 14.832; weekly
i;t receipts 1,063; shipments 1,190; sales
,004; spinners 114.
Philadelphia. ?Cotton quiet -mid?
dling 161: net receipts 144; gross 488:
reekly net receipts 403; gross 872.
Wilmington. ?Cotton nominal?inid
| dling 15 J; net receipts 200; exports const -
rise 104; ztock 2,767; weekly net receipts
C94; exports coastwise 317; uales 37.
Chicago. -Flour quiet and unchanged.
Corn in fair demand?No. 2 mixed fresh
73J; regular 73J(r?,73i; rejected 7LJ. Pork
in good demand?22.00. Lard in fair
demand?15.40(nf,15.421. Whiskey in tun
demand?1.12.
Galveston.--Cotton quiet?middling
br>.J; net receipts 590; exports Great Bri?
tain 2,918; coastwise 306; sales 605; stock
>2,348; weekly net receipts 4,015; groat
1,112; exports'Great Britain 2,918; coast
| wise 6,175; salea 3,955.
Norfolk.?Cotton steady?middling
151; net receipts 899; exports coastwise
1,485; Hales 200; stock 6,010; weekly net
I receipta 6,280; exports coastwise 6,910:
I sales 1,300.
Memphis.?Cotton quiet - middling
151f^l5J; net receipts 490; shipment)
? 235: sales 650; stock in 1874, 30,424; in
1874,40.101; weekly net receipts 1,73d;
shipments 3,115; sales 4,500.?
New Oki.kans. ?Cotton quiet mid?
dling 15 i; net receipts 1,945; groas 2,118;
exports Great Britain 2,160: sales 2.500;
stock 162,176; weekly net receipts 10,165;
gross 14,588; exports* Great Britain 7,217;
France 6.06M: coastwise 0,078; sales 16,
150.
Charleston.--Cotton quiet?middling
lOMiOl; net receipta 616; exports chan?
nel 1,870; coastwise 1,015; Kales 200;
stock 21,239; weekly net .receipts 3,878;
gross 3,003; exports channel 1,870: coast?
wise 3,312; sales 3,200
Savannah.?Cotton dull-?middling
151; not receipts 645; exports coastwise
j 1,802; sales 528 fntock 39.442; weekly net
[receipts 4,488; exports coastwise %068;
I sales 360.
Mobile.?Cotton quiet; middling 15};
net reoeipta 863; exports coastwise 1,360;
sales 600; stock 35,568; Weekly net re
ceipts 1,429; gross 1,484; exports coast?
wise 5,265; salea 5,700.
Paris. - -Bentes 63f. OfJo.
LiivBEPOOL?3 P. M.?Cotton quiet and
unchanged; aades 10*000, of which Ame?
rican is 4,700; speculation and export
2,000; sales of the week 61,000; specula?
tion and oxport 16,000; in port 874,000,
of which American is 510,000; receipt?
of the week 37,000, whereof American is
0.000; actual export 11,000; afloat 444.
000. whereof American is 206,000? tatai*
middling bplands, nothing below good
ordinary, deliverable April, May, Juno
or July, 8 1-16@8}; nothing below low
middling, shipped Maren .or April.
7 15-16; deliverable May or June, 8. j
Gmve upprehensions are feit by per
I Bons living near Bald Mona lain, in
I North Carolina, that the long dreaded
volcano wilt yet break forth in active
eruption, A severe earthquake has re?
cently convulsed that aeetion, awaking
all the dread that once existed on this
account Tho ground seemed to
mit a wave as it rose and fell during the
shaking. It is thought that ine ?aefiori
of North Carolina between the Bide
Ridge, and the Allegheny Mountains has
been in time past a volcanic "region, and
the shakings of Bald Mountain, together
with the recent earthquake, make per?
sons living in this region rather uneasy.
The New York Graphic pays the follow?
ing glowing tribute to the spelling hook:
?Words are the door* of kuowlvdga, and
through them even a child may become
a ganger of the heavens, so aa to compute
?yzygV and always know where the nadir
is, thus obviating tho necessity of feel?
ing in scientific society aa if an had
psoriasis and wanted to be aeaacahed
with a xyster or a yataghan. In many a
difficult sea he may sail on a rhumb, as
o'er the rhythmical waves of poesy and
rhetoric, where there is never the sterto?
rous breathing of a ponderous vocabu?
lary, but every tune is liquefied and
I harshness sinks into desuetude." >d
There was a large gathering of the
friends and admirers of the late John
Mitch,!, Carolinians, as well as Irish?
men, at Hibernian Hall, Charleston, on
Thursday evening, to give expression Ut
the general sorrow at the loss of so true
and noble a spirit, and to the warm sym?
pathy felt for his family, who are under?
stood to be left in straitened circum?
stances.
Pinchbeck, after a great deal of trouble,
I succeeded in getting Senators Cameron
and Morton to take dinner at his house
j when they were in New Orleans, and met
"represenative colored man." It is said
that Pinch poured the tale of his griev?
ances in the distinguished Henatons'
ears, but they declined to endorse him,
as they were "only on a pleasure urip."
'Numbers is what does the business."
I shouted a man who Itved' oh Mechanic
[ street ' 'When my wife - is alone,iLcsm
myself, but when her motherbl'asKSv
I am not even a stockholder in the con?
cern." . . -rjyi*!; ?a?i0
Stabbing affrays are boooming frequent
in Anderson?two occurred there |*<?t
week, between Abaer HowaU and ?
Magoha, in Which the latter was fatally
injured; and Wm. Pack and Hugh Poor,
the latter dangerously hmt\xi I^T
Depntv.?nited Statt? Marshal Canton
arrested at Kingstree, S. O., on the 16th,
Ben. Moody, a notorious ohenattef..
aharged with robbing the masjs^ssGEr
Owing to unusonlly heavy
Swiss Canton of the GrissbW^
ly for weeks eSit off from comttV
with thf outside world.
i>o email buildings belonging to
Mr. Bisohoff, in Sans Sonci street
Charleston, wevo destroyed by ate on the
15-th.
Mr. John Harris, a much
Christian oitizen of Union
last 8nnday, in the seveaiy
of his age.
The New York Times says "mtVr
JSaton, of Connecticut, was wound up in
11860 to ran for twenty years. He is run.
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