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By WIUIAB H, BEBNABD. '
WILMT2JQ TO N't IT. ft
Moin)A.T "EvBNnro, Apbii, 20, 1885.
EVENING EDITION.
ENGLAND'S DELAY.
The hesitancy of England under
The
Morning
C the circumstances is very extraordl-
:nary. That it should ' allow Russja
- to carry out its plans unopposed
. Afghanistan is very singular. The
' -Russian General KomaroS captures
'en jdehp kills six or eight hundred
of England's allies, then takes pos
session and sets up a provisional go
vernment. If this is not a warlike
measure on the part of Russia then
it is bard to understand what would,
- be a casus belli. It would look to
outsiders that Russia's course" was
'sufficient in itself to break off all ne
gotiations and that the sword would
be the only arbitrament. . . . . :
But England forbearsV defers, con
siders,' consults, ""debates and pre
pares. She ia not anxious for war
and for a very good reason. Ireland
is a perpetual f menace. We have
not the slightest doubt that Eng
land's course would be very different
from what it is if Ireland was a towr,
of strength rather than a source f
danger. England has so misgov
erned" Ireland that it knows that it
will revolt ' against her authority
whenever occasion offers. The visit
: rr mi. i
of the Prince of Wales throws a flood
of light upon the temper and feelings
of the Irish people and England sees
' near her shores a. people' numbering
.some five millions who are ready " to
' reyp4tatl any:r moment. Thiavfaet
, stares England t in the Vface,1 , TbeW
she is.; not perfectly confident that
. 1 India ;waiTemaiit true; She fCaiindt
- ' Simplicity trust her ally, the Ameer,
whose loyalty has been purchased by
gold. - Then she has the Egyptian
,c and Soudanese troubles on her hands..
- Then if"ar comes-the Suez Canal
may be destroyed. So she swallows
: in.8ult8 and considers long before
- taking a final step that may plunge
V her into a great and most disastrous
England has some how lost pres
tige within the last forty years as a
v great Power. Her voice in Euro
pean affairs is by no means as potent
;' as it was. . Germany, under Bismarck,
has; become the great factor, and
-v 'Russia, ever stretching out her amis
and ' grasping here and has
' steadily, grown in power and influ
.enc& ut although England has
a epreciatea m her- influence she is
still agreat force and if ?put to her
, - - v , , : . . ,
meiai wui ao splendid lighting by
land and sea It is far hPt.tr tht
England should control in India, tlin
Russia.:-She is the most highly civ
ilisl i sndlhe'most Protestant of na
z except ' our own United States.
. " --w" - jmmw
a is far ahead of Bussia in all that
makes a great,noble,enlightened peo-
,j x ne rtew, xork Times savsf P
XOOll&n SI thA fnrnlrrr. .II n -
I 00 aas done to ewn
fluctuation of v.nK . every
"7 ; '-kW yonu doubt to the
interest xA mankind that she, rather than
Russia should bear sw8y over the. countries
which are so obviously destined to become
either Enelish U Russian. Afeutence
which' thecable Wtes f rom tteW lenna
TnmMat nima nri th fiitUtttion : "The last
days of Englaf poetwxwild be.als9the
last days or European liDerty.'
cVra'inth'elfOSsefwIid
"I merely -tendered my -resignation for
re-election or for theelecuon of a successor
as a matter of courtesy to thaJboard and as
a matter of justice to my sense of propria-"
ty.v Therefore the vacancy in the pfflce,
ftiventid as 'Pish Commissioner's, occurs
,through my discharge by the Board of
ncuitnre, ana not py my .wiiuurawai. . , t
THE IBUB DOCTBIRE. '
Geli,vl H, Hill Xhastnever been
noted, for,prudence or reserve in. ex
pressing 'his opinions. : He ' has a
manly way of. Baying what he thinks
and of leaving consequences to take
care of themselves. In his recent
letter he-gave expression to -a. -sentiment
that .has drawn upon himL no
little censure from papers of a cer
tain classi" What is the extent of
his offending? He proposed? to re
main true all his life to. the principles
of local self-government that Is
State Rights and yet he admitted
thatsecession had been finally settled
by the war. . In fact Gen. Hill his
taken the; precise grottnd helcT w
tie Senate by BenyHiU, Lamar,
Vance and other Southern men. He
stands jnst where every true" South-
erner aqa uemocrat; in me otana
stands. He believes in the- great
fundamental principles for which the
South fought, but eliminating the
Constitutional right of secession, as
t,a nTinAirjle had been settled ad- I
tnat principle naa eeu eeuaeu u I
versely ana rorever oy iue reun ui
trio war
the war.
If there is a single .member from
the Sonth in the Congress, in Senate
or House, who cannot squarely take
the stand occupied by Gen. Hill,
then he is not fit to represent the true
people of the South who steadfastly
believe in the sovereignty of the
States, in local self-government, in a
government of the people and for the
people and by the people, and are op
posed to the centralization that is so
much in favor in the North. The-
'Petersburg Index-Appeal thus sim-
plifies the Wtafemeirt5 of Gen. Hill
and correctly, as we believe. It sayst
iVween those who hold to the two
ideas of government which, ;for the want of
exaet terms-maybe called the paternal -and
the confederate; there always has been and
probably always will be an active contest.
Those who see a necessity for a strong cen
tral government, and who construe the con
stitution always in the interest of such a
government, " will hold to their views and
seek to advance them. Those who,' on the
other hind, believe that the best defence of
the rights of individual citizens, and the best
security for the Federal Government itself,
are found in the recognition and mainten
ance of the dignity and authority of the
States, and who would have every doubtful
clause or phrase of the constitution so con
strued as to uphold such authority and dig
nity will-be equally earnest in their efforts
to gain and keep controJL". . 4 "
WHEAT AND TRADE,
There is no doubt that the wheat
crop of the United States will be
much less in 1885 than in 1884. It is
estimated that the falling off . will
amount to one hundred million bush
els j p This was the outlook in March.
In "North CarolinaHhere is improve
ment. The promise now is that the
croo will be much laisrer than it was
I u
. - . r. ., . .
suppose the same thing may be said
of other States. It is believed that by
the middle of May tbe promise will
be greater in all the Slates. In April,
1883, the reports showed the wheat,
crop at 80 jer fjent. The reports o
the Agricultural" Department shov
the estimate to 1 be 77 per, icent.
for "April a falling ' off of three
dents. There is , one thing to be
noted; the crop reports for June in
no year has been better than those
f or April. This the 'record shows.
If the rule should hold good for this
year then the crop must be very
short as the April report is 77, where
as for 1884 itwas 96. In 1884 the
Juno repprt was but 93. In 1883 it
J I iw n wwv. ;fl nr lomrer .JTish. ltn. have had-scarcely any ectThe ex.-.J i x riAnl JK
Tite 1 c;ommiS8loner sXie.mJiuttMc"" 1 lgg '70 were larzestnv onfianaTa t iunj, lauuer earau r.fj- a
oka. l . . i ff? r : i uuru ui nurat auu uuui ..vu. a . , , a i 011
1 intniTitand faithful 'officer. In a quarter million bushels than TOeywer ft da" I 'In glorious, free America neagea in -
I : o --,h, , i v-. i rinr the war year of 187(K7Jl;2Tae 4P WMefieeai tariff laws MdJoswneA
was 80 for April and 75 for June, dishonesty. The fact is the Vir
The rule may not hold good for this ginian" writes a good deal of crude
year, it is very uncertain what will
I be the ruling price of wheat.
What effect will the war have up-
on American trade ?' ; It is thought
in the North that it will have a very
great influence, but the New York
Mnanciat f Chronicle of the. 18th
a
takes a more conservative view. It
says:': It.v" :T'. ''. ': V
I be quite easy to overestimate the effect upon
American trade or a. war involving two
. such countries as Great Britain and Russia.
I We are aware that that is not the popular
Itnsfiret of all recognize
t. n sm- i rnur ir asm tiaaa em t
the! act that it can have no direct influence
upon domestic trade, that is to eay upon
home consumption; except as it may raise
or depress the home price of commodities in
consequence of a heavier or lighter export
movement of American : merchandise. All
the results of war. so far as we are con-
cerned, will spring from its Influence upon
tne ioreigQ.iraae,.A.aoptingi tnen, tne
nriflftlTMll thnt art irtrroata f .that trarta will
principal that an increase of that trade will
ne Denincial, the only question to be deci
ded is, wheUier or not war will result in
- The Chroniule then refers : to the
Franco-German war- of 1870-1 and
t,o "RriQaA-Tni-ViBli war fif 1877. It I
.: . ' '.' s r 1
!8Tf T: 7;7ZL
goia waSaohed , in : A87a
after: War was declared. It says: A
but the excitement was soon over. - upuu i
the grain and provision trade tne war seems j
rinr the war vear of lWyil 'IM export,
atiqn of corn was proportional wiyucre asea
very much, but the trade-in that cereal was
only begun at that date and the aggregate
nf ho loo nrnnrtotinn wa nnt imnortant.
Taking all cereals together, the increased -J
export was only seven million bushels, with
an average puce per ousnei oi io cenia ices
than in. the nrevious year. '' In bacon and
hams and lard the increase was also com
paratively large, but this was not even
chiefly due to war." ... ; ' ' ' '
In 1877 the Stock market was
slightly affected. The following will
'show how prioes fluctuated under the
promise and actual declaration of
war. The Chronicle aaye:
"At the end of the month before' war
was declared,' on March 80th, 1877, No. 2
flour was quoted at $4.60 to $5.15; No. 3
spring wheat at $1.5 to $1.42; and West
ern mixed corn at 54 to 57 cental War was
declared April 24th. On April 27th flour
stood at $6.40 to $7.15; wheat at $1.70 to
$1.77: and corn at 68 to 71 cents. A month
later flour was at $4.00 to $5.00; wheat at
$1.50 to $1.60; and corn at 54 to ss cents.
Thus wheat was the nly one of the three
articles which retained any of the advance,
and that was due to the short crop of 1876
more than to the war. And by the end of
the vear. with a better wheat crop in 1877,
flour was down to $3.00 to $4.15; wheat
$1.27 tO-ljO; and corn 53 to 65 cents." : l
These figures are very suggestive,
eBpeciaily-TO there is a prevailingno-
tioptha if Jfingland declares war
against tlussia that' there will be , in j
immense boost given to breadstuff s,
&c. The Chronicle says Russia's
breadstuffs will not be closed up as it
.si i
can easily be transported oy ran
. ... , German The
- . ... e .
following is the summing up of the
Chronicle's views upon the situation:
"For these considerations it appears to us
plain that while war would cause something
of an increase in the demand for American
food products 'more, however, for provi
sions than for grain the difference could
not be sufficiently great to justify any ex
cessive hopes. The effect upon our manu
factures would be still smaller, iimglana
can spare an army and still have an ample I
supply of workmen to operate her mills,
factories and workshops. There is nothing
of the class of manufactures which she will
need which she cannot herself supply, nor,
if she lacked anything, would Amercia
be the source to which she would look
for it. As for Russia, she might possibly
give our gun factories some orders, but
arms are contraband of war. And in cer
tain remote contingencies there are some
articles which Kusaia would purchase tn
the United States. But manifestly such
inconsiderable favors ia the way of custom
are no basis for any revival of business.
"Taking a long view of the matter, it
cannot be for our advantage that a great
war should occur. War ia loss, and the
loss must be made up after peace is declared.
The cost to England, which is our best
customer, would be felt in increased taxa
tion and consequently diminished power of
consumption."
The civilization of the Central
American States is not of a very ad
vanced type. The accounts of tbe
burning of Aspin wall show to what
degree of brutality and recklessness I was so great that he wrote and pub
a oeoDle can be carried- when not lhed, here in New York, a pamphlet
governed by reason and animated by
high purposes and aspirations. The
act of one Prestan, aided and abetted
by a gang of cutthroats, ; is -very
shocking, for they destroyed Aspin
wall and perpetrated other barbari
ties. Bat what they did was abso
lutely mild and Christian-like when
compared with the conduct of the
officers of the Columbian Govern
ment. They are reported to have
taken one hundred of the rebels out
to sea on a steamer and drowned
them. This is a deed only worthy
of the dark' ages. It reads like a
chapter torn from some mediaeval
kingdom where atrocities of the most
infernal chaiaoter were perpetrated
by the sanction of Governments.
The civilized, governments ought to
protest against such a vile outrage.
' A writer in the New York Times,
signing himself "A Virginian," enters
I the list on the negro question and in-
I dorses Mr. Cable's position to a cer-
tain extent. He says after an ab
sence from Virginia of ten years he
returned and has been living in that
State for six years. ;He is firmly
convinced that the negroes are much
slandered in the general charge of
nonsense in quite a classical, finished
.1 style and shows as dense an igno-
I ranee of negro character as if he had
been bom in New Zealand and lived
all his days in New England.
CURRENT COMMENT.
In a recent issue the Press
published on its first page a letter
from- its London correspondent,
which showed that the average
English agricultural laborers can
earn but $2.40 per week. The Press
thereupon with much energy of type
asks how a family, can be supported
on such "starvation wages in free
trade England." " On the Second
page -of the same issue of the Press
appears a dispatch from Bethlehem.
11 I T V a
wnien says: -miners , m tne
I iron mines - of -Lehigh and Berks
counties nave not made above ninety
I -. .t.
mvuim a oav: at me DesL uunn or tne
past year, and have not worked more
than half , of the time. A steadt.
trustworthy man declares ' that, his'
total earnings in 1884 were but $80,
and on that amount he and.1 bis ivife
lived. -Jtiis. borne is a miserable nov-
el and his food was of the cheapest."
:According to thia- steaay truslwor
week. H TM thu5k-and.thih eader
uuuuuue; in xa Denigniea-niugiau
oppressed by ; class - conditions ana
hvtbenftfiftftnt tariff
b the paternal care, of the.. Govern-
. ;i. i an iAnn
skilled, workman m an lndos
trv that is made the esnecial pet or
Protection earns $1.54 a week!. A (3)
Theref ore, ; greaU is Protection, c and
the Press is its logical advocate.
Phil Jiecorcty Xem. r, . , ; '.t
The . request f made ; by the
Commissioner of .. Pensions to Hiss
Ada C. Sweet. Pension Aarent at
Chicago, for herJresignation, coupled
as it ia with an expression of entite.
satisfaetiori Witli'-W manao-ement of
.8ara?un- W1W "er managemeuv yi
the office, , savors strongly of the
spoils system, and appears to be in
contravention to1 -President Clevie-
land's letter to the Civil Service Re
form League. rNeio York Evening
Post j Mugwump.1 - -! j ;,
If ' the r circumstances under
which the resignation of Pension;
Agent Ada O. Sweet, of Chicago, is
asked for by Commissioner Black are
correctly stated, we hope she will fol
low Sumner's advice to Stanton, and
"stick." The place is wanted fdr
somebody else. This is not reform.
General Black's most efficient and
faithful predecssor in office, Commis
sioner Bentley, was removed by
President . ..Garfield for the same
reason, and with the, same personal
and official i assurance. -Z?o.9on
Herald, Mugwump.
MORRIS ISLAND,
Some
ot the Commands thai
Took
Pari-la Its Defense.
Savannah News.
Col. R. C. Gilchrist, of Charleston,
S, C, is preparing and account of the
defense of Morris Island for publica
tion in the "Year Book" of the city
of Charleston for 1884. He desires to
make a record of all commands who
participated in that memorable de
fense! It is particularly desired to
make the record as complete aa possi
ble, to have the names of regimental,
battalion and company commanders
in the list below, and the names
of any commands omitted. Col. Gil
christ will be glad to receive any fur
ther information.
Infantry 8th Regiment North
Carolina volunteers, CoL ; 3l6t
Regiment North CarolinaVolnnteers,
Col. ; 51st Regiment North Caro
lina Volunteers, Col. - ; 61st Regi
ment North Carolina Volunteers,
Col. ., ;
MR. BAYARD STILT. BLUN
DERINO N. Y. Evening Post.
The appointment of Mr. James M.
Morgan as Consul General at Mel
bourne must not be ascribed to the
influence of tbe Mugwumps, although
the appointee was an active partisan
of Mr. Blaine down to the day of the
Presidential -election. His admira
tion- for Mr. Blaine's foreign policy
of considerable bulk, advocating
Blaine's election on the ground that
it would be a guarantee of protec
tion to American citizens abroad.
Mr. Bayard ought to ask Mr. Morgan
for a copy of that pamphlet before
making out his, commission, unless
perchance the appointment was made
upon grounds of special fitness fir
consular duties, overruling all party
considerations.
Power .of the Press. :
"Oh 1 I think it must be nice to be
connected with a newspaper," said
Miss McFlynm to young Quilldriver,
as they sat together one evening.
"YeB, it is so," he replied; "but
why do you think it is$"
. "Why, it has so many advantages.
I should think 4you would glory in
the freedom, the power, the liberty,
and all the privileges of the press."
. "Uertainly 1 do. . It's a pity, with
all your enthusiasm on the subject,
that you are not a journalist." ,
"I think so, too; but you know it
is hard for a woman to get recogni
tion. I should be delighted to feel
that the press embraced me."
"Oh! you would, would you
Great Soott! wait till I turn down
the gas." .
Grant's Doctor Getting Well.
New York Sun.
'Ho w are things to-day? " whis
pered a young man to a friend who
had just come from General Grant's
hall door, where he had been speak
ing to the servant.
. "Better," replied the friend, in the
same cautious tone. "Douglas has
eaten his breakfast with some relish,.
and Dr. Shrady is resting comforta-
bly."
the first speaker.
"Grant!" was the answer. "Oh, I
didn't ask about him. I was merely
anxious to asoertain how the doctors
were getting along."
Lincoln's Reqaeat forla New Pass.
The Mechanical Engineer of New
Fork publishes the following letter
from Abraham Lincoln to a railway,
superintendent requesting tbe renew
al of a free prass:
Spedtgfibld, Feb. 13, 1856.
M. B. Blank, Esq.:
Dsab Sib: Says Tom to John,
'Here's yonr old rotten wheelbarrow.
I've broken it, usen on it, I wish
yon would mend it, case I shall want
to borrow it this tarternoon., :
Acting on. this as a 'precedent, I.
say, ''Here's your 'old chalked hat,' I
I wish von would tata if. nA 'oa
t w ' - ' " iaii itoouu tun
a new one, case I shall want to, nse it
on the first of March.": .Yours truly.
A. LlNCOUT.
, FROM AI PARTS OF THE W0BID
tr.-.
Tle Rasslans continue Tueir war
reparatlonsThe Breacn Wldenlns
-Between"Eneland and Bnssls, and
lie indications Asaln Htore Warlllte
The IrlBhNatlonallsts Prepanus
Tor ar Deaaaaetralloa t. Londonderry
Decline In .English and llnsslan
c,enrltte,-,.K5t;fri-':3yrt-u- "'pj-k - -
xi fcjsr fBv Cable to the Morflins: Star.l . :
-; St." PBTEnsBtmopApril 19 -The arm-
' int of men-of-war at XJronstadt continues.
Orders were issued to day to have all put
Advices from Bamaracand state that Gen.
KomarofTs victory over the Afghans has
favorably impressed ithe inhabitants ; f
Bokhara.
Lonboh, April 20. A continuous inter-
chance of .dispatches; has been kept up
since Saturday between Earl Granville,
Secretary of State for foreign: Affairs,; and
. tmu Vtrn Minister;
The r indications : are aeain more warlike.
The breach between Russia and England is
widening, anaVthe possibility , of aa ami
cable settlement is considered more remote
than at any time, during the past few days
It is considered significant that all of the
members - of . the i Cabinet remained ia
London over Sanday. . ..
Londouderby, April 20. There is great
excitement in this city over the posting of
Discards bv nationalists, announcing a
counter-demonstration against any expres
sion of loyalty and welcome that may be
made durinsr the "visit of the Prince and
Princess of Wales:
' London, April 20, 11.80 A. M. Consols
Opened this morning at vo for both money
and account.' The closing price Saturday
was 96 13 -16. . Rassian securities are also
lower this morning, opening at 88 while
the closing price on Saturday was 89.
WASHINGTON.
Gold and Stiver Production for the
Year 1884 Resignation of a Beve-
, nne Collector The Sapreme Court
Decide In Favor of the Bondholders
In the Virginia Coupon, Cases.
(Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, April 20. Mr. Burchard, ,1
Director of the Mint, in his special annual re
port on the production of gold and silver in
the United Btates,ror the calendar year 1884,
estimates the production of the country to
have been gold, $30,800,000; 6ilver, com
puted at the silver dollar coming rate, $48,-
800,000: total, $79,600,000. This shows an
Increase over the vield of the previous year
of about $800,000 gold, and $3,400,000
silver.
The President has received the resigna
tion' of P. D. Barker, as Collector of Inter-
Revenue for the District of Alabama,
to take effect on the appointment and quali
fication of his successor. Mr. Barker re
signs to go into private business.
The Supreme Court of the United States
rendered a decision to day iu the Virginia
Cotrpon Tax cases, which was in favor of
the bondholders and against the State on all
tne material points.
TEXAS.
A Water-Spout on the Bio Grande
The River Swollen Twelve Feet In
a Few Hoars.
tbv Telegraph to the Morning Kt&r.
Galveston, April 20. A special to the
Jyews, trom .Laredo, says: ''Yesterday morn
ing a wave eight feet high came rushing
down the Kio (irande witn temnc force.
carrying away a portion of the Mexican
National Railroad bridge. In a few hours
the water in the river rose twelve feet and
then rapidly subsided. The high water re
sulted from a great water spout, which fell
some miles above the city. The large quan
tity of drift in the river indicates that there
has been great destruction to ranch proper
ty above.
VIRGINIA.
A Bigamist Arreated In Peterabnrs A
Tonne Girl Basely Betrayed.
IBy Teleirraph to the Mornlns Star.
Pktersbtjkg, April 19. Miss Sarah
Kirby, a highly respected young lady, was
married Friday to James C. Powell, a book j
agent, mucn against tne wishes or her
friends. Last night Powell was arrested
for bigamy- information having been re
ceived that ne had another wife in Nelson
county. The young lady's brother be
friended Powell while he was under arrest
for "Belling books without a license, and this
led to bis acquantance with the family.
The affair creates much interest, and great
sympathy is felt lor the betrayed girl.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Corner-stone of a New metnodlst
Chnrcn Laid at Weldon Imposlns
Veremonlea.
By Telefrraph to tae Xoinlnsr Star.l
jt etersbubg. April i. Tne corner
stone of the new Methodist Church, at
Weldon, N. C, was to-day laid with im-
poang ceremonies by Masonic Lodges from
this State and North Carolina. A number
of prominent ministers of both States were
present, and the ceremonies were witnessed
by an immense crowd of persons who came
from the surrounding country and on ex
cursion trains from Richmond, Portsmouth,
Norfolk, Kaleigh and Wilmington. The
sermon was preached by Bishop Turner, of
ueorgia.
GEN. GRANT.
His Condition Still Improving A
Drive Contemplated tnla Afternoon.
. IBy Telegraph to the Horning Star.
New Yokk. Anril 20.--No incident
interrupted the quiet of General Grant's
household last night. The light was turned
very low in the sick room. The nurse and
the General's son Fred were with him, but
their patient rested and slept through the
night until 6.15 this morning. The family
Blept all night, as did Dr. Douglas, who
remained in the house. The doctor left
about 9 a.m. He will return at 2 o'clock.
when it is believed the General will go to
unve.
FINANCIAL.
New York Stock market Prices Ir
regular.
By Telegraph to the Morning. Star.J
New YoBK.'Iflall Street. ADril 20. 11 A.
M. The stock market continues to show
a very strong undertone. Prices at the
opening this .morning were irregular as
compared with the final Quotations of Sat
urday, Union Pacific, Pacific Mail, Cen
tral Pacific and St. Paul showing gains of
iOt, wniie other stocks were unchanged
or to i per cent, lower, with Delaware ft
nuuson down t, on only ; moderate busi
ness. During the first hourprices through
out the whole list developed considerable
strength, except for St PauL . which wan
weak on large sales, selhmr down tn 704..
The only rctive stocks have , been North
west, SL ; Paul, Lackawanna, Pacific Mail
and union Facific. The advances for. the
first hour ranged from to f per cent. At
11 o'clock the market ia nniet tmA at at
11 o'clock the market is quiet and steady at
ITia ailvonnM m a At .. fPfA Ia.!.. .
easy all around.
wu.T.uvrua uu luauiUK nUW aiB
All the leading clubs and hotels of ' this
country) and - throughout ; EuronG iiv
adopted the Richmond Straight Cut Cigar-
WlitM I KflTON MARK KT
$t AR OOTCE. :; April 20, 4 P. M,
SPJITS TURPENTINE The market
was suotea nrm at aa cents per gallon.
with ales reported of 150 casks at that
. . i - .. .
pnceJ - -. - -.. .
ROSIN The market- was quoted firm
at " 90c for Strained and ' 92c for Q ood
'StratyedVUh
TAR The market was quoted firm at
l-l(jper bbl. of 280 lbs, with sales at quo
tations. " ' - . ; .;. -
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Market steady,
withi sales reported at 1 10 for Hard and
$1 53 for Virgin and Yellow Dip.
COTTON The market was' quoted
steady, with small sales reported on a' basis
of lOf cents per B for Middlings The
following were the official quotations:
Ordinary. ............. 81 cents Hit lb.
Good Ordinary. 9 " "
Low Middling. ........ 10 1-16 ? "
Middling... .,.10 .- " "
Good Middling ...,19-16 -
PEANUTS Market' quiet and steady,
with sales reported at ' 4550 cents for
Extra Prime, 5560 cents for Fancy, and
7075 cents for Extra Fancy.
RICE Market steady and unchanged.
We quote: Rough:- Upland $1 00
1 lOr Tidewater $1 -15ai 80.-;'Ckah:
Common 4i4i cents;" Fair 45i 'cents;
Good 55ft cents; Prime 516 cents;
Choice 66J cents per fl.
TIM BER-Market steady. Prime and Ex
tra Shipping, first class heart, $9 0010 00
per M. feet; Extra Mill, good heart, $6 50
8 00; Mill Prime, $6 006 50; Good
.Common Mill, f4 005 CO; Inferior to Or
dinary, $3 004 00.
RECEIPTS.
Cotton
3 bales
44 casks
953 bbls
Spirits Turpentine.
Kosin.
Tar.
Crude Turpentine. .
261
92
hbls
bbls
OO.TIES riC MARKETS
By Teleeraph to the Morning Star.
JPtnaneiaL
New York, April 20, Noon. Money
active, steady and easy at 1 per cent. Ster
ling exchange-485f and 487$. State bonds
quiet. Governments quiet.
Commercial.
Cotton easy, with sales to-day of 105
bales ; middling uplands 11c; middling Or
leans llic. Futures dull, with sales to-day
at the following quotations: April 10.92c;
May 11.05c; June 11.11c; July 11.17c; Au
gust 10.90c; September 10.48c. Flour firm.
Wheat nigher. Corn higher. Pork firm.
at $13 0013 25. Lard firm at $7 30.
Spirits turpentine firm at 31 Jc Rosin firm
at $1 081 10. Freights steady.
Baltimore, April 20. Flour quiet and
firm; Howard street and western super
$3 2o5 62 ; extra $3 874 25 ; family $4 25
5 25; city mills super $3 253 50; extra
$3 754 00; Rio brands $5 00. Wheat-
southern firm; western advanced and partly
reacted; southern red $1031 05; do am
ber $1 081 10; No. 1 Maryland fl 03
(ml 04; No. 2 western winter red on snot
9697c. Corn southern firmer; western
dull but lc higher; southern white 5650c;
do yellow 5455c.
POBS1GN MAEKETS.
By Cable to the Morulas Star.
Liverpool, April 20, Noon. Cotton
steady with fair demand; middling uplands
6d; middling Orleans 6 1-1 6d; sales to
day of 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for
speculation and export; "receipts -bales.
Futures dull. Uplands, 1 m c. April ana
May delivery 5 62-645 61-64d; May And
June delivery 5 63-64d; June and Jury de
livery 6 8-646 2-64d; August and Sep
tember delivery 6 10-64d; September and
uctooer delivery e &-o4d. t i j .
"renders for deliveries 700 bales new
docket: bales old docket. ' - - I
4 P. M. Uplands, lmc, April delivery
5 58-64d, sellers option ; April and May de
livery 5 58-64d, sellers option; May and
June delivery 5 59-4J4d, Boilers' option:
June and July delivery 5 6SV64d, sellers'
option; July and August delivery 6 3-64d,
sellers' option; August and September de
livery o 7-o4d. seiierr option: September
and October delivery 6 8-64d. sellers' oo-
'tion; October and 'November delivery .6
58-4d, sellers' option ; November and De
cember delivery 5 54-64d. sellers' option.
Futures closed flat a decline.
Sales of cotton to-day include 6.100 baies
American.
New XorK naval Stores market.
N. Y. Journal of Commerce, April 18.
Spirits Turpentine The market is strone.
with little change in prices:' merchantable
order quoted at 31c; sales of 100 bbls April
at 3lc; 100 bbls July at 30c, and 100 bbls
August at 30c Rosins are in light de
mand, with prices unchanged The fol
lowing are the quotations: Strained
at $1 06; good strained ' at $1 10;
No. 2 JB at fl 221; No. 2' F at $1 30;
No. 1 G at $1 45; No. 1 H at $1 70;
food No. 1 1 at $2 25; low pale K at f 2 75;
'ale M at $3 40; extra pale N at $4;
window glass W at $4 50. Tar is quoted
at $2 002 25 for Wilmington; pitch is
quoted at $1 701 90.
savaimaJb. Rlee market.
Savannah News, April 19.
The market was quiet, prices continuing
steady and unchanged. The demand is
slow. The sales for the day were 90 barrels.
Below are the official quotations of the
Board of Trade: Fair 55ic; Good 5f
oic; mme ofooc.
Rough nee Country lots 95c $1 00:tide
water $1 101 35.
Why Snake f
"Simply because I have chills and fever.
says the shaker. But why have chills and
fever? "Because malaria got ahead of
me. JNow neighbor.remember that Brown's
Iron Bitters gets ahead of malaria and
malarial fevers. The Rev. Mr. Reilly, of
Fayetteville, Ark., says, "I used Brown's
Iron Bitters for indigestion and chills, with
entire satisfaction." It is the best tonic
and enricher of the blood known. f
A Card. To all who are suffering from
errors and indiscretions of youth, nervous
weakness, early decay, loss of manhood,
&c, I will send a recipe that will cure you
yBEE ot charge. This great remedy was
discovered oy a missionary in South Amer
ica. Send self -addressed envelope to Ret
Joseph T. Inmak. Station D. New York.
Vegetable and Fruit
CRATES,
IN SHOOKS & READY-MADE.
I Oub C723 ASB Hass with JumPKH
or ma j nram wna
I " . " A uiu r iiib n... uv. if i v i II ir .rrHnnn nun
lightness and preventing splitting.
Avoid delay In shipment, and get first prices
by making contracts ahead. ' ;; . ; ' r
.. apl2tf PARSLEY & WIGGINS.
e rv76rdso Warning
: it you are simply ailing or e cher;
. wltbont clearly kn0W
Hop Bitten
will surely cura yea
If you are a minister, and
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If yon are eostive, or dyspeptic o-
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TO je wasUn away with any form
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-.ria,jlp1uBiuic, unions and imp,
mittent Feyersby the use of Hop Utx,ts
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"Oh, how I do wish my skin was as rV ,
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"How?" Inquired the first lady Ue hm--
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mach Bitters.whieh
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lve performance of
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acquires tone thro'
theiDfluenceothis
benign medicine
tee nerves grow
stronger and more
tranqui!,headaches
cease, and that
nameless anxiety,
which is a peculiar
ity of the dyspeptic
eives way to cheer
fulness. To estab
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