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Tuesday Morning, Sept. 1, 1891 THE TARIFF AND TRANSPORTA TION". -One of the complaints that the farmers of the country make is that the railroad rates of transportation are too high and hence one of the demands in the Ocala platform is that the Government shall have su pervision of the railroads, and if it should by such supervision fail to remedy the evil complained of that it shall own and run the railroads, and charge only such rates as will defray the expense of operating the roads and keeping in repair. Ui course the men who suggest such an utterly impracticable scheme as this never took into consideration what it would cost or how it was to be done, or in the event new rail roads were to be built, as they must be to meet the demands of those sec tions where railroad transportation is deficient, how and by whom they . are to be built. If the Government is to own the railroads they must be paid.f or, and this would have to be done by" taxing the people, and if new roads are to be built they would have to be built by the Government, the cost of building to be paid by taxes levied for that purpose. A despotism like Russia may run and build railroads because it can levy such tribute as it sees fit upon its sub jects to pay for them, but Russian methods wouldn't take well in this country, even among those who favor such an impracticable and im possible scheme as this. If the advocates of Government supervision of railroads or Govern ment ownership as a means of securing more equitable rates of transportation were to hunt for the causes of the excessive rates com plained of, they would find that the protective tariff, which they flippant- ly say is not responsible for any of the farmers troubleshas much to do with the cost of transportation, as well as with the cost of the many things the people, but especially the farmers, have to buy. We say the farmers because the heaviest duties are imposed upon the various articles that they mainly , use. As illustra tive of this we make the following extract from the New York Commer cial Bulletin, which shows how the tariff affects prices in a general way ana now it anects the cost of trans--portation, in which the farmer is especially interested. The extract we quote is in reply to an inquiry for information on the bearing the tariff has on the cost of transportation, as follows: I'Tl.. r , . average rare orauiy paia m 1889-'90 upon $507,500,000 of dutiable imports was 44.41 ner cent. This manc that not only was our consumption ot protected foreign products increased in price on the average to that extent, but that also our entire domestic production of like products was similarly inflated ; for on any other supposition how could tne importations have been marketed? it is thus clear that upon many hun- dreds (possibly thousands) of millions worth of - commodities prices in this country averaged 44.41 per cent, higher than in the countries rronv wnicn our imports came. There is, however, a large class of products on which the ef fects of the tantt taii only incidentally. Our cotton and our food products nave their price determined almost entirely by the average prices abroad; and there is a limited range of other articles which can be produced at about the same cost as in other countries. fJaturally.however, these products suffer j sympathetically a certain V: increase of cost of production, - as they i have to "depend uoon the labor, materials and ma chinery or other plants the cost of which has been directly enhanced by the tariff; and, for that reason even these have to be sold at higher prices than would be otherwise necessary, it is impossi ble to work out these equations into exact -arithmetical expression; but it seems to us that, in seeking a mean be tween the ascertained 44 percent, en- hancemant upon dutiable imports and upon the like domestic products on the one hand and the much smaller quan tity of non-protected products upon which the tariff burthens fall less direct ly on the other hand; the rate of 30 per cent, may be accepted as a safe approx imation to the average enhancement ot prices over what they would have been in the absence ot tne j protective poncy. A corresponding inflation in wages must also be reckoned as among these ef fects; for it is one of the benencen equities of natural social law that wages follow prices, and equally that prices fol low wages. In applying this 30 per cent, ratio to the enhancement of the cost of railroad construction . and transportation, we aimed to be largely within the truth, as will appear from the fact that, lor tne years 1870, 1875, 1880 and 1885 the duty on iron rails averaged 40 per cent.; and home made rails must have rangea above foreign prices; approximately in about that ratio. For the period be tween 1863 and 1890, the epoch of high duties the cost of railroad constructed, as it is expressed in the stocks and debts -of the companies, has amounted to 8,- 500 millions; and therefore, taking the enhancement of cost of construction at only 30 per cent., we have during that period incorporated into our railroad .system no less than a.oou millions oi ...... . a virtually fictitious capital, or nearly dou ble the present amount of the National debt, upon which the roads, not being responsible for this artificial increase ot their outlay, demand with some show of right that they mnst be allowed to earn inteiest. Allowing them only 4 per cent, on this compulsory infla tion it follows that the protective policy is now forcing upon the railroads a necessity for exacting from the public for capital account alone. $102,000,000 , per annum more than would Tiave been required in the ab sence of that policy. This item was em braced in the aggregate of $325,000,000 given in our remarks ; of the 15th inst., based on the fact that every item among which the 2,080 millions of current gross earnings is disbursed has been directly or directly subject to the inflating effect of the tariff. We hardly know how to make it plainer to our correspondents than we already have how this artificial increase of the cost of rail transportation "has to be paid out of our products and labor. What else is there but produces and la bor to provide the means of paying for transportation service ? The cost of transportation has to be added to the cost of labor and products, thereby en hancing the price ot both; and so far as there is any artificial augmentation of this element of cost there is clearly so much abnormal embargo upon both our industries and our trade; which must be an obstruction to our competing with nations which are less subject to tariff impediments. j MINOR MENTION. Mr. Harrison has convinced the people of Vermont that he is a great President, that the country is safe in his hands, and that the South needn't look to him for any aid and comfort if she proposes to nullify anything. He did it with the fol lowing anecdote, j related in his speech at Montpelier, which we find in the N. Y. Sun, with some pointed ana pertinent comments, lnis is the anecdote: A statesman of one of the Southern States said to me, with tears in his eyes, shortly after my inauguration: 'Mr. tresiaent, i nope you intend to give the poorpeople of my State a chance.' I said in reply: 'A chance to do what? If you mean, sir, that they shall have a chance to nullify any law, and that I shall wink at the nullification of it, vou ass that which vou oueht not to ask. and that "which I cannot consider. If you meanj;hat obeying every public law and giving to every otKer man his full Tights under the law and the Constitu tion, they shall abide in my respect, and in the security and peace of our institu tions, then they shall have, so far as in my power lies, an equal chance with all our people. If there was any Vermonter present when this anecdote was related who had ever dmihted that Benjamin Harrisoh was a President Luu J.. in that it wouldn t doj to fool with he could doubt no more nor any more have misgivings as to the nerve and calibre of the man who thus bucked up against this lachrymose son of Dixie, who evidently did not antici pate such a response to the tears he shed or he would have sent some one up to feel and report upon the mood ot tnis stern Jf resident before he went into his presence to weep. Of course all this happened, for a gentle man of Mr. Harrisons veracitv would not deliberately compose an anecdote like that and olav off a fictitious weening Southern nnnnH . . ; r o -r an admiring . audience of Vermont- ers, but he should have gratified the curiosity naturally inspired by tell- ino- thm r tu- ing Southerner,whether overwhelmed i 7 . ' by the withering J remarks of the stern man before whom he stood he jumped out of the window and frac tured his neck, or took, to the woods and hasn't been heard from since. Although this man with the blubber so near his eyes is not known and probably never will be except to the confidential friends of Mr. Harrison, it is now. known and a well estab lished fact in the estimation of the admiring Vermonters of the .Repub lican persuasion who drank in this anecdote, that Mr; Harrison , is a great man, a great and a brave that it will 'be per nominate him for a President and fectly safe to second term. The pension disease is taking a pretty strong hold upon this coun try, and it may yet require some he roic treatment to get it under con trol. There are some people who have an idea thaUhe chief business of some of the American people should be to work to earn money to pay taxes, to provide -pensions for other people, native or adopted, colored or plain white. The soldiers pension bill which hasn't reached the limit yet, . will foot up somewhere between $150,000,- . i . 000 and $200,000,000 next year with two or three more bills in soak if ever the Republicans get con trol of Conzress azaui. As this is not enough the distinguished Mr. Vaughan, of Nebraska, proposes to scatter $500,000,000 in pensions to the ex-slaves, in which he has the hearty endorsement of the distinguished Fred Douzlas. late of Hayti. But there is another class of long neg lected people to whom public atten tion is called, who for the eminent services they nave renaerea tne country should also, it is claimed, be pensioned. This is the Government clerk,who for the period of thirty years has sacrificed himself in the service of his country and has doomed himself to live in a Washington boarding house and work for four or five hours a day for a mere pittance of a hundred dollars a month or so, when he could have remained at home if he had been willincr to do so and done twice as much work for half as much money. The friends of these self sacrificing patriots think that after they have worked for thirty-odd years for the Government and spent all they have made in paying for Washington hash and incidentals they should be re tired at two-thirds pay for the bal ance of their mortal career so that they might feel safe from the poor house and also that they had not served an ungrateful country. CURRENT COMMENT. It is thought worthy of parti cular mention that some of Harri son's late speeches brought forth roars of laughter by their humor. bull this only confirms the opinion entertained by many all along that he is a funny President. Philadel phia Record, Ind. - Under the peculiar working of the McKinley tariff, with recipro city attached, it is said that the man who smokes cheap cigars will have to pay more for them or smoke poorer ones, while the man who luxuriates In high priced -Havanas will get his smoke at a reduced rate. Washington Gazette, Dem. Well, so far as the Southern States are concerned and the North ern also for that matter, they do not, we think, ask any favor or friendship from the President. They will attend to their business and he to his until it is time for him to move back to Indiana, when he will go and perhaps stay. Fortunately there is no special harm that he can do the Southern people or he would gladly do it. Norfolk Landmark, Dem. The apprehensions of famine in Germany are increased by the re ports in regard to the potato- crop, which are growing daily more un favorable. Yes, in spite of all its threatened scarcity, the German gov ernment obstinately refuses to miti gate the rigor of its Corn Laws. It is such government policy as this which is filling the ranks of. Social ism in Lrermany. I'hiladetphta Ice- cord, Dem. , i WEATHER CROP BULLETIN For the Week Ending Friday, Aug. 28, 1891. Central Office, Raleigh, N. C The reports of correspondents of the Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin, issued by the North Carolina Expe riment Station and State Weather Service,' for the Week ending Friday, August 58th, 1891, show a decidedly discouraging outlook. Very heavy rains have fallen, especially in the central portion of the State. ! The normal rainfall for; August is 1.52 inches per week; the average for this week is 4.52 inches, fully 3 inches above the normal. The temperature continued slightly above the average untU Friday night, when a rapid fall occurred, the thermometer Saturday corning reading 56 degrees at Ral eign, witn nortneast winds ana ram. These conditions have been decided ly unfavorable to all crops. Cotton is verv weedy and'shedding, and it is iearcu rust win; appear. ious naa just begun to open, while at this time last year picking was in pro gress everywhere, and new bales had been marketed. The present condi tion is 75 per cent, as -compared with 102 per cent, at the same time in 1890; 77 per cent, in 1889, and 81 per cent, in 1888. Corn continues to be excellent, especially in the Western districtThe saving of fodder b interrupted; and a v considerable- amount damaged. Lowland corn in- jured by excessive rains and by the overflow of the Roarloke, river at Weldon. Present condition of. corn 86 as compared with 99 per cent, in 1890: 86 per cent, in 1889, and 89 per cent, in ! 1888. Tfte uniformly; good condition of corn even in unfa vorable years as compared with cot ton' should "serve as a warning to farmers to "place more dependence.on food Crops and less on cotton, wnicn seems always the first to suffer from the effects of bad weather. The con dition of tobacco this year is 84 per cent., as compared with 95 per cent, in 1890; 80 per cent, in 1889, ana bd in 1888. (165 reports received, rep resenting 70 counties.) ' ;' " Eastern District. Several neavy rains reported, injuring cotton, corn and other crops. Cotton was begin ning to open slowly; it is now shed ding considerably. The temperature was slightly above the average. oa- aer greatly aamagea, ana saving in terrupted. Rice crop excellent and cutting will begin with dry weather. The Roanoke River at Weldon rose seven feet -above the danger line, flooding lowlands and probably do ing considerable damage. Fortu nately it has already fallen. Second crop of potatoes not doing so well. The following are total rainfalls for the week: Southport, 3.92 inches; Wilmington, 13.90; Weldon, 3.33; Elizabeth City, 3.50; Goldsboro, 4.58; Lumberton, 3.01, and New berne, 4.65. jThe present condition of crops in this district is: Cotton. 72; corn, 80 tobacco, 83. Cotton has fallen 5, corn 4 and fobacco l per cent. (40 reports received, re presenting 22 counties.) Central District. lhe rainfall has been heaviest in this district, es pecially in the southeastern portion, south of Chapel Hill. In many places work I is entirely suspended. Cotton damaged considerably, as well as other crops. Harvesting to bacco in progress. Corn is generally good except on bottom lands. The following total rains were reported : Chapel Hill, 5.86 inches; Oak Ridge, 4.44; Jonesboro, 6.50; Laurinburg, 6.75; Gibson, 6.00; Smithfield, 7.40; Wadesboro, 6.90; Raleigh, 4.36. The present condition of crops in this district : Cotton. 76: corn. 86: to bacco, 81. (60 reports received, rep resenting 27 counties.) western District. The condi tions in this district have not been so unfavorable as in other parts of the State, although the weather has been rainy and cool. Hay-making has been interrupted; cotton has im proved considerably; corn is in ex cellent condition, while tobacco has deteriorated somewhat. Total rains reported as follows: Davidson, 1.89 inches; Asheville, 3.77: Salisbury, 3.31; Dallas, 12.75; Charlotte, 5.12. Present condition of crops in this district: Cotton, 77; corn, 91, tobac co, 87. (65 reports received, repre senting 21 counties). H. B. Battle, Ph. D., Director. C. F. von Herrmann, Weather Bureau, Assistant. AGE OF THE WORLD- Different Scientists Estimate it as from 90.000,000 to 500,000,000 Tears. Assuming thaC the average rate of denudation in past geopraphical ages did not materially differ from ' what it is at present, and that the total quantity of stratified roik would if uniformly spread over the whole globe, form a layer 1,000 feet in thickness, we have a total period of 1,000 multiplied by 6,000 multiplied by four, or 24,000,000 .years. This, however, says the Gentleman s Maga zine, only represents the time neces sary to deposit the rocks which have been formed by denudation from old er rocks, and these-again from rocks of still greater antiquity. Assuming that the existing stratified rocks have thus passed through denuda tion and deposition, we have a period of 72,000,000" years. Dr. Haughton, calculating from the observed! thickness of ; the rocks down to the miocene tertiary, and assuming a period of 8,000 years for each foot deposited on the ocean-bed finds for the age of the stratified rocks a period of 1,526,750,000 years. Assuming the rate of denudation, however, as ten times greater in an cient times than at present and add ing one-third for the period since the miocene tertiary he arrives at a final result of 200,000,000 years. Dr. Croll doubts the - validity of Prof. Haughton's assumptions, especially tne total tnicKness he assumes . . . t namely, 117,200 feet, or overthirty- three miles. .A. R. Wallace, adopting Dr. Haughton's thickness, but assuming the sediment to be deposited along a belt of thirty miles wide round the whole coast-line of the globe, finds, with' an assumed denudation of one foot in 3,000; years, a period of 28. 000,000 years. This, however, on Dr. Croll's assumption of reforma tion and denudation, repeated several times, would be merely a fraction of the time required. Dr. Croll fur ther shows that the evidence of re markable "faults" in various parts of the world, with "downthrows rang ing from 3,000 to 20,000 feet, the en ormous amount of solid rock which must have been denuded off the sur face of the earth during the progress of geological history. He estimates that three - miles of rock have been removed since the beginning of the old red sandstone. This would in dicate a period of 45,000,000 years. Assuming that the period before the old red sandstone was equally long we have 90,000,000 years as the "minimum duration of geological time." These enormous periods of time do not, howeyer, seem to satisfy the demands of the biologists and the supporters" of the Darwinian theory. judging -irom uic the whole of the tertiary period has been reduired to convert, the ances tral orohiDDUS into the true horse' Prof. Huxlev believes "that in order to have time for the much gf eater ! change fori the ancestral ungulata into the two great , odd-toed, and even-toed division (of which change "there is no trace,5 even among 'the earliest eocene mammals) we should require a larger portion," if not the whole, of the mesozoic or secondary period," .and still longer periods are demanded for the evolution of other animals "so that, on the lowest esti mate, we must place the origin of the mammalia very far back in palaeozoic times.' Mr. Wallace speaks of pos sible periods of 200.000.000 - and even 500,000,000 of yearsl v '-' NAVAL ARMOR, j Cellulose as a Lining for Armor-Clad Ships A letter from London to the New York World quotes -Mr. Irwin M. Scott, the California ship builder, as endorsing: the merits of cellulose as a lining for armor-clad ships. Cel lulose is made from the husks of the cocoanuts, and has the property of absorbing eight times its weight in water. When a hole is made m it it comes together and closes up the arDarture. Thus a vessel with a cellulose lining inside her armor may be shot through and yet continue on her course without danger of sinking. The experiment was actually made with the Danish gunboat Hecla, which, after having been "treated" with cellulose-, had a ball go through her, making a hole in both sides. She continued on her course for three hours and a half without having taken in an ap preciable quantity of water Cellu lose is manufactured chiefly in the South of France, and Mr. Scott says an American company is to under take its production in Philadelphia with a view to its use in the new ves sels of our navy. PERSONAL. Young J. G. Blame is getting the reputation of beine one of the best dressed men in Washington. Henri Rochefort, who has re cently been interviewed in London, is said to be the jolliest exile in the world. In the year 1819 there were born in this country Tames Russell Lowell. Charles A. Dana, Wait Whit man, Dr. Holland and Julia Ward Howe. That is the birthyear of Queen Victoria also. The little King of Spain does not know his letters yet, and all mental education has been forbidden him. He is so fragile and puny physically that the slightest exertion of the mind fatigues him. Obviously the Houk family is a popular one in Tennessee, where young nouK nas just been elected to Congress oy a majority of 9,000 votes, to succeed his father, the late Leonidas Caesar Houk. Miss Helen Cloak, a full-blood ed Indian of the Blackfoot tribe, has been appointed by Secretary Noble spe cial allotting agent and has begun her work in allotting lands to the Tonka- was, on the Nez Perces reservation. Rudyard Kipling, whose plans of travel seem to be constantly chang ing, is now likely to sail for New Zea land immediately, and it is among the lates possibilities of this trip that he will pay a flying visit to Mr. btevenson at Samoa. The Countess of Caithness, the new high priestess of theosophy, is the exact antithesis of her predecessor, Bla- vatsky. Her figure isislender, her man ners elegant and her tastes refined. She dresses in great taste. Her only resem blance to Blavatsky lies in her fondness tor diamonds. 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Distillers quote the market dull at $1 00 for Hard, and $2 00 for Yellow: Dip and Virgin. COTTON Steady : Ordinary ; . . . 4 cts 18 ft Good Ordinary...... 6 3-16 Low Middling....... 6 15-16 Middling.........;:. 7K Good Middling. . . . . . RECEIPTS. Cotton. ... .. . .... 11 bales 189 casks Spirits Turpentine... Kosin 911 bbls 160 24 bbls bbls Crude Turpentine. . . DOMESTIC MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Stai.) ! financial. 3JEW- York. August 31 Evening. Sterling exchange active but weak at 483K486: Commercial bills 481K 4835. Money easy at 26 per cent., closing offered at 4 per cent. Gov ernment securities dull but strong; tour per cents 118; four and. a half per cents 101M. ' State securities dull but steady; North Carolina sixes 121 4; fours 97; Richmond and West Foint Ter minal 14; Western Union 84. .commercial. New York, August 31. Evening. Cotton steady; sales to-day of 150 bales; also last week, not before reported, of 2,000 for export, 573 for consumption; middling uplands 8c; middling Or leans 8 13-16c; net receipts at all U. S. ports 14,000 bales: exports to Crreat Britain 3,348 bales; exports to France bales; to the Continent 1,376 bales; stock at all United States ports 224,718 bales. cotton wet receipts aza Dales; gross receipts 3,700 bales. Futures closed weak, with : sales to-day of 193.800 bales at quotations: September 8.26 8.27c; October 8.468.47c; November 8.618.62c; December 8.768.77c; Janu ary 8.88c; February 9.009,01c; March 9.1l9.12c; April 9.219.22c; May 9.31 9.32c; June 9.419-42c. July 9.50 9.52c ! Southern flour quiet rquoted as follows: common to fair extra $3 754 50; good to choice do. 24 505 40. Wheat high er, with a fair trade in options; No. 2 red $1 0651 09J at elevator and $1 07 ai 10M afloat; No. 3 red $1 05K1 05; options advanced fully 23J4c with sharp manipulation and attempts to frighten the shorts by all sorts of wild reports; however, the direct influences were higher cables and large clearances via Chicago, the Vienna Congress report as to the shortage of the worlds sup plies; there was also a failure at Chicago on the short side; a slight reaction of c came about closing firm at 2 334c over Saturday; No. 2 red August $1 071 08J4; September $1 09; Oc tober $1 10; December SI 13J4. Corn strong and moderately active; No. 2, 7475c at elevator and 7576c afloat; No. 2 white 74c; options firm at JlKc advance with wheat and a covering of shorts: August 7274Mc: September 69Mc; October 67Wc: December 58c Oats weaker and moderately active; options dull and and lower, closing steady; September and October 3534c; spot No. 2, 3536c; mixed Western 3337c. Hops weak and dull; State, common to choice,1317c; Pacific Coast 1417c. Coffee options opened irreg ular and closed steady and 525 points down; September $15 3515 55; Octo ber 814 4014 55; November S13 55 13 60; spot Rio dull and nominal; . fair cargoes 18Mc; No. 7, 16c Sugar- raw dull but steady; fair refining 3c; cen trifugals, 96 test, 3 7-16c; refined firm and in fair demand; standard A 4 5-16c; confectioners A 4 3-1 6c; cut loaf and crushed 5 Jc; powdered 4c; granulated 4 5-164 7-16. Molasses foreign nomi nal; New Orleans steady and quiet; com' mon to fancy 2832c. Rice quiet and firm; domestic, fair to extra 5J7c; Ja pan 565c. Petroleum quiet and lower; refined at New York . S6406 55; Philadelphia and Baltimore $6 35 6 50; in bulk $4 004 05. Cotton seed oil dull; crude, off grade, - 2730c; yellow, off grade 32 36c. Rosin firm and quiet; strained, common to good, $1 35 1 40. Spirits turpentine firm and dull at 8637Xc. Wool quiet and steady; domestic fleece 3037c Pork dull but steady; new mess $11 50 12 00. Pea nuts quiet; fancy hand-picked 44c; farmers' 233. Beef dull but steady; extra mess $9 5010 09; beef hams dull at $15 0016 00; tierced beef quiet and steady; city extra India mess $19 50 21 uo. Cut meats firm and quiet: shoul ders $6 256 50; middles quiet and firm; short clear, September $7 37 Juara steady and quiet; Western steam $7 00; city $6 50; options, September $6 90 bid; October $7 00 bid. Freights nrm and quiet; cotton, per steamer, 34 0-6'za; grain 4d. I Chicago, Aug. 31. cash quotations were, as follows: Flour quiet and un-. cnangea. w neat No. 2 spring $1 0234 1. ua; jno. ared $1 03M1 03. Corn- No. 2, 632c. : Oats No. 2, 285c No. 2 white 3031c.E3Mess pork, per bbl. 2 WJJJIMPA I .''-r. 9uco -u Dry salted shoulders 6 20a6 25: short clear sides $725750. Whiskey $1 18. The leading futures raneed as follows opening, highest and closing: Wheat No. 2, August ftl 00. 1 03 if. 1 03: Sen- tember 9999, $1 02, 1-.01&; December V W1 01 M. 1 OiM, 1 04. Corn- No. 2 August! 63. 64(a64Uc: Sen- tember 62&62i.: 649. 64c: October 58M. 58Mc OatsNo. 2. Au gust 28, 28. 28c; September 2SK. 29. 28c: October 2814. 294. 29c -Mess pork, per bbl Sentember SllO 00. iu iu, iu 05; October $10 17J. 10 27K. 10 2214; January S12 77.. 12 90. 12 85. J-ard, per 100 ffis September $6 57J, o uctooer S 7U, 6.70. 6 70; lanuary $6 97J 7 00,7 00. Short rids, per 100 lbs September $6 65, 6 70, 6 70; October $6 77&. 6 85, 6 85; January $o 77$, 0 85. 6 85: COTTON MARKETS. , By Telegraph to the Meraiac Star. August 31. Galveston, firm at - 8c net receipts 5,261 bales; Norfolk, firm at yz c net receipts 189 bales,7 new; Bal timore, nominal at 8c net reeeints bales; Boston, quiet and firmer at 8jkc net receipts 192 bales: Philadelnhia. firm at 8c net receipts 116 bales; Sa vannah, firm at 7c net receipts 1,700 bales. 1,525 . new; ,New Orleans, oner, steadier and closed quieter at 8c receipts 5,120 bales, 389 new; Mobil Jfirl at 7 3-1 npt , nvninta tan "III new; MemphisV ta7! ceipts 89 bales; Augusta, steady 14 new; Charleston, firm at 7 11 ilr net receipts 284 bales. oc RlT.TTUflBT : Ani 01 I. i nour nuiet. western super $3 403 85; extra wheat steady; Fultz 98c$l 07 berry $1 C01 08; No. 2 red utX and hifrhprr srmt anH Auro. a cq 1 07M? (rnouThVr? Ttea? -6768 entr, yellow 68 70 cents - FOREIGN MARKETS, By Cable to the Morning Su:. Liverpool. Aup. si. firm -with fair demand. Am.. n middling 4 9-16d. Sales to-day 10 2M bales, all of which were American-' for speculation ard export 1,000 bales ' Re ceipts 3.000 bales, of which 1,000 were American. Futures ooer.cd active, now miit u.. steadr August and September delivery 4 44-64d; September and October deliv ery 4 42-64, 4 43-64, 4 44-64. 4 43-644 42-64d; October and November deliverv A An OA A AO at 4 An nl i n. . .! J -x.l-rx, to-Mt. t tV-W, 4 OU-04, 4 49-64 4 is-tMta; jnovc mber and December de livery 4 52-64. 4 C 3-64, 4 54-64, 4 53-63 4 52-64d; December and January deliv ery 4 51-64, 4 53-64, 4 56-74, 4 55-64&4 o4-o4a; January ana r eoruary delivery 4 56-64, 4 58-644 57-64d; February and March delivery 4 59-64, 4 60-64. 4 61-64 g4 OU-040. Tenders of cotton to-dav snn hoi J new docket. 4 P. M. September 4 43-64d, buver; September and October 4 43-64d; Oc tober and November 4 49-r.4H hn. 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