JCEUB WEEKLY MKS8ENCKER, THURSDAY APELL 11 1895
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Wilmington in the Forties..
Attention has neen caiieu iu mo mut
that in enumerating buildings of great
are or of peculiar construction the resi
dence of the late John Walker, Esq.; is
worthy of being considered. This build
ing stood near the centre of the square
bounded by Front, Princess, Second and
Chesnut streets, fronting on Princess.
Set back well from the street, it had a
very spacious yard in front. The house
was built of brick, had a double piazza
such is the recollection of the writer
and was covered with Dutch tiles in
corrugated form. There is reason to be
lieve it was built in 1781. It had been
tenantless for a lotg time previous to its
destruction, which was several years
a0.
It may as well be confessed here that
the list of boys in the classical school of
Mr. Robert Lindsay which list was
given, in our last was sadly defective in
omitting the names of Oscar G. Parsley
and David S. Cowan those truly good
hoys.
In the early forties the judges of the
Superior courts wore Dick, Manly, Settle,
Battle, Bailey, Nash and Pearson. Some
of these afterward- attained eminence on
the bench of the Supreme court. The
Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions,
commonly known as the County Court
had a session each spring, summer, fall
QTirl winter. Attorneys were licensed
first to practice here and later, very soon
after ordinarily, received license to prac
tice in the Superior courts. The lass
county court held in New Hanover in the
nami of the King was held on January
2, 17GG, and the next court was on Jan
uary 7, 1777. The justices present were
George Moore. William Perviance, John
Robinson, Timothy Blud worth, Samp
son Manly, John Lillington, Samuel
Swann, John Ancrum, William Wilkin
son, William Jones, and John
Dubois. They were commissioned by the
Governor and after duly organizing they
elected two inspectors for Wilmington
aid a sheriff for the county. Jonathan
Bunbibin was elected register in place of
Adam Boyd, who held the position under
the old regime. We digress here to say
that this Adam Boyd formerly edited the
Cape Fear Mercury which appeared in
Wilmington in October 13, 1769, and: was
discontinued in 1775.
i The county courts seem to have under
gone little or no change throughout their
entire existence or near a century in
ordinary trial sessions, one magistrate
presided, having on the bench with him
two or three other magistrates. The
position of Chairman, or Chief Magis
trate required considerable legal knowl
edge and invested one with a good deal
of power. Col. James T. Miller and Mr.
William A. Wright held the post and
performed the duties admirably for
years. f
Not one of the resident lawyers of 1840
is now living, lur. in. juonuon who uieu
quire recent ty had engaged in merchan
dising for several years before he entered
upon the practice of law. He was li
censed to practice about the first of Jan
uary 1810 and was one of the ablest law
yers who ever practiced at the bar in
New Hanover county. Owen Holmes
died suddenly in June 1840. Messrs,
Wm. A. Wright, Joshua G. Wright, T.
C, Miller and Daniel B. Baker, lived and
practiced throughout the forties. Mr.
George Davis was admitted to practice
very early in 1841, afterwards John Lon
don whodied soon after licensure and
Griffith J, McRee, still later, Thomas D,
Meares, James A. Peden, John A.. Lil
lington, T. Burr, Jr., Hill Burgwyn,
rrum-.n r WnlL-or T"iA7i'r1 Fill ton.
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William Hill, John L. Holmes
and others whose name3 are not
at hand. Mr. Wm. B. Meares.one of the
strongest members of the bar.had retired
before 1840 to give attention to otner in
terests. He died October 11, 1842.
Messrs. David Rei'd and Hardy Lucian
Holme3 came to Wilmington from other
counties. They stood high on the roll
of attorneys.
In those days the whipping post was
an instrument, or an institution, or
means for punishment of offenders. a.
most efficient one, too. It savored of
barbarity undoubtedly, and was terribly
degrading, still there are crimes for
which the whipping post is and ever
will be the only befitting punishment.
As to barbarity it does not approach in
that respect the public strangling to ,
death of human beiug3. This was uni
versal in thos r days and even now is
tolerated in North Carolina where the
county commissioners find a public de
mand for it. Happily the day is past
when, any such heathenism can be ex
hibited in New Hanover county.
Many now living will remember that
Charles, a slave of P. K. Dickinson, was
.publicly hanged between Seyenth and
Eight '"streets about midway and a few
yards back of the southern line of the
street.' ; A' few years later Thomas
Broughton was hanged on the square to
the north and just opposite for the mur-
A Rilvn.
A curious incident is connected with the
trial and execution of Broughton.; For
quite a while no clue could be found lead
ing to the detection of the assasin of De
Silva. But, Broughton, why so impelled is
not kno vn, went before the grand jury
and attempted to criminate another man.
His examination brought suspicion upon
himself and led to further investigation.
Articlesithat had belonged to De Silva
were found in his possession and other
criminating circumstances were brought
to light. He was tried and on purely
circumstantial evidence was convicted.
An appeal was taken to: the Supreme
court on the ground of inadmissibility of
nf the foreman of the
rand jury above referred to and which !
testimony" was given on the trial. This
was the grand jury before the one that
indicted Broughton. The higher court
overruled the objection and Broughton
was hanged. He protested his innocence
on the gallows. Nevertheless, fhe im
pression was well-nigh universal that he
was guilty of the crime for which he
suffered.
The court houseonthe first of Janu
ary, 1840, stood at the intersection Front
and Market streets say about 50 feet
across Front and about 75 or 80 feet
across Market The brick pavement,
auswering to the lower floor of a resi
dence, wa? about one foot, possibly a lit
tle more above the level of the street.
A broad arch gave entranca at either
end on Front street.' i
Market a i
small arch in the centre served as en- j
trance and on each side of this arch and
on both sides of the building were simi- j
lar arches'across which were benches j
rather shelves serving as seats. ne
boys of that day found delight in playing
in and around this part of the court
house, and the older ones met there in
the hot summer afternoons to discuss
p iitics and gar the countryi
The court room proper aud such other
rooms as were necessary were in the
upper story and were reached by a stair
way located in the southwest corner.
The building was constructed of brick
and was painted bright yellow on the
outside, trimmed with white and painted
white on the inside. By an act of the
Legislature of 1756 the courthouses of
the State were to be used for all public
purposes. Somewhere about '43 or '44
the county court, overlooking this or in
ignorance of it, prohibited political
meetings in the court house, but they
were very soon set back on the matter.
The Town Hall in '40 stood at the in
tersection of Market and Second streets.
and was in structure very much like the
court house, though not provided with
seats we think, for the comfort of
loungers. It wa3 open below and paved,
and may at one time have been used as
a market house in the lower part. The
locality went by the name o! "Mud
Market." The market house of the
writer's day was a most unsightly struc
ture which stood on Market street be
tween Front street and , the river,
about 150 feet from Front . street
and running back some fifty J- or
sixty feet. Itwas built ot brick. The
pavement, serving for floor, wasreachpd
by mounting a large piece of ton timber
which served for a step. The entrance
was a wide arch and the entire roof was
supported by pillars forming the upright
sides of arches. At the farther end, be
cause of elevation in consequence of
slope of the streets, was a platform and
stairs as means of entrance and exit.
Under this end of the market house was
a room which at one time served as a
guard house. This building gave place
in the spring of '48 to a market house on
the same site; a very great improvement
in appearance and in suitableness for its
purpose. It was 25 feet wide and about
100 to 125 feet long, with a roof of gal
vanized iron resting resting on light iron
pillars. In turn this gave place some
twenty years later to the present one on
Front street.
William Henry Harrison was nomi
nated on December 4, 1839, as the Whig
candidate for President. A meeting to
ratify the nomination was held in the
court house on the night of January 16,
1840. and was addressed by delegates
Lwho had returned from the nominating
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convention. Ju. me morning oi me iom
the court house was in ashes. About
midnight, or a little before, of the 17th,
a fire broke out in ; the store of J ohn
Dawson on the northeast corner of Front
and Market street and rapidly swept into
ruin on the houses on the entire square
except the building (which is still
there) on the southeast corner i of
Front and Princess, and the dwell
in e- house of Mr. J. P. Calhorda
immendiatelv in the rear.
crossed Front street and were arrested
by the Bank of Cape Fear building in
their progress north. But they swept
off everything between the corner of
Front street and the river, and destroyed
every building on the river front. On
the square where the fire originated the
Clarendon Hotel stood on the present
site of the Purcell House, and the, post
nffinA was a room on the alley. Will-
i
kings' stables, as they were called,
though Winslow S. Wibkings had died
in October, 1837, stood where FennelFs
stables now are. The northern side of
Market street was then as now occupied
by groceries and dry goods and other
stores, and on the alleys were dwellings,
as well as on Front, Market and Princess
streets. In many cases these dwellings
were rooms above the stores.
On the other square, at the corner just
across from Dawson's, stood the shop (of
fice it would be now called) of Dr. Armand
J.DeRosset, Sr. This was consumed
with the Chronicle office just north of it
and the dry goods and general sales stores
of Wright Savage, Jonn wooster,
Samuel Shuter, C. B. Miller, Daniel
Dickson, Kelly & McCaleb and others on
the line of Market street, the custom
house, then standing on the same site as
now. the store and warerooms of Aaron
Lazarus, and the business houses of
many others on Water street, north of
Market.
The shop of Dr. DeRosset was entered
by a row of steps cornering on Market
and Front streets and, as a guess running
up some 6 or 8 feet from the street. The
custom house is not remembered by the
present writer, to whom the river front
at that time was forbidden ground. The
ciKtnms were collected and the business
appertaining transacted for a while after ; act Qf August 15th, 189i, is invalid so far as
the fire in a room just where is now tl e - j it attempts to levy a tax upon the income
office of A. S. Heide, Esq., Danish vice j derived from municipal, bonds. .As a mu
A t thi4 time General nicipal corporation is the representative of
consul. At fhis . time nai the &ate and one of the instrumentalities of
Louis H. Marateller was ! the State Government, the property and
toms. Afterwards the house ot customs reyenues of municipal corporations are not
was on North water street between I rin- s the subjects 0f Federal taxation, nor is the
cess and Chestnut streets. Mr. . C. inc0me derived from State, county and mu
Lord was collector here under appoint- j nicipal securities, since taxation on the in
mtnt of President Tyler, but in a few I terest therefrom operates on the power to
months, the
his nolitcial status
epr?fri hv Mr. Murnhv
V. Jones. The
present custom house became reaay ior
occupancy during Mr. Jones' incum
bency of the collectorship, or possibly a
very little while before he entered upon
its duties say in the latter part of 1842,
or early '43 , ;
One incident connected with this fire,
every one in his teens, or older, very
vividly remembers the blowing up of
Philip Bas3adiere. In those days when
water had to be pumped into and thrown
from fire engines by the hardest kind of
physical labor, it might seem unneces
sary to sy that other means than throw
ing water had to be resorted to to stay the
progress of the flames. The most
efficient means then known was the
blowing up of buildings by gunpowder
no dynamite then. This work was, if
not in 1840, certainly afterwards, con
fided to persons of discretion who re
ceived their authority .direct from the
board of town commissioners. It became
necessary to resort to tb.e means referred
to in the ' -Dawson" fire, and in blowing
up some buildings about the centre of
Mm ennoro whprft the fire originated
Philip Bassadiere wentup. He was fciken
fffflrriKirWftnilv and verv seriously, it
was supposed at the time mortalrv,
wounded. But Philip, who, by the way
was one of the politest of men albeit
not of Caucasian race lived to be the
admiration of the small boys of the
period, and to furnish music for the pleasure-loving
youth for many years. Bat ot
this we may come to speak at ano-.ner
time. Sesex, JR.
rSince writing the above a letter has
b-4n received from one unusually well
informed and accurate on local matters
of the olden time, and who but for tne
disrespect seemingly attached, and the
utter incongruity of association might De
railed "Old Nick." It will receive due
attention hereafter.
, Democratic party ranks in Ohio are
reported 4 'broken."
THE INCOME TAX.
DECISION OF THE SUPREME
COURT ON ITS VALIDITY.
Tax on Hents and State, County and
Municipal Bonds Declared Uneon-fetitutional-Balance
of the Stat
ute Sustained by an Evenly
Divided Court The Esti
mated income iie
duced One-Dalf by
I the Decision.
Washington, April 8. The President, on
being asked this afternoon whether, in
view of the decision of the Supreme court
on the Income Tax law, an extra session of
Congress would be called, said that neither
he nor the Secretary of the Treasury saw
any necessity for such action and that
unless there was an unexpected change in
conditions he had no idea that Congress
would meet again before the time appointed
for its regular session.
The effect of the Supreme court decision
on the Income Tax law, so far as the Treas
ury Department officials can determine,
after a hurried estimate made this after
noon, will be a reduction of about one-half
in the revenue originally estimated as ob
tainable from that source, thus making the
annual revenue to be expected about ?15,
000,000. The original estimate of 30,000,
per year was based upon the assumption
that the law would be held to be constitu
tional in all its provisions. Collectors of
internal revenue will be notified of the de
cision and instracted to make what correc
tions mav be necessarv. through the decis
ion rendered to-dav. in the blank forms A
furnished them by the commissioner of in-!
ternal revenue No new forms will be
issued and the work of preparation for the
collection of the tax will proceed without
delay. 1
The announcement of the decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States in the
income tax case to-day was made in the
presence of a crowded court room, the spec
tators' lobby being thronged to its utmost
capacity.
Among those within the rail to-day were
many Federal officials, ex-officials and prom
inent lawyers.
Chiet Justice Fuller read the decision of
the court. He said:
"I am charged with the duty of an-nouDc-
g the opinion and judgment of the
court m the case of Charles Pollock vs. the
Farmers' Loan and Trust Company et al."
The conclusions of the court were stated to
be as follows:
1. That by the Constitution Federal legis
lation is divided into twoj great classes: Di
rect tax and duties, imposts and excises.
2. That the imposition of direct taxes is
eroverned bv the rule of apportionment
. uaihoraa among the several States, according to num
The names ber and the imposition of duties, imposts
and excises by the rule or uniiormny
throughout the United States.
3. That the principle that taxation and
representation go together was intended to
be and was prescribed in the Constitution by
the establishment of the rule of apportion
ment among the several States, so that such
apportionment should be according to num
bers in each State.
4. That the States surrendered this power
to levy imposts and to regulate commerce to
the general Government and gave it the
concurrent power to levy direct taxes iq, re
liance on the protection afforded by the
rules prescribed, and that the compromises
of the Constitution cannot be disturbed by
legislative action.
5. That these conclusions result from the
text of the Constitution and are supported
by the historical evidence furnished by the
circumstances surrounding the framing and
adoption of that instrument, and the views
of those who framed and adopted it.
6. That the understanding and expecta
tion at the time of the adoption of the con
stitution was that direct taxes would not be
levied by the general Government except by
pressure of extraordinary exigency and such
has been the practice down to August 15,
1894. If the power to do so is to be exer
cised as an ordinary and usual means of
supply, that fact furnishes an additional
reason for circumspection in disposing of
j the preSent case,
That taxes on real estate belong to the
! class of direct taxes and that the taxes on
! t.hfi rent or income of real estate, which is
j the incident of the ownership, belong to the
j same ciass. .
8. That by no previous decision of this
I court has this question been adjudicated to
! the contrary of the conclusions now an
i nounced. That so much of the act of Au
! gust 15, 1894, as attempts to impose a tax
upon the rent or income of real estate vmh
i out apportionment is invalid.
! Thpmnrtis further of opinion that the
and
therefore such a tax is a tax on the power of
the States and their instrumentalities to
borrow money, and consequently repugnant
to the Constitution.
Uponeacnof the other questions argued
at the bar, to wit: .
1. Whether the void provisions as to rents
and incomes from real estate invalidated
the whole act? .
' Whether as to- the income from per
sonal property as such, the act is unconsti
tional as laying direct taxes? '
3. Whether any part of the tax, if not
nnnoiHorpH sis ft di rect tax. is invalid for
want of uniformity on either of the grounds
suggested?
The iustices who heard the argument are
equally divided and therefore no opinion is
ti,0 T-ocnit ia thatthe decree of the court is
reversed and the case remanded with di
TonMnr.j tn enter a decree in favor of the
j rv.io;nant in Tpsner.t onlv of tne voiun
tarv payment of the tax on the rents and
income Ot its real esiaie auu "
in t-mst; and on the income from tne
l hands owned or so neia oy it.
rru ntonHmm rpsnectinz this law were:
i That 5i tjt-r on rents was a tax on real
onH that not. hein? laid according to
apportionment, it was invalid.
ro Thot it was not uniform, and a viola
tion of the constitutional requirement that
such taxes shall be iaia wun umiuruinj .
Under this head came the exceptions m
favor of those persons bo were not in pos
session of an income of 4,0U0, of mutual
insurance companies, savings banks and
partnerships, all organized for and doing
the same business as that of corporations
authorized by the States. j.nese eApuuu,
it was Weld, were arbitrary and capricious,
and not based upon sound public policy. .m
3. That incomes from investments in
State and municipal bonds could not be
The" Chief Justice proceeded to a consider
ation of the constitutional requirements
with respect to the imposition of the two
forms of taxation, direct and indirect, and
said that the framers of the Constitution in
tended to make the consent of those who
were expected to pay, essential to the valid
ity of any tax; that Congress should so im
pose a tax that it would f all with even force
and effect upon all of the constituents of
those who yoted for it. v
"What the constitution intended to pre
vent," said the ChieEJurtice, "was that no
tax should be laid on the residents of any
State by the representatives of other States.
The exercise of the power to levy direct
taxes was to be restricted to extraordinary
occasions."
In conclusion therefore, upon this point,
the Chief Justice announced that the court
were of the opinion that that part of the bill
imposing taxes upon rents obtained from
real estate was invalid.
Next In order the opinion considered the
third objection to the law. That it imposed
upon the incomes derived from investments
in State and municipal bonds, and was there
fore invalid
Chief Justice Fuller reasserted the general
principle that a tax on Government bonds
was held to be a tax on contracts and preju
dicial to the public interests.! It was there
fore obvious that such a tax on the power
of States or municipalities to make contracts
was prejudicial to public policy and there
fore unconstitutional.
On the other matters involved in the case
of Hyde vs. the Continental Trust com-
Jany, of New York city, ana in the case of
ohn G. Moore vs. Joseph S. 3Iiller, cora-mis-ioner
of internal revenue, for an in
junction to restrain him from proceeding to
carry out the law, appealed from the courts
of the District of Columbia, Chief Justice
Fuller stated that the court was equally di
vided. The judgment of the lower courts
as far as it related to the payment of the
tax on rents and State and municipal bonds
was reversed. In the Moore case the effect
of the court's action is to affirm the refusal
of an injunction against the commissioner
of internal reyence.
Upon the question of the constitutionality
of the taxation of the incomes of the State
and municipal bonds the court was unani
mous in the negative. 1
Upon the question of taxation of rents the
court stood as follows: Affirmative Justices
Harlin and White; against the law Chief
Justice Fuller, Justices Field, Gray, Brewer,
Brown and Shiras.
Upon the general question of the consti
tutionality of the law the court is said to be
divided as follows: For the law Justices
Harlan, Brewer, Brown and White; against
the law Chief Justice Fuller, Justices Field,
Gray and Shiras.
DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS.
Sauthweet Virginia Deluged Inch
Damage Done Iiive Stock Killed
Trains Delayed.
Lynchbukg, Va., April 8 A special from
Wyetheyille, Va., to the Xews says: The
citizens of "Wythe vilie waked this morning
to find that the heavy rains during the night
had created a flood in f the streams, rivaling
the famous flood of 1878, the difference be-
ing that this flood, though lacking two or
three feet of being as high in Reed, river,
rose much more rapidlyland did equally as
much damage. Fences. logs, bridges, lum
ler and live stock were caught by the
swelling streams and carried down
with irresistible force. The rail
road track in the neighborhood
of Max Meadows was flooded and there have
been no trains from either direction to-day.
Dr. S. R. Sayers had a hundred sheep and
two colts drowned. A number of other
casualities are reported, but the streams are
so high that news is cut off from a greater
part of the county. So far as can be learned
the rain was confined to South west Virginia,
but was so heavy in places as to indicate
local weather spouts. The flocr is receding
very Rapidly and by morning the streams
will be within their banks.
SUMMER SCHOOL
At the State University Miss Ma
thildo Coffin Will Have Charge
of the Primary Wort Miss
Bedford Teaches Primary
Reading.
Correspondence of tlie Messenger.
Chapel. Hill, April 8.
The primary department of the uni
versity summer school, June 25th to
July 26th, will be under the direction of
the celebrated primary worker, Mis3
Mathilde Coffin, assistant superintendent
of schools of Detroit, Mich. Miss Coffin
has charge of the primary instruction in
the great city of Detroit,' is a graduate
of the Cook county normal school, the
Pennsylvania State normal and the
Boston university. Miss Coffin has been
connected with the faculty of the Cook
county normal, Pennsylvania normal,
and as a lecturer at Martha's Vineyard,
Bayyiew and Bedford City, has won
great fame in her special lines of work.
The vital spot m all our scnoois
is the primary department, and the
university does wisely in offering to the
teachers of vohna: children all over the
State, at nominal cost, the services or
one of the ablest teachers in America.
The prospects of ihetchool indicate great
and increased success.
. .
Miss Redford, of the Centennial graced
school, Raleigh, will teach reading by
the phonic method to a model class, bne
-. . i 1 1 i a- .r .1 . . 1
will give practical illustration ui m w-i-ebrated
method employed in the Raleigh
graded school.
Experimenting With a Dead, isoay.
Detroit, Mich., April 9, The police
yesterday found the body of a girl by
the name of Myrtle Cook in the morgue
of Undertaker Gibbs. The report is that
the girl died two months ago in a lying
in hospital on Lincoln avenue. 'The un
dertaker coolly explained that he was
keeping the body simply to test the
merits of a new embalming fluid. He
said that the young man who had paid
him $10 to bury the body had said that
he did not care if the body was used for
experimental purposes. When the under
taker learned that the police were in
vestigating the case he hurriedly buried
the body. The woman at the hospital at
first denied that aty one had died there,
She afterwards admitted that the girl
hid died there, but she did not know
who the girl was. Dr. J. D. Seaman,
the attending physician, said that he did
not know and siid the hospital keeper
was mistaken in ciaimmg that he brought
the girl there. The cause of the death
was given as pneumonia.
It is claimed that the baby which was
horn at the hospital is still living:. The
ibody was exhumed this morning for ex-
lamination. Dr. Seaman could not be
found tq-day, but voluntarily gave him
self up to the police this afternoon. He
said that he had treated the girl at dif
ferent times and acknowledged he had
taken the girl to the hospital. He de
clared that she had died from natural
causes, however, and said that he did
not know that the body had been kept
for two months. He claims that he does
not know where .tbe girl came from. He
wasjnot held.
As baldness makes one look prema
turely old, so a full head of hair gives to
mature life the appearance of youth. To
secure this and prevent the former, Ay,
er'sHair Vigor is confidently recom
mended. Both , ladies and gentlemen
prefer it to any other dressing,
financial and Commercial.
WTT.T.TTTTQTON LIAKKETS.
Otfics of the licsssrass,
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Wnjcsrcrroar, XT. C
April 9
OOTT03I BEP02T3.
Receipts of cotton to-day 5 bal.
Receipts oorreepon&iag day
last year
VS bales. !
This season's receipts to date, 233,423
bales. !
Season's receipts to same date last year
1S3,5S3 bales. !
The quotations poetod at 4 o'clock to
day at the Exchange:
Gotten dull.
Ordinary
Good ordinary......
3f eta
4
5 5-16 "
5
6 1-16
7 3-16 cts.
Middling....
Good middling
Prices same dav last year
ha vax. eronjs.
Spirits turpentine steady at 28c.
Rosin firm, strained at $1.15 bid; good
strained fl.20 bid.
. .Tar steady at 95c.
Crude turpentine quiet; hard fl.20;
yellow dip fl.90; virgin 2.50.
Prices same day last year Spirits tur
pentine 25 Jc; rosin 90(3 93c; tar 90c;
crude turpentine $1.00, $1.60 and $2.00.
Receipts to-day 47 cask? spirits tur
pentine, 437 barrels roein, 249 barrela
tar, barrels crude turpentine.
ReceiptB same day last year 63 casks
spirits turpentine, 743 barrela roein,
129 barrels tar, 4 barrels crude turpen
tine. MARKETS BYJELEGRAPH.
riNAXCXAL.
New York, April 9. Sub-Treasury
balances coin, $35,244,000; currency
$65,00G,000. Money on call easy at 2
(32 per cent., last loan at 2 and closing
offered at 2 per cent. Prime mercantile
paper 4$5 per cent. Bar silver, 6G$c
Mexican dollars 49c. Sterling exchange
actiye with actual business in bankers'
bills at 4.8814.88i for sixty days and
4.89i4.891 for demand. Posted rates
.894.90. Commercial bills 4.87
4.88. Government bonds steady. South
ern State bonds etrong. Railroad bonds
firm. Silver at the board to-day was
66fc bid and 67fc asked.
8TOOXS AND BONDS.
New York. April 9. American Cot-
ton Oil. 25i; American Cotton Oil, p'rf d,
7172i; American Sugar Reflneries,102;
do.mT d. 931: American Tobacco, 95; do.
prT d, 108; Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe, 5; Baltimore and Ohio, 55 f; Can
adian Pacific 39J; Chesapeake and
Ohio, 17i; Chicago and Alton, 147; Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy, 71i; Chi
cago Gas Trust, 71; Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western, 15S; Distillers and
Cattle Feeders, 14f ; Erie. 9; do. prT d,
20; General Electric, 33 5; Illinois Cen
tral. 88: Lake Erie and Western, 171;
do. nr'f'd. 74: Lake Shore. 137; Louis
ville and Nashville, 51 f: Louisville, New
Aibanv and Chicago. 6i; Manhattan
Consolidated.! 10 J; Memphis and Charles
ton, 10; Michigan, Central, 97; Missouri
Pacific. 231; Mobile and Ohio, 16: Nash
ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis. 70:
United States Cordage, 51: do, prru,
10 ; New Jersey Central, 93f ; New York
Central. 96i: New York and New Eng
land. 374: Norfolk and Western, crTd.
13; Northern Pacific, 4; do. prT d, 17;
Northwestern. 9H: do. prTd, 133; Pa-
cifin Mail 22: Readme. 121: Rock Is
land, 631; St. Paul, 571; do.prT d, HS
Silver Certificates, 66 Tennessee Coal
and Iron,17i;do.prTd, 5575; Texas Pa
cific. 91: Union Pacific, Hi; Wabash,
51: do. nrT d, 141; Western Union, 87;
Wheeling and Lake Erie 111; do. prTd,
41 ; Alabama class A.1051 : Alabama class
B 106: Alabama class C, 96t; Lou
Lqiana Stamped 4's. 100; North Carolina
4'b. 101: North Carolina 6's. 124;
Tcee New Settlement S's, 84 i;
vir-
ginia 6's, deferred, 8; Virginia Trust
Receipts Stamped, 7; Virginia Funding
Debt, 59 1; U. S. Registered 4's, 111;
U. 8. Coupons 4'e, 112; U. 8. 2's, 95;
Southern Railway 5's. 87; Southern
Railway common 11 J; do preferred 32 f;
S. C. new issues 4 8, lUb.
aafcod, ibid, tex-div, gsellers.
OOTTON.
Lives POOL, April 9 N005 Cotton
demand good at steady prices; American
middling 3 13-32d; sales lS.u-JU Daies
Amflrican 15.800 bales: speculation and
exports 1,000 bales; receipts G,000 bales
American 5,900 bales. ITuturee opened
steady, demand moderate. I
American middling, low middling
clause. Mav and June 3 23-Gld; June and
July 3 24-64d, 3 25-64d: July and August
3 26-64d, 3 25-64d, 3 2G-64d; August and
September 3 27-64d, 3 26-6id, 3 27-64d;
September and October 3 23-64d; October
and November 3 29 64d; November and
December 3 30-64d; December and Jan
uary 3 31-6ld. Futures quiet but steady.
4 p. m. American middling ! fan 4d;
good middling 3 9-16d; middling 3d;
low middling 3 9 32d; good ordinary
3 5-32d; onlinary 2 31-32d; April 3 21-
64d, buyers; April and May 6 ai-04d,Duy-ers;
May and June 3 22-6id, 3 23-64d, buy
ers; June and July 3 24-64d, sellers; July
and August 3 25-64d, 3 26-64d, sellers;
August and September 3 26-64d, 3 27-64d,
buyers; September and October 3 28-64d,
sellers; October and November 3 29-64d,
sellers; November and December 3 30-64d,
buyers; December and January 3 31-64d,
buyers; January and February 3 32 64d,
3 33-64d. Futures closed qaiet. j
New York. April 9. Cotton quiet
and steady; middling gulf 6o; middling
uplands 6fc. Net receipts OJS bales; gross
10,616; exports to Great Britain i.wj;
France 1,074; continent 2,440; forwarded
553: sales 245: spinners 145; stock 232,819.
Total to-day Net receipts 26,233; exports
to Great Bjritain 6,045; France 1,074; con
tinent 2.440: stock 845.184. Total so far
this week Net receipts 54,859; exports to
Great Britain 19,360; France 1,074; conti
nent 33,969. Total since "September 1st
Net receipts 7,452,e02; exports to Great
Britain 2,297,873; France 714,215; conU-
vnt 2.095.695.
Cotton futures closed firm; sales
113,700 bales: April 6.32; May o. Ji; June 1
6.3i; July 6.33; August 6.3?; September
6.40: October 6.44; November 6.48; De
cember 6.53; January; 6.58.
GAiresTOS, April! 9. CoLton steady
at 5 13-15c: net receipt 2,225 bales; grce3
te?ipts 2,225 haiM.
VOEfuLK, April 9i Cottar steady at
Cc: net receipts 820 b:Je?; groea rixip:s
'820 bLle?.
SAVAjnfn, April 9. Cotton firm,
at 5 13-16c: net receipts 2,230 bales;srcs3
teieipta 2,357 baleb.
New Orleaxs. April 9 Cstton firm
at 5 13-16c: net , receipts 15,503 bales;
gross receipts 15,912 bales.
1I03ELE, April 19. Cotton quiet at 5fc;
net reodpta S3 bales; gross receipts 83
bales.
CnjLBLESTOX, April 9 Gotten quiet
at 5fc; net receipts 539 bales; gro re
ceipta 539 bales.
St. Lours, April 9. Cotton rteady
at 5 13-16c: net receipts 433 bales; gross
reseipts 3,467 bales.
Hocstos, April 9. Cotton steady aft
5 13-l&c; net receipts 3,453 bales; gicst
receipts 3,453 bales.
GROCERIES, TOO VISIONS. ETC
Balttmorz, April 9. Flour dull;
Western superfine f2.00a2.10: do. extra
5.3)32.50; family f2.032.8o; winter
wheat patents f3.U)3.25; spring wheat
patents t3.60Ng3.75: do. straight 3.3.Xd
3.50. Wheat steady: No. 2 nxi spot and
April 6Hc bid: May COiClc; Jul v 594
59jc; steamer No. 2 ml 5SiQ5Hic; South
ern by sample G(6-c; do. on grade 59
62c Corn, quiet; mixed fpt, April
and May 5035'Jtc; steamer mixed 4S)($
48 c; Southern white corn by sample 5u($
51c; Southern do. yellow 50$ Mc. OaL,
steady, fair demand; No. 2 white western
37c askei: No. 3 mixed wewUrn do,
34 c.
CmCAQO, April 9. The leading fu
tures were aa lollows, orcning, highest,
lowest and define: Wheat No. S
April 54 c. 54c. 54c. TAc; May 541c, '
55c, 54i54c. 54 c July 5$t350ic,5lc,
54356c, 56c; September 57 tc, 57. 57c,
57c, Corn, No. 2 April 45,WJc, 454c,
4rc, 45c: May 4Gi40ic 40xc, lc. 45:c:
July 4Gc, 46jc, 46, 46lc; September
4Gc,46ic 4Gic, 4Qic. OaU. No. 2 May
29c, 29ic, 28c. 2829c: June 29fcc. 29.
28c, 28ic; July 2Tic 27c, 27c, 27JO
27c. Mws pork May f 11.90, 12.3U,
$11.90, 12.27i; July Tt2.05, 12.47.
fl2.05,fl2.42i. Lard May t6.9'.H, f7.02r
fft.92i, 7.02J; July 7.02i, $7.17. 7.02,
7.17J; September $7.17. 7.30, $7.17,
$7.30. Short ribs May $6.22. fS 7h
$6,221,16.371; July $6 3J, $6 47. $G 32,
$6.47; September f 3.474, $9.60, $6.47,
$6.60.
CmciQO, April 9. Cash quotations
were as follows: Flour firm at former
prices, there was a moderate demand
both on local and shipping account; win
ter patents $3.503.8O: winter straights
$3.103.40: No. 3 spring wheat 58i($
60c; No. 2 red 54jfl54?c; No. 8 corn 45 '
45ic; No. 3 oats 29c. Mesa pork per
barrel $12. 12J12.25. Lard per 100 pounds
$6.926.95. Short ribs sides $6,300.
6.35; dry salted shoulders $5. 2565. 37 j;
short clear sides $6.556.60. Whiskey
$1.26. -
New York, April 9. Flour quiet and
about steady; winter wheat low grades
$1.90(52.30; do. fair to fancy $2.S52.90;
m m- r a r . . t
do. patents fz. idtgo.iu; JumneBota ciear
$2.40CcC2.90; straights $3.25(43.65; super
fine $1.60(2.10; do. patents ja.3iOGX4.uu;
low extras $1.902.30; city mills $3.85-
3.40, Southern Hour quiet and steady;
common to fair extra $1.9032.75; good
to choice do. $2.80 3.25. Wheat spot-,
less active and 1c lower and steady; No.
2 red in store and elevator GOic; afloat
61lc; ungraded red 57G2c; options were
moderately active and irregular, closing
easy with unchanged prices to tc decline;
No. 2 red May jGOic; June GOfc; July
60c: August 6 Uc; September 611c; De
cember G3c. Corn, spots, dull and lower,
closing steady; No. 2, 56c asked elevator;
57ic asked afloat; ungraded mixed 52Jc;
steamer mixed 50a51c; options fairly
active and weak at 1 to 6 c decline; May
502c; July 502c; September 511c Oata .
spots, quiet and easier; options dull and
lower: April and May 321c; July 33ic;
,No. 2 white April 351c; spot prices No. 2.
32J33c: No. 2 white iJUiujc; mixea
western 33 1 311c Wool linn and mod
erately active; domestic fleece 15fc619c;
pulled 1233c. Beef quiet and firm;
family $10.0012.00; extra mess 1 8.00o?
8.50; beef hama firm at $19.50; tierced
beef strong; city extra India mess $15.00
18.00; cut meats quiet and firm;
pickled bellies 7c; pickled ehoulders 5 Jc;
pickled hama 991c; middles stronger;.
Bhort clear $7.05. Lard linn; .Western
steam $7.22$; city $0,621; April $7.22,
nominal; May $7.35, asked; relined quiet;
continent $7.65; South America 8.00;
compound $5,371(35.50. Pork quiet and
steady; old mess $13.2513.75; city extra
prime nominal; middh-s nominal.
Cotton seed oil firm with a letter
demand; crude 23(3 2 ic; yellow prime
261(a(27c; prime choice . Petro
leum nominal; Washington crude in bar
rels (New York price) $7.10; do. In bulk
$i.G J: refined in New York $7.50; Phila
delphia and Baltimore $7.45; do in bulk
$4.9535.00. Kice firm; domestic fair to
extra 4KJf6c; Japan 44c. Molasses
foreign nominal; New Orleans open ket
tle good to choice 286? 38c, firm and un
changed. Peanuts steady; fancy hand-
picked 3i31c. Coif firm at 5 points
down to 5 points up; April $14 45.
14.50; May $14.2V314 30: June $11 UQ
14.20; July $14.2014.:i; heptemuer
$14.2014 25; October $14.20; Novem-
ber $14.10; December f 11.011.10;
spot Rio quiet and steady; no. .
161c. Sugar raw, iainy .- acnyo
and firm; fair refining 2 11-loc; cen
trifugals 96 degrees tet 3c; re lined,
quiet and steady; No. 10, 8i$
3 11-iec; No. 6, 3 l-164ic; No. 7,
H 15-16344c; off A, 3i3lc; standard A,
3 15-1641c; mould A, 4 13-16c; confec
tioner's A, 3 11-1 6(3 3ic; cut loai 4W;a
4c; crushed 49-16C4c; powdered 4 1-16
4tc; granulated 3 15-164ic; cubes 4
l-164rc. Freight to Liverpool market
quiet and steady ; cotton by steamer 7-6 Id;
grain by steamer 2d, nominal.
J1AVAL BTORZ.
New York Spirits turpentine dull
and easy at 31132c. Roein quiet and
steady; strained common to good $1,521
1.571.
Charleston Spirits turpentine market
firm at 28c; receipts . 4 casks. Rosin
good strained firm at $1.101.15; re
ceipts 145 barrels.
Bavarmah Spirits tun-entice market
quiet at 28c, with sales of GO casks; doted
firm at 27ic; sales 30 casks; receipts 702
casks. liosin market firm, entire, sles
4.000 barrels. A B C $1: D $1 25: E $1.25;
F$1.40; G $1.50: II $1.75; I $1.90; K
2.10; 31 $2..0u N $2.CO; window glai
$2.70; water white 2.80.
Justice Jackson Ilefa-s an Opinion.
New Y02K. April " A .a-nvuie,
Tenn. . special nays : Supreme
Court Jus-
whose illnei
prevented the full Supreme bench pa5
injr uron the Income Tax law, rtf u& to
express any opinion upon its constita-
tionalitv. .Ja-tice jacKfcn is mucu un
proved "in hVaiih and exprt-?s hu inten
tion of.'rtsumirjg hu duties on the tviich
at the October icrrrol court.
Strike of OIoju "Workers.
PiTT-: ". A-pril 9. One .htindrvd xiert
glass workers employee ai -iierur 3
lory struck to-day on account of polishmif
machinery used by the firru. The men
claim that the work done by the machines
uinfpnorand that the ware damped tl
charged up against their salaries.
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