r WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH ll, 1891. X'xCICE FIVE CESf . It. ' 1 1- J lift ii II i . ifcLF.ViUAPHIG SUMMARY. l iUr-State CoWmisoion makes an im- r'ant .U cls-ion. :In Rochester, lad., a man ' ulii robbed on the etreets. An old ri in lojian convicKu oi juuiuk an wne. it action -the Bank of France Las (.ci ious panic. Prince Napoleon is x,i to die at any moment.-f- The Bank .'i:i:"ian 1 yesterday declared a dividend of ,.' (.r ct-ut.; Senator Walt-hall, of lliesia- , aniionnces that be will not" be a cancti- x,f. -f,.r rciiomiriation. Ex-Secretary Eay- M-yi dAn'liter is to be married to a Swedish r ,.T,t A Georgia man Makes a five dollar i itti,.'! to the Treasury conscience fund. r.iveinor tun 01 jew ioik, uiaKes me nrei ap - . . ; " 1 i , 1 r . plication for money under the Direct Tax bill. .Xlicti'.-t application for payment under uc, r. fuch spoliation claims was made t tfce Tn ai"rv Department yesterday. The super- . ,,t,.D,lf iit f a iill at Pali Iiiver, Mass., h&s spjuivd i": p''ice protection for the new hands ;u 'liin mi '- Striking miners in Ohio break iato i ftdi c a.:rl tako out flour and meat to pre vent thf ir familii-H starving. On account of nrocttii f rm tho Federal Supreme court the r.!.vt.r(H.-iit:'W or mo iwo muraerers can nor r ii. . . : .-I rake "plnfo at diQ Sing Monday next. p.in( il i-n rt h's manifesto to the Iruhmen of is.rin. 1 the IlennesBey murder trial vtntcriliy the jury found severalof the defend ant u"t RUilty and made & mifctrial as to ..htr-'. There are rumors that the ehortasa 4 i'f f-x-Treasurer of Arkansas will be much jjolt 'iiii tiw,uw Auero was 9 nsaTy n- . . . tr rss FT L . i a c.'iue 11 the output of iron test week. ine . f 11 v . 'ii: . a. .1 n iirilt. The woolsri mills are as a rule very ec!ivo. Commercial reports from the entire South are a shade better than last week. I'lie Stock market is dull but without sigvs of wtfikuesH. dense fog in New York harbor (cuterday morning caused feveral maiine acci- k-nts. -The etoim in Hngland u not yet fver. There was a heavy snw fal in South- v.t England Thursday night and much suffer- ii h still caused by the severe weather. 'he German Government will not rescind the .ruhibition placed upon Uae American hor. -The Hambarg-American steamer Servia is 1 if tin.; about, disabled, somewhere in the l'.n?;lish channel, nobody knows where. 'Ai tiell secretly leaves London and pays a visit to Mrs, O'Shea at BrightoD. Cloiado has Lh I a three days snowstorm and the snow has 11 places drifted to the depth of forty-Qve feet. - An Alabama man kills his father-in-law. liiiiufvlvania iron works are to be removed 1'ISTOL-OliAPHS. 1 no. Pennsylvania House indorsed rulings as right. Whew ! i The quacks are trj'ing to discredit Koch that they may get in vile nostrums. ineir own fiismarek has decided to be a candi- uto for a scat in the Reichstacr. He iU be very apt to 4 get there. ' Thus far $25,000 have been raised in New York to erect a statue to Geo. Sherman. . It is half what is needed. Pennsylvania's population gained in last decade, 22.77 per cent, while its education enrollment was but 1.5S gain. it is with such an air of grace site drops a penny in the plate. That one might think she gave enough 'lo buy a lot of real estate. New York Herald. What a contrast in engines! The ! rst locomotive built weighed 4 J ton?. i'hoy arc made n-jw weighing as much !7 tons. 1 V of, Druinmoad's "Tropical Africa" in its fourth edition. It is said to be vjcllcnt in its fresh information and f-'i-ajihto descriptions. !;t Germany "Hamlet-' and "Othello" i v .-aid to bq tho prime favorites of h;ikcspearcj The "Merchant cf V. iiieo" has aUo a big run. A Blaine bureau is reported in the -ojth. The Secretary is "cisting an ''ichor to tho windward" early. He in ii that the early bird catches .the t: Cadral Times is the titl of a ''-'vspaner published at Dunn, and litcd by E. E. Young and G. K. 1 ;' uvthara. It ,is a twenty-eight col vin weekly and moves off well. Sue 1 's to you all gentlemen. A jioor llepublican die? in the North ' - the liberal men of his party raise ::ul to provide for the necessitous ' -ily.. A fund of $50,000 has been ' for the family of Secretary Win i!: - Well done! He was an honest, -': lul man of good record. . to is a scheaao on hand to con ' eight lirst class steamshiDS of l -;0( ti tons each, all to be of steel, to be y"tructed in American shipyards and k,Mc capable of making twenty-four ' I'notsan hour. By these ships it is noPtd to make the distance between ntauk Point and Milford Hayen, - ,sl nautical miles, under five days. i rince Napoleon passed a bad night, '.li delirious and death is imminent. ln2 Uumbtrt visited the Prince ves- ' rdjy . .... -ua uas n0l yel receivea an mvi Al on to attend the World's fair in ira0. A MOONSHINEKS CAPTURED. REVENUE OFFICERS MAKE A SUC CESSFUL RAID IN DUPLIN. Moonshiner Shot Governor Cordon Spoken of as the Presidential Candldat of the Tanner' Alliance Winding Up the Legislative 1Vork-IIeay Shipments of FertiliztrrM.' Messenger Bureau, )' ! Raleigh. N. C, March 13 5. S An extremely well informed and prominent Democrat said to me to day that he believed Senator Gordon's join ing the Farmers' Alliance was only the n ret step towards his becoming tie can didate of that powerful order for the presidency. It is the belief of a great many thinking people that the Alliance wiil enter the political field a3 the "third party. It will have immense strength in this State; doubtless it will have in others. The interest felt in this matter may be plainly seen, Then it is stated that there is more talk about the issues and parties and candi dates in tke next campaign than was ever before heard so far - ahead. The Alliance people are reticent. The Re publicans do not know just where the? stand. The Democrats know what a great victory they wi n last year,thanks to the Alliance, but cannot tell what is ahead. Such is the situation in North Carolina now. Rev. Dr. Taylor, president of Wake Forest college, has been in New York, in conference with the representative of Mr. Bostwick, the wealthy benefac tor of that codege. Mr. Bostwick is now in Palestine. The clerks of the Legislature are fin ishing up their work on the ( journals. etc. Nearly all is in tie printers hands. The new volume of laws will fca 9. large one. Tne grippe has not yet run its course here, and it is one of the most difficult diseases to sbake off. The intensely disagreeable and trying ma ter makes it far worte. The county convict force has for some time been unab.e to do any work upon the public roads, owing to the terrible weather. The latter continues. Under the new law county convicts can repair and build bridges and n move obstruc tions from streams. No man can tell the number of cases of measles in this city and section. In some families all the children are sick with it. V Mrs. Tom Thumb and her company are here. It is about fifteen years since her last appearance at R.ileigla. Police Inspector Conlin, of New York, is here. His family will remain until .April. Raleigh, with a new and modern hotel, would attract maoy win ter travellers. It is stated that the Seaboard road wiil later on build hotels here andat several.other points on its line. In FDite otalt.the efforts which will be made to secure a reduction f the cotton acreage.lt is doubtful whether there will beany result. Last year the Alliance made an earnest attempt to get the acreage reduced, but to little purpose. There willXunquestionably be a greater diversification of the crops this year thaa heretofore.The Com missioner of Agriculture sayshe is sure of that fact. Gen. Chilton, of the Inter-State Bu reau of Immigration, is down with tho grippe. The street railway matter is still a common ropic of talk. The situation is unchanged. The improvements in the northeast ern part of the city are numerous. Ra leigh has in the past ten years grown remarkably in that direction. Gener ally cities grow more to the west. The moonshiners have jast been stirred up in a lively fashion in Duplin county and one of them, Robert Ed wards, by name, badly wounded. A posfco cf revenue officers, io charge of Deputy Collector W. J. Polk and Deputy Marshal Zach Rhodes7did the work. Near Purgatory they came up with a distillery operated by Edwards. The latter fled, but Rhodes capture him. As tho officer and his captive were passing through a gate Edwards made a break and thereupon the officer shot him in the back witn. a revolver. Tho wounded man is the brother .of a man who last year robbed the mails. Near Sarecla, in the same neighbor hood, the officers captured Albert Baker and his distillery. It is the custom among the moonshiners to carry away their liquor, each night, the officers only got 600 gallons of beer and ninety gallons of singlings. John T. 1 Mabley had a still but as a result of a I quarrel with his partners the latter cut up the still and thus savedlhe reyenue officers some trouble. Mobley Was ar rested and is under boad. In Onslow it is said there is much moonshining more, in fact, than in any other (iounty in this district. A few years ago there was a great deal in Lenoir. Now that has nearly died out. The revenue officers assure your cor respondent that moonshining is de creasing. The growth of the temper ance movement and the development of th country causes this. They say nothing will do more damage to the morals of a community than an illicit distillery. The officers report vast tracts of country in the eastern counties as un der water and the worst kas not yet come. The Legislature took no steps to wards regulating analysis in cases of poisoning. The State chemist used to have to do thU very distaseful work, but was relieved from it some time ago by an act of the Legislature. The ahipment of fertilizer tags con tinues, though the bulk of the demand ha3 been met. A million togs were printed. A special bulletin from the signal offie says the prospects of the Missis sippi riyer are favorable unless pro longed excessive rains Bet it. TIIE stobbis exgl.v.nd. i No Abatement Sn the Blizzard Another Heavy Fall of Snow Great SaBerlng of Travelers from Exposure. London, March 13. While through out the London district a thaw has set in and is causing considerable incon venience, there are no signs of moder ation in the s;verity of the weather in southwest England. A heavy snow storm prevailed throughout the past nlgnt in Devonshire and Cornwall con siderably adding to the sufferings of the farmers and still further impeding traffic on the railroad. As for the country roads they are utterly impas sable with huge snow drifts. This state of affairs is causing some uneasi ness, for much suffering among the poorer classes is bound to grow out of it: In many places the schools have closed. An incident is related of the snowing up of a four horse coach load of passengers in Exeter. They camped by the road side built a huge fire and a rude hut, b it had nothing to eat, andT when rescued they were half starved as well a3 half frozen. ' The mail train-was snowed up near Dou-itand for two days. The train men footed it to Doustand, but could get nobody t face the storm to carry re lief to passengers who built fires by the roadside and heated water tank foot warmers, whieh form the only means of heating English railroad cars, and thus did their best to keep themselves warm, but with little success. So terri bly did the ladies suffer that a number of then are now at Doustand confined to their beds under medical treatment, while several of the male passengers suffered almost as much from exposure and want of food. Many simUar cases have come to light, some as bad as the one just related. ' . - West Cornwall has been in a state of complete isolation since Monday last. The first communications with that district were opened up to-day. Funeral of Bishop Paddock. Bost, March 13. At the Church of the Advent yesterday morning a choral celebration of holy commumion was held for the repose of the soul of the late Bishop Paddock, of the Epis copal Diocese of Massachusetts. Rev. Father Frisble celebrated the re quiem mass, assisted by Revs. Spen cer and Mills, Rev. Father Ay re, of Salem, delivered the sermon. Funeral services over the remains of Bishop Paddock were held at Trinity Church at 2;30 - o'clock this afternoon and were very largely attended, the great edifice being crowded to its ut most capacity. The service, which consisted of the regular burial service wf the Episcopal Church, , were con ducted by Rev. Dr. Lindsay. Out of the 161 clergy of the diocese over 145 were present. At the close of the services the body was placed in the hearse and carried to the chapel, where it was placed in charge of a guard of honor for the night. A special car will leave to morrow morning and run through to Norwich. There will be no services at Norwick except prayer at the grave. A Dense Fog In New York Harbor. New York, March 13. A heavy fog this morning caused some accidents on East river, fortunately without serious results. jA ferry boat of the Roosevelt street ferry and the Southam of the James slip lerry collided, wniie Hear ing the New York side. The boats were crowded with people and for a few moments it looked as if a panic might ensue. The damage to the boats was flight. The sound steamer, City of New Lon don, on her down trip this morning crashed into the ferry boat Republic, of the" Catharine ferry. The ferry boat was hurUn either collision. The pilot was considerably damaged. iNODOoy boat. Hope Nol. of New York, went ashore on Sancy Hook point about 1:30 o'clock a. m. to day duriag the dense fog and a heavy raid storm and re mains aground. At 8 o'clock she was thumping heavily on the beach. Her rudder and part cf her keel are gone and her boat has been washed from her deck and smashed. The life sav ing patrol took off her crew, and while doing so, had their life boat stove in. Snow Five to Forty Feet Deep. Santa Fe, N. M., March 13. All mail due fiom Denver since Monday is again tied up in a snow blockade on the Denver ano Rio Grande road, between Antonito and Trespledras. For tho last three days a snow storm, accompa nied by heavy winds, has prevailed throughout the ISan Juan country. From Charaa word comes that eighteen miles of track west of there is under snow from a depth of five to forty feet. This is being cleared off at the rate of a mile a day, so that no trains can hope to go west of Chama short of April 1. In the meantime it is feared that there will be great suffering among the peo ple at Munroe, Amargo and other sta tions as far west as Durango and Sil verton. Ilia Shortage Growing Larger. St. Louis, March 13. A despatch from Little Rock, Ark., says that ru mors of an additional shortage, in the accounts of ex-Treasurer Woodruff are again flying fast and furious. It is said he is short more than $100,009 in script. Tee members of the joint com mittee investigating the office, without exception, refuse to talk at all upon the subject, and it is impossible to learn anything authentic. Convicted of Wife Murder. Council Bluff, la., March 13. Henry Hall, who killed his wife last year, was found guilty of murder in the first degree yesterday. The jury re commended that he be sent to the pen itentiary for life. Hall is 70 years old and very feeble. His hair and long beard is snow white. He cannot live long. Histwoyonng daughters were compelled w lesmy agrunsi mm on me plea of insanity. LATEST FOREIGN" NEWS: PARNELU ISSUES A MANIFESTO THE IRISH OF AMERICA. TO Farnell Viait Mr. O'Shea A nic 'Averted-The Bank of England' Divi dend Germany Oi ojed to the Ameri can Hoe Th Steamer Servia Drifting About In the English Chaunl. London; March 13 Th'3 following manifesto as itsued by Parnell this evening: ( "2b the Irish 'people of America: - Fellow Countrymen: In 1SS0 and the subsequent year you assisted me powerfully by yoar influence tpon American hr public opinion and with your generous financial support to create the great movement of the Land Leagues. Without your aid, so freely given and so constantly maintained, Ireland could sot for one moment have made head against her oppressors, still iass could -she have attained the posi tion of power ad the promise of success which fche has occupied dur ing the last five years. At the instant when victory ieemed near and certaia, the hasty; and meddlesome interfer encees of - Sngllsh politicians in the complex organization of our party, aided by skd dei panic anong some young new Vecruits, seconded by a few mal-contents, office seeker and envious persons, who crept into ourrasks, tem porarily destroyed the unity of our forces. "It now becomes my teik to restore this unity and reconstruct our move ment, lopping off all unsound materials, taking effectual precautions agaiast the admission in future into our army f any weak, treacherous, self seeking elements. Fortune has unveiled this danger and given space for this recon struction before the general election, and disclosure has brought about the realization of the insufficiency of Glad stone's proposed solution of the situa tion to secure legitimate liberty, hap piness and, prosperity of your brothers and 6istera In Ireland. This disclosure was timely and all-important. "The delegates, wko, at oy request, are now crossing the ooean to your shores are well qualified with expe rience, ability and patriot! sm, . to fully explain and defend my position. I commend them to your hospitality and I am confident that you will extend to them a most favorable reception and hearing. They are each and all well tried soldiers who have constantly dis tinguished themselves in our war against coercion and British misrule, who, despite intimidation and influence of a most unscrupulous and far-ieach-ing character, have bravely defended me during, these dark and trying, mo ments. ; I "With confidence even greater than in 1880 I appeal to you once more t assist me in.ueUing this mutiny and disloyalty to Ireland; to help me in se suringthe really Independent Parlia mentary party so that we may make one more, tnougn it do our very last, effort to win freedom and prosperity for our nation by constitutional means. "Your faithful servant; "Charles Stewart Parnell." London, March 13. The Hamburg American line steamer Servia, west ward bound, is drifting about (tie Brit ish channel, nobody knows where. She was reported disabled yesterday, sixty miles off Lizzard with a heavy easterly gale blowing and a rough sea. A pow erful sea-going tug was sent after her, but the tug made such rough weather that she was obliged to put in at Fal mouth without finding the Servia. The latter-vessel was spoken Tuesday after noon by a small channel steamer named Acme, which could do nothing to help her, but took her first officer to Ply- P10 ho sent out the tug. Another tug left Southampton to-day to search for the Servia. The trouble with the Servia was a broken valve in '' the low pressure engine. LONDON, March 13. The unknown steamer reported wrecked off Strait Point Monday, was the steamer Mirama, of Liverpool. When the steamer struck, those aboard took to the boats. One boat containing vessel officers went down at once and all were lost. Another boat containing some sailors and the firemen .capsized twice but washed, ashore with four Swedish sailors alive. One of them died from exposure and the other three are in a bad condition. Berlin, March 13. In the Reich stag to day von Boettischer, Vice Pres iden of the Ministry of State, replying to Her r Barth, said that the new sani tary measures adopted in the United States were; Inadequate, and that there fore the Government did not intend to rescind thel prohibition placed upon the importation of American hog pro ducts. - London, March 13. The Bank of England yesterday declared a dividend of 5i per cent. Mr.Lidderdale reported progress in the matter of Baring Bros. On '.March, 1st the debt had been re duced to 3.500,000. In spite of the decline of the South American secur ities there was, apparently a surplus over the debts sufficient to protect the guarantors. London, March 13. Parnell's ab sence from the House of Commons Thursday during ' Balfour's graphic narration of the. distress in Ireland and the relief measures adopted by the Government has caused intense sur prise in Ireland, Parnell mysteriously vanished Wednesday. It transpires that he traveled to Brighton and stayed at waDingnam Terrace witn Mrs. O'Shea. He remained secreted until 6 o'clock to-night, when he appeared in the House of Commons and after re maining two hours returned to Brigh ton. A messenger boy has called at the House of Commons daily for Par nell'a letters. In reply to the official's inauirles, the hoy declared that Airs O'Shea had sent him. Even the friends of Parnell declare that his continued 1 negiew. of Ireland for Kitty" will completely ruin his course. 'Kra ctox citv. Application For Payment of the Direct Tax Proff8or Charles Smiley Su nended French Spoliation Claim. Washington, March 13. The first application for repaymen of the Direct Xhk under the act of the last Congress wus 1 eceived at the Treasury Depart ment to-day. It was from Governor Hill, of New Yerk, and the amount cf money called for was about f 2,225,000. The application must be scrutinized by the Fifth Auditor, First Comptroller and Comissioner of Internal Revenue, and the officer who made the original collection. When the account is veri fied a draft will be sent to the Governor of New ork, the money to beheld in trust lor distribution to the persons who paid the tax on their heirs. The amount of silver offered for sale to the Treasury Department to-dav was 670,000 ounces; the, amount purchased was 403,000 ounces at 9l.3999. Jfroiessor Unarles w. Smilev. of this city, special agent of the eleventh cen sus, in charge of the division of fish and fisheries, has been temporarily relieved from duty. The work of his division stops and the agents under him are recalled from theXfield. Demdincr an investigation into the charges which have been preferred against him af fecting his ofScial conduct. The harges are mainly that heiias used his official position and influence to ' dis credit and embarrass the United States fish commission and that in conse quence of his having thus occupied a large part of his time and that of his special agents, the value of the work 01 his division has been seriously im paired. These charges are now ctnder investigation by census officials who wiil soon make a report to Superinten dent Porter. Professor Smiley, who was at one time connected with the United States fish commission and is well and favorably known here among scientists, makes a positive denial of these charges and confidently expects a complete vindication. The first application under the law providing for payment of , French Spoliation claims was filed in the Court of Claims to day by the attorneys for Wm. Gardner, administrator of. Caleb Gardner. The award in this case is $41 578. The court ia asked to certify that the claimants are entitled to tho award under the original judgement. The duty of tke Court of Claims in the matter of these-claims is now purely of a clerical character, being a certifica tion of the French Spoliation award?, to go the First Auditor of tho Treas ury for entry upon his books and then the award goes to the warrant division of the Treasury Department, where a check is drawn and forwarded to the authorized party in interest. Washington, March 13. The Inter State Commerce Commission to day, in an opinion by Mr. Morrison, decided the case of Cbxe Bros , & Co., against the Lehigh Valley Railroad company. The points decieed ar 3: First, classifi cation not obligatory, on road?,' but when misused the commission may cor rect; second: Besides terminal ex penses there are other consideraticns which justify lower proportionate charges for longer distances; third: Several connecting lines doing through business rates as one in adjustment of rates;fourth; The commission is author ized to determine what rates are reason able as well as what are unreasonable-, fifth: The present system of grooping mines in the Lehigh and Mahoney authmcite coal regiens for rates east and west subjects the complainants to no undue prejudice; sixth: The rates which are now $1.70, $1.40, and $1.20 per ton are to be reduced to $1.50, $1.25 and $1.5. Protection for Mill Men. r Abb xv.ivr.rv, xuaitu i". nn-u WatPrmnn nf T.hA r!nrnell mill, th S morning demanded police protection for his emDlovees who wanted to work desDite the strike that had been or- dered. La3t night as a few of the 4kknobstick" operatives were returning from tke mill they were compelled to pass between files of striking weavers and were subjected to all kinds of in- suiting remarks. The agent states that he proposes to have fair treatment, and the policemen will be ordered to do patrol duty at the mill while the strike lasts. About l-U out 01 Uou looms are run ning to-day a gain of 20 over the num ber reported yesterday. Superinten dent Diman saye a number of "old weavers have promised to return to work to morrow morning. Deiperate Miners. CmcAGO,March 13. A dispatch from Zauesville, O., says: Work at the coal mines of Roundville, Hocking county. has been suspended for several weeks. The miners are in a destitute condition and the families of most of them ae suffering or the necessaries of life. Yesterday fifty of them proceeded In a body to McCoy & Wilrams store,broke it open, and carried off thirty barrels of flour and several hundred pounds oi meat. Thev made no attempt to con ceal their identity, bot said 'they had to steal or starve. Active measures arebein? taken to inouire into the wants of the DeoDle and to relieve the sffuering. . Murdered and Bobbed. Rochester. Ind., March 13. Michael Overmeyer, a well to do farmer, was robbed and murdered in this citv ' Wednesday night. Over mever was married only three weeks ago. Ho etT5 to Rochester in the morning, accompanied by his bride. She latter wnt to the home of a faiend on the outskirts of the town,fhere the husband watf to join her in the even ing. Tha import of'a pistol was heard ear the cirhetery. His body was fouDd later, -near the cemetery lying in the middlelol the road with a gaping wound in thebreast. Near the body was his revolver. His pocket book,' containing 12C6,' was gone. TIE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. R. U. DUN & CO'S. REVIEW AND SUM MARY OF TRADE. Heavy Decline In the Output of Iron Woolen Mill Very Active-K-port From the South a Shade Better M one v Markets Firm Stock Market Dull. Bat no Symptoms of Weakness. New York, March 13.R. G. Dun & Lo.'s weekly- review of trade says: The weekly output of all furnaces tn the Eas March 1st wasbutl34,52t tons, against 146,0-50 February 1st, a decrease of 15 per cent. In a month so great a decline would be the sign of impending disaster, if it were not properly attribu table in a large measure to temporary causes. The belief that the coke strike ill soon end in cheaper supplies of fuel, while the railroads west of Pitts burg have just agreed to reduce their charges, prompts consumers toexpeet lower ; price soon, and though the market here has a better tone. North ern No. 1 is quoted as low as $17 and Southern at $16 25. The prospect for the building trades is rather dull here, but at other cities,' particularly in the West, it is remark ably bright, with the single conditioi that threatened labor troubles do net interfere. The wool Manufacture is doing re markably well, though prices of goods do not advance; the mills engaged on dress goods and knit goods are espe cially active, and the worsted werks are on full time with fair prices. In the boot and shoe industry the shops are fairly employed and some new jvorks are going up, but the specu lative flurry in hides and leather has made business less satisfactory. Re-( ports from other cities are fairly fayor- able. Reports from the entire South are a shade brighter because cotton has re covered slightly in price. .Baltimore reports trade ahead of last year; Hew Orleans finds cotton receipts moderate, sugar dull and rice firm; Savannah deems the prospect very brigkt, and at Atlanta better price in cotton helps, but at Memphis the depression con tinues, and at Louisville trade is slow. At the South little is said of Collec tions, but throughout the West com plaints of slow collections grow more frequent and the money markets,though now here positively striDgent, are gen erally firm with more active demand. The volume of business continues larger than a year ago, but the range 01 prices, farm products included is over ten per cent higher, and has ad vanced H per cent during the past week. Wheat rdse ,41 cents, but reacted about 1 centHodav. sales for the week being 56,000,000 bushels. Considering that western' receipts steadily exceed last v ears7, while reports cf foreign scarcity are not sustained by exports, . r m which still fall far behind last years'. speculation is venturesome. Corn has advonced 4i cents and oats 21 cents for the week on rather larger sales than usual, and cotton has risen an eighth on sales of 600,000 hales, but all speculative markets have to recede with the possibility 01 scarce money before leng, as the drain from this city to the interior continues. In the s'ock market foreign claims came when holders wero wearied by the absence of pub lic support, which wa3 expected after Congress adjourned, and by the continuance of controversies which it was hoped were settled weeks ago. But the decline has only put back prices to about the level of January 1st, and while the market is very dull, it shows no symptons of alarm or special weakness, I t .1 . At t ic lor wrreBpuuu uK v - jvo. I c"' M" Bayard to Marry a Swedish Count. fHiLADELPHiA, ra., March 13. The I Wilmington, Del., JJispatcri says: The I wedding of Miss Nannie Bayard, the youngest daughter of ex-Secretary of J State Bayard, to Count Lewenhaupt, I 01 bweden, is announced to take place I in April in this city. The Count and I Countess will reside in Stockholm and I on the former's estate. A Disastrous Elopement. Cairo, Ills.,March 13. Samuel Witt, living at Elco, a few miles west of this city, attempted to take his 16-year-old daughter from -her " lover and cousin, William Wright, who had abducted her. During the sufile which followed Witt's revolver exploded fatally injur ing Wright and wounding his daugh ter, who was assisting her lover. The father says the pistol discharged acci dentally but he was arrested. Telegraphic Sparks. The Legislature of California yester- . day passed the anti-Chinese bllU It ,. provides lor Abe issuance of certificates of residence to Chinese, cow in the State and the exclusion of all others. August Heintz & Co., the largest and one of the oldest mercantile houses of La Grange, Texas, made an assignment yesterday. Liabilities estimated at $100,000; assets not ascertained. a Electrocutions Postponed. Sing Sing, N. Y.. March 13. War den Brush was served with an injunc tion late last night to appear in Wash ington before the 8upreme court in re lation to the cases of the murderers now under sentences of death in Sing Sing prison. Thi stops the electrocutions of Monday next. The political situation in Buenos Ayres has Improved, owing to the coalition of the Mitre and Roca par ties. The ballot in tho California Legisla ture yesterday for United States Sen ator resulted: Este, 34; Do Young, 24: Felton. 15; Blanchard, 11; Johnston, 4; Wetmu-e, 1; Shanahan, Dcm , 2. 7 - V