Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-05-12
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BY EXPRESS MAIL.
n. Give the following extracts from the last
...oool Circular relative to the cotton market.
INV move interesting to such Of our planters as
,:,,s3 ,beir cotton direct 10 Europe
Ne shall continue to give the latest account Of
be foreign market.
LUERrooi, March so, 1883.
~, las, circular was under date OF 23d INST.
The quantity of Gotten offering on the market for
I'm. DAVIS subsequently,, continued to be so much
h,vo,d the demand, that though far extent oil
h,,n.,s was done, paces of the low and middle
.n,,;,;e, declined fully Lid ID. In the last day
:, two however there has been some speculative
demand, and not so much offering, which has re-
r.rod The market in some degree from the great
Gloom which prevailed, and prices are a shade
So.sr. though sill quite l-sd below the rates Of
,ho o3a INST for common qualities. Good and
fine qualities as before, remain steady. The sales
s., the week ended this evening, have amounted
q - Gin bales. of which $3.50 are Upland, al
k1.od,oS l.sd. 9SiO Orleans ct 5 "a to s ID
with obont l50 bales of fancy lots at 81 10
Old $500 Alabama and Mobile at Bid
,oto7l.2. About 1000 were taken on specu-
lo,ion and 500 for export Though the winds
have been unfavorable for arrivals the last few
DAYS, the import for the week is $4,000 bales,
making the supply since lst Jan. 100000 bales,
against 30l, 900 to same period last year; the
.uDply from the United States is 3lS,0O0, being
an increase of 10000. The stock in this port
IS estimated at 290,0C0 bales against 265,000
last season 1.-THE same period the stock of Ame-
ricon is about 10000 or $4,000 more than it
thon was.
STILL LATER FROM EUROPE.
Lirespoool, april g.
The business in cotton for the last five days is
estimated at about 1900 bales. The market
remained steady at the close Of the past and be-
ginning of the present week, but has become very
dull and heavy the last day OF two, and prices of
common qualities l-Sd lower, although there has
not been any quantity forcing on the market
I The range of prices is 3-S TO 7 ga for Upland
and Orleans, except for fancy marks Of the latter.
Fair qualities may be quoted IL to 5-S.
Have mercy on as Two new shin plaster con.
Germs have recently started: one in Kinds, the
other in kemper county.
CoNsoLING We occasionally receive letters
from Postmasters of the following import We
shall publish them hereafter, unless the subscriber
makes provision for the payment Of arrearages.
Had Mr.. Anderson sent us the $l3 90 due for
paper we should not have cared straw foI his
discoutnuance:
POSI- Office, Gainesville, ala.
April 30lh, 1888.
Eds. Democrat Gent.-Your paper address
ed to j. II. Anderson is not taken out Of this Of
fee for some reason unknown.
Respectfully yoars,
II. G. MCMAHON, P. NJ.
Per j. ii. THOMPSON.
We recently received similaf note from the
post master al Mt. Wahalock, informing us that
Wm +. Jones, one of our old subscribers, had
removed to Clark county, Ala. lie was indebt-
ed S22 90. The post master at Leflore, Car
roll, county tells us that James Meek's paper is
not taken out Of the office. He owes only S.
for the paper. These gentlemen may all be per-
tecty good for the amount of these triAing sums,
and honest men too, but they have neglected the
printer We shall send bills to our subscribers
residing out of the state, and strike all from our
list that neglect TO make remittance.
Two or three of our subscribers ran away to
Texas in our debt last fall "They left the couf-
Try Tor the country's good"
BcSdaeon's Annual Register was issued from
Tue press last week. The prevalence of the yell
low lever at Natchez last fall, retarded the pro-
efess OF the work some three months the pub
nc however will loose nothing by this, as it gave
NE publisher more time to complete and correct
Inc various statistical tables.
IL abounds with historical "reminiscences, from
"nch we shall occasionally make extracts.
The South Western Journal has reached IFS
'e"'n number. Its publication is no longer an
EXPERIMENT." will not the Literary Society about
70 DC formed in this city give mis- deserving work
'u' S''''le Of 0pprobatonl Only S. per annum.
1"' DGnh' Of Lorndes County The three
Incorporated banks of Columbus, can, when their
I'eN Is all paid in, issue TEN MILLION OF
DOLLARS
ino zeal Estate Banks CT Columbus, Cal
c''i'' Colbert and the Transportation Company