Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-10-27

! usr sch. ,as s.ee,.au has gone aga.a.f Is
and ..xr a..i-. 90 complain, o. 90 as--.
e-.--. .ar a-r defeat We have been beaten
r.-s-f.. and fairly, ve trust Our leading %
r.-.a.s. ae ku5a, ars honorable h,-h m,nts,
.aea. aud would scon % resort to ans i0w trcs
-r fraud 90 aa e.ecuon They Tough, As We did
f.. what ley conceived to be correct Trucie.e
/ Tbe.sa-s some things, to be sure, tha; ne Nigh
a,t., complain Of, but complaints ever comC
as,h a Bad grace from the defeated. and so we
,,.,l bass them oven n silence. We repeat how
ever h4, defeat has not in the least disheag,euel
D.. The contest, the wings know, has been too
! close 10 be considered decided triumph. Il j..
indeed worse ,han Pyrrhus victory, and almost
| Asures their defeat IN the next campaign We
are ready at any moment to open that campaign,
| and shall DO SO with renewed energy aud zeal,
and perfect confidence Of ultimate triumph.
D.mccrasy IS principle which never can be put
d,,, IN his country, however It may be temper
sry, and partially defeated. Let our friends then
ri,t themselves fot the coming contest with be-
coming spirit Let there be no hesitation, no
watering, re dismay in our ranks. lie who
Gliers now IS a traitor to his party and bis prime
ipes Let US remember that true magnanlm'-
IN consists not in n,rer FAILING, but IN Arrays
mslYe lahen zee faA" If We enter upon the
contest with this spirit, success will most assured
" crown our efforts.
Ertraci IF letter 10 gentleman in this City,
dated
NEw-YoRK, Oct. 81, 1898.
DEAN SIR. You ask for financial news, at this
moment we have nothing unusual, the only change |
n the rates Of Southern funds that has occurred !
ytnln the last week, has been in Alabama sales
yesterday, at 8 per cent discount, which is 2 .
or cent above laslweeks price, this is caused by
he Bank Convention adjournlng without naming
day for resumption, from what | can learn from
omo Florida Bankers here, they will not resume
ll Alabama does One Of the Nalchez Bank
residents has been behind the curtain in Wall
t, for some weeks buying al! the Mississippi
ank funds payable at Natchez that he could
ect--vhat is the cause that he in all cases le-
SEES 10 buy Planters Bank payable elsewhere
an Natchez. Grand Gulf and Fcksburg are l.
Hing at IL per cent greater discount than
ltchczs. Is the ateHo resume alone? The ho.
rs Of Brandon Bank notes refuse to sell at
present rates offered by the brokers. Some :,
days since all the Brandon that could be had @
80 to 35 per cent, was taken out Of the mar
Il IS the opinion Of many that the Bank has
purchasers are for her accOun. since the ad.
rnmcnt Of the Alabama Bank Convention =
c notes Of your Columbus Banks do not sell
well as heretofore, it is feared that the bad ex-
pie of SO near ncighbor may influence them
'ut off the day of resumption. Treasury
es are IN demand 1T lie per cent advance '
bin a few days, which is caused by the great l.,
lunt dong al our Custom House. The cash
'ipis there within the last month mas reached
100000. Our whalyes are lined with ship
:, and our City again begins to put on its for
prosperous appearance. We have had
tied demand for Cotton the two weeks past,
the operators have made handsome business
t. We have now on hand less than 1000 :,
cs, which viii all be required for Stocks for
manufacturers before our rivers close Fair
bile Cotton is worth IA / 2 cents. We are y
resent much too high TO ship, but report says a.
Humphreys, Biddle & Co. have said they
hold 100000 bales for years unless one J.,
ny sterling advance on the present rates is re-
ed. Exchange on England for the Great .
stern (she sails tomorrow is at 0 per cent.
private bills The United States Bank is not
Ning-we shall have the Royal William in a
days. when you shall hear from me again.
Yours, &c. .
The dHtg Of girng an honest Toie,-I have by
1t longer than intended upon this first and
1dailon principle of our political morality ole
which teqnlrcs every legally qualified cit.
TO give his vote at the elections. There is
Their duty colncdent with this, which is too Us
louS to call for much argument, and vet too
u violated, 10 be passed over in siIonca:
that IS the duty of giving an honest vote. rae
ry ciilzen, IN this primary act that gives it
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