Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-02-12

habtable globe-proceed TO friend "Hew-
let's City Hotel" by 8, P. NJ, take din
ner not to be excelled at any hotel on this
continent. As The shades of night draw
near, you can choose your own manner,
and course to pass the evening; you will
have three theatres, concert or two, six
bathrooms, and circus for selection; you
can go TO either-or you can go to church
if you choose. And when you retire to
bed, if you don't como to the conclusion
that New Orleans. is place, why, you can
go to Constantinople, or-back TO Car
rollton.
Markets, 8c.-The operations in the
great staple, cotton, for the past ten days,
have been very extensive; an advance
of c. per ID. has been obtained; though
small, it is better than being the other
way. Freights TO European ports having
declined, a further advance in cotton might
have been expected; as it is, the feeling is
decidedly favorable, and the recent news
is of more cheering nature than it has
been my fortune 10 record for some time.
Sales of last week in this market reach
10000 bales, chiefly for the English mar
ket, and up TO the close of the week fac
tors did not appear to be placing large lots
on the market for sale. think, with
several others, that European dealers have
been forming too large an estimate of the
crop of 1874, and that it will not reach
beyond $500, 900 bales, and at that esti-
mate, with the heavy stock in England al
the close of 1914, not any material advance
in Price for several months TO come, can
be expected. Should the year l645 give
another great yield, no improvement in
price can be looked for until the cOnsump.
ton more equally approximate to the pro-
duction. Spectators and dealers that
got their fingers so severely burned last
year by the article, have not now the
means or disposition to enter into the mar.
ket on any terms. Perhaps those useful
Inventions, the Tennessee banks and agen-
cies, who have drawing post in this city
and are at all times very friendly dispo
sed TO aid the planters in the disposition
of their crops, can operate to some ad
vantage, and allow a fraction of cent
above the market rates, or they will as
sist the solvent planter by taking his draf
on some of their posts here, and through
their drummers, payable next season a
the rate of IL a 10 per cent. per annum
in exchange for those fancy engravings, OF
pretty pictures of the denomination Of
,, 3 and SIS, as learn all transactions in
North Mississippi are now based on Ten
nessee shinplasters. There is plenty o
the sound currency in circulation for al
business purposes, but if your planters suf
fer themselves 10 lie deluded into the shin
plaster system again, they ought 10 suffer
The receipts of Western produce arr
heavy, and many articles have declined
Flour, for instance, below $500; Bag
ging, l0a la c.; Rope, 3 81 C.
In general, business does not look yer,
fattering. Heavy stocks of Dry Good
are ON hand, not paid for Groceries ar
plenty, and prices rule low. Sugar ha
almost as many different grades and price
as cotton; on platform, prices range from
3 to 81 cents. Salt is arriving in heav,
, quantities; cargo sales have been made be
! low ninety cents per sack for Liverpool
Yours, very respectfully, -.