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STRANGE DoNGs IN South CARoLIYA.-From
letter published in the Charleston Courier, we
extract the following:

4 a
extract the following:
"STATEBURGH, S. c., May 20.
There was an encampment review and drill
all the last week at Camden On Friday night
there was sham surprise, surrender, and an
attempt to recover, &C., when all their pleasure
was turned to regret and sorrow, by man
from Lancaster rushing in and stabbing FIVE
men; the worst wounded of all was young Chas.
G.. Shannon he was alive when the men left
yesterday evening for Claremont, but no hope
Of his recovery. Either wound, of the two, it
is said would prove mortal. 1t is deeply felt
on his own and his fathers account. He, /
hear, gave promise of useful life, and had
been to Europe to improve his medical educa-
ton. The poor man who inflicted this dreadful
catastrophe was from Lancaster, and deranged
at the time from exposure to the sun. He
thought it was real fight, and that he was
doing soldiers duty This is as heard it,
in detail Watts, of this district, was badly
wounded also. l did not hear who the others
were.
"a gentleman told me yesterday that he
heard member of the late convention say, he
thought the passage Of the resolutions Of the
Committee of II would induce New York and
Pennsylvania to send Commissioner or depute
an overture in some way, entreating South Ca
rolina not to secede and they would use their
States influence in Congress to have justice
done the South. | wish they would but do
not believe it. There is q strong party for de-
lay here. Butler, Barnwell, Cheyes, Orr and
Burt, are men whose opinions have great
weight"
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Hon. ARsnsTEAD BURT, member of Congress
from South Carolina, has written long letter
on the subject Of secession. He goes all lengths
with the ultraists on the subject of northern
aggressions but is opposed to the secession Of
South Carolina alone, and believes that her Sc
cession at this time would neither be followed
nor justified by any other State" Her seces-
sion alone would seriously hinder, if not utterly
defeat, the great object they have in view.
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NEW YORK MARKET.

NEW YORK, May 29-6 p. m.
The -four market is du-prices dropping. Sales to-
day Of 5000 bbs at SO s7149$4 O6 per Dbl for common
to straight State brands Southern "a 44@$4 &c. Gene
see, 81 56@$4 621a meal, $3@S3 064; rye -four,
SO So
Grain quiet Genesee 1l4@l16 cents rather dull
sales of 10000 bushels at 5000 cents for yellow and
mixed; oats 4ig4s cents; rye 1904 cents
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Biscaccianti, the American, sung at the Lon.
don Philharmonic Concert on the 12th &c Nov
and was warmly applauded.
He or she may be American but the name
and music are no doubt foreign appendices.
Therefore we should not claim the artist
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A VALUABLE PIECE on INFORMATION.

A VALUABLE PIECE OF INFORMATION.
TT Is well for persons generally know and particu-
i larly the LADIES, where good bargains may be had
In Dry Goods:
THAT PLACE Is At G. W. YERBY's;
For he Is selling wide plaid Checkered and Striped
Muslins at IL u, 16, Is, 20, and % cents
Very fine fast coored Lawns, IL Is TO- and Is cents
Fine bleached Muslins for Shirtings, OF cents
Extra wide and fine beached do 10 cents
Good fast-colored Cacoes, " cents
Wide Silks, 25 and 81 u cents
Bareges, very pretty styles, 25 cents
Barege de Lame, 16 Is, 20, and 25 cents
Good Crash for toweling, cents
Fine Bordered Huckerbark Towels, IL u cents
Beautiful Toilet Covers so cents-worth rs cents
And in fact almost every article in the Dry Goods line
embracing Ladies' Gentlemen's, Youths, Chdrens and
housekeeping Dry Goods, at corresponding low prices.
Call and examine may 30-d2yif
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The organ of hope has surely never been so
prominently developed in any other human head
as in that Of the widow of Sir John Franklin
yet, if the searchers do not find the objects of
their pursuit, other purposes may be accom-
plished that will richly reward all their labor
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We observe with pleasure that Mr.. Hilbus
has very fine assortment of musical instru-
ments A good instrument is the first thing the
amateur should obtain, good teacher the Sec
ond. With patient perseverance these will effect
every thing desired
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A copy of Number XIX. Of "The Farmers
Guide TO Scientific and Practical Agriculture" has
just been presented to us by Messrs Taylor s.
Maury, the agents for the publishers in this
city. Three more numbers will complete this
most excellent and practical work
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We are indebted to Mr.. Franck Taylor for a
copy of !" BistrnePs United States National Re
gister and Calendar for 1852" which contains
valuable political and statistical information re-
lating to this country and Canada, with map
of North America.
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PURE MILK.

vTNHE SUBSCRIBERS, having just opened a Dairy arc
prepared to supply the citizens Of Washington with
the RARE ARTICLE Of PURE MILK.
For further information, call Mr. A. Gray BOOKSELLER
Seventh street, opposite Odd-Fcllows' Hall.
Customers leaving their orders with Mr. Gray will DO
promptly served at their doors.
may 2s-eod2w TRUMAN VI. 4 GEO o. BRUSH
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THIRD WARD

GENTLEMEN: take the liberty Of nominating J. A. VI.
DUNCANSON esq, TO the voters of the Third Ward for
the Board of Common Council. lie Is not only qualified
TO represent well the peculiar local interest of the Third
Ward, but the general interests Of the whole city H.
may 24-fte
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Arrivals at the Principal Hotels,
Up 10 IL o'clock, M, today,

United Statos-T Harrington, Jefferson CO.,
Virginia; Lincoln, Philadelphia Boylan, Raleigh,
North Carolna Miss Boylan do; Rano and lady, New
Jersey; VALE, lady and three children, Bethlehem,
Pa; John Hunter, Prince George county, Md,
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4 CASHMERE HAT.-STEvENs has received
~ further supply of the above new and elegant ven
tilntng Hat. Gentlemen can be accommodated at sTF
yENs's, under the Athen@um, opposite the Adelph
Theatre may 30--3tif
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A CARD.

GARD.
THE SUBSCRIBER has received another lot of very
i cheap Dry Goods, which will be off at very low
prices, owing to the laeness of the Such
Beautiful styles of Bareges, % cents
Lawns fast colors, IL ~ 10, 1S, 25, and 81 cents
French Jaconets, fast colors, 25 cents
20 pieces more Of those Brown and White Lawns,
which so much admired by the Ladies Of
plain tastes; colors perfectly fast, and styles
tirey
case fine bleached Shirtings Mt "a cents
case extra good blcached Shifting, 10 cents
% pieces real New York Mills Cotton
rs do Allensdae Shifting
100 do Of other celebrated makes Of Shifting Cloth
so do fine Collar and Bosom Linens
10 do extra heavy Linens, for Shifting Pillows,
Slips Lounges, &c,
With many more great bargains, too numerous to
temze. Persons win find n good stock at prices that
cannot fail TO please, at G. w. YERBY'S,
may 30-d2wif Pa av, between eth and Sth ste.
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SEVENTH DAY BApTIsTs. The Legislature of
Wisconsin passed law in March last, which
relieves the sect known as the "Seventh Day
Baptists'' from the usual legal liabilities of the
Sabbath.
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To THE LADIES,

GENERAL MEETING Of tho Ladies is respectfully
n requested on Pennsyyania avenue, Sd door east Of
18th street the purpose Of selecting patterns most
suitable TO their taste, from extensive assortment Of
French Gilt Paper angings, just received which will be
sold and put up, "a Ia mode dc Is at prices incredibly
cheap l.. Y. CLARK,
may 25-3teo Paper-IIanger and Upholstcrer
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FOURTU WARD

MEssRs. EDrToRs You will please announce Mr.. JOHN
p. PEPPER suitable person 10 represent this Ward
in the Board Of Common Council, and obge
may 23-tde HIS MANY FRIENDS
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CITY SURVEYOR

A We respectfully present to the consideration Of the
people W w. De MAINE as a suitable candidate for City
Surveyor at the ensuing election. This gentleman is in
every way qualified to discharge the duties Of that Office
and will be supported by MANY.
may l2-td
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CEREMONY THIS AFTERNooN.--Mr. z. Rich
ards, Principal of the Preparatory School Of
Columbia College, is about to erect most ex-
cellent and superb school-house to be called
4" The UNION ACADEMY" Its location will be
at the intersection Of New York avenue and
Fourteenth street. 1t will front forty three
feet on the avenue and ffty-six on Fourteenth
street. 1t will be two stories high-the walls
ascending thirty feet. The whole lot purchased
by Mr.. r. to surround this edifce contains
1000 square feet, and will be well enclosed.
The style, we understand, is to be of the most
beautiful and approved of modern school archi-
lecture. The establishment will be furnished
with the best and most recently designed furni-
ture, the improvements on which have of late
been very material. Complete and superior
apparatus will also be provided.
The contractors and carpenters are j. M.
Downing & Bro; brickmakers, Mahoney s
Floyd; John Flaherty, plasterer; David Finch
Son, painters and GLACIERS.
The cornerstone will be laid by the Mayor
at five o'clock this afternoon. Fishers band has
been engaged for the OCCASION and we doubt
not many Bratlneu spectators Will De present.
The HARMONY OF PROPHECY. Tay-
lor & Maury have presented US volume fresh
from the press of the Harpers entitled The
Harmony Of Prophecy; or Script,~al Hlustra-
tons Of the apocalypse" 1t is from the pen of
the Rev. alexander Keith, d. d., author Of 1.-THE
Evidence Of Prophecy" &c. The name of the
author will be a passport for the volume to the
library of every lover Of the truths or literature
Of the Bible. He processes to have but COM
pared scriptures and collected facts "illustra-
tive of the conveyance of prophecy toward the
consummation.
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An Anti-secession Meeting is to be held at
Hamburg South Carolina, on the 9lst inst, and
several hundred citizens have signed the call.
Judge Butler, General Hammond, and others
have been invited to address the assemblage,
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THIRD WARD

R5- JOSEPH W. DAVIS IL presented TO the voters
Third Ward a candidate for the Board Of C0MMOl
COUNCIL, and will be supported by MANY VOTERS.
NAV It'd
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AT Lafayette, La, on the 18th inst, Mr.. P.
q. Vigneau was shot by his brother-whether
purposely or not, we are not informed.
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CITY COLLECTOR

Rg- MEssRs. EDIToRs You will please announce DR. Il
NJ. CHAPLIN n candidate for the Office Of Collector O
Taxes at the ensuing June election.
may 2l-dtds MANY VOTERS
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COMMON COUNCIL-SECOND WARD.
m MEssRs. EDITORS: Please announce the following
ticket for Common Council, in the Second Ward, at the
approaching election:
NICHOLAS CALLiS-R. l. MoRsuL--BENAIAH WILRT.
may 23-eolt MANY VOTERS
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George Thompson, the English Aboltionist.
has announced his intention of shortly return
ing home.
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DR.. anarchists Uterine Catholicon.
nR ANARCHISTS Uterine Catholicon Is in truth the
greatest discovery Of the age, and will prove the
greatest blessing to because II will 05 per
cent Of certain class Of uterine complaints of the most
grave character and Of very general prevalence being
the Of more suffering misery, and danger to the
female than all other diseases combined.
For particulars, certificates Of cures &C. Dr. Mar
chsis Pamphlet, TO be had gratis Of the Agents.
For sale by J. y. CALLAN,
may 30-tf Corner II and eth streets.
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WASHINGTON RESTAURANT.

rJNHE UNDERSIGNED takes this method Of informing
his friends and the citizens Of the Metropolis in gem
ers that he IL fully prepared 10 them with all
the delicacies of the with which the markets Of
Baltimore, Norfolk, and the District abound-such as
Hard and Soft CRABS fresh Norfolk OYSTERS, TURTLE
SOUP, &c, &c, &c.
Thankful for past fvors he trusts by strict attention.
to merit an increase. w. Y. BENTER,
Southwest Of 9th st. and Penn avenue.
N. B,-Families supplied may 30-tf
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BALTIMORE MARKET.

BALTIMORE, May y,
FLoUR-We note sales yesterday Of 900 bbls Howard
street -four at 81 25 We hear of sales of City Mills
-four
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WILLIAM A. GRIFFITu

Marble Gutter and Sculptor, corner of Eqnd Ninth sts,
Prepares Mantels Monuments Tombs and Head-stones.
Also fancy cbisellng and carving. mar T--d
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CEMENT! CALCINED PLASTER |!

CEMENT! CALCINED PLASTER!
lust RECEIyED-l00 casks Of best New York Hy-
" draulic Cement, at 81 90
80 casks Witherspoons Calcined Plaster, at 50 90
20 do Newark do at 81 80
~ YARD
Building materials Of various kinds-Lime, White
Sand &C., &c.
Call and see, at the Lumber Yard the Canal at 18th
street. =. NJ PEARSON a co.
may 30-3tt Wash. News At
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8g- CAN'T BE BEAT.-The Daguerreotypes
taken at the ODE0N in execution and truhfuness,
inferior to in the city, while the price much lower
than ut most other Galleries. may 28-5teo*
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89y- Nominations and Announcements Of Candidates
for Office charged other advertisements in this
paper. may 10
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ASSESSOR-FOURTH WARD.
Bsr WASHINGTON LEWIS is n Candidate for the
above Office, and will be supported by
may 22-tde MANY VOTERS
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HARPER's New MONTHLY for June has just
been sent us by Mr.. J. Shillington. 1t is a
beautiful NUMBER and the illustrations Of
Thompson's poem of summer are truly superb.
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CO. The Teachers Association will meet
at the Smithsonian Institution tomorrow Saturday
afternoon, at halfpast o'clock. Question for Lecture
discussion Sought the Profession of Teaching to be
subject requirements and regulations similar to those
Law and Medicne" The public invited.
NAV 3d. o. c. WIGHT, Sec'ry.
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MARRIAGES.

On Thursday afternoon, in the Fourth Presbyterian
Church, by the Rev. JOHN @. SMITH, Mr.. JOHN II.
WALKER, of Baltimore, to Miss R0ANNA Il. PHIL
LIPS, Of this city.
In Baltimore, the 2sth instant, by the Rev. Mr..
Ross, ERICKSON H. TANEYHILL to MARY E. TANEY-
HILL, both of Calvert county, Maryland.
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FOURTH WARD

FOURTH WARD.
Rf- MICHAEL LARNER is presented to the voters Of
the Fourth Ward a candidate for the Board of COM
MON COUNCIL, and will be supported by
may 23-tde MANY VOTERS.
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RS- Gibbs Hair-cuttingR oms, open daily
for the reception of customers.
Wigs, scalps, and Toupees on hand or made to order
on the most approved principles may 28-3tif
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BY TELEGRAPH.
ALRANY. Nav 8O-l
EPressly for ibis paper.

ALBANY, May SOL o: m.
The following Is short synopsis Of Mr..
Webster's speech in this city, revised by him
self
He commenced by thanking the young men
for the honor conferred on him, exhorted
them to uphold the institutions of the country,
and referred to the exalted character of the
assemblage before him, containing some of the
first men of the greatest State in the Union. He
said he must be circumspect in expression of his
views; referred to the compromise measures;
considered all questions embraced in the COM
promise bill as settled, with the exception Of
the fugitive slave law. The enemies of that
law were determined to oppose it bitterly, and
the question must be met. He was willing to
meet it by declaring that the passage of that
law was right, proper, expedient, and just; and
in saying so he only repeated the language Of
the Constitution.
Slavery, he said, existed prior to the forma-
of people were not responsible for its introduce
ton, but as they could not get rid of it, they
must give it their protection.
THE balance Of Mr.. Webster's speech was
not received when our paper went to press
New YORK, May 30-1a p. m.
Breadstuffs quiet Stocks steady at yester-
days advance.
PHILADELPHIA, May 3O-2 p. m.
The markets are steady. U. s. 6's, 1867,
are quoted at 1913.
BALTIMORE, May 3O-23 p. m.
Sales of six hundred barrels of Howard street
-four at $4@4.l2.
Balloting for United States Senator, SC.
HARTFORD, Conn, May %.
The Legislature to-day went into joint con-
vention, for the purpose of electing United
States Senator. Seymour, Democrat, on the
first ballot, received los votes, and Roger S.
Baldwin, Wing, 103 ten scattering votes were
polled for other Wings, three for other Demo-
Gratis, and two for Free-soil candidates No
choice. The convention then adjourned until
tomorrow, when the balloting will be resumed
Hon. Stephen Branch, a well-known citizen
of Rhode Island, died at Central Village, in this
State, yesterday.
Mr.. Webster.
New YORK, May 29-2 p. m.
Mr. Webster arrived to-day, and took lodg-
ings at the Astor House. His Albany speech
will be published tomorrow.
Boston Items.
BosToN, May 29-6 p. m.
The large steam planing-mil of Johnson Muir
doch, adjoining the State Prison at Charlestown,
was destroyed by fire last night
Commissioner Curtis has published card
denying the charge made by Horace Mann, that
he consulted Mr.. Webster before giving his
opinion in the Symmes case.
Bark Savannah Burned.
SAVANNAH, May 90.
The bark Savannah, bound hence for New
York, was burned yesterday at the mouth of
the Savannah river She was believed to be
fully insured.
Late from Vera Cruz
New ORLEANS, May 81.
We have later advices from Vera Cruz, which
state that the schooner Cairo, which sailed from
New Orleans on the 28th of March last, for
Tehuantepec, with supplies for the coast sur
veying party, was detained ut Vera Cruz by the
authorities, and not allowed to proceed on her
voyage. The matter has created considerable
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CHARLES +. WOOD
SUPERIOR pAGUERREoTYPEs- Premium !

n II
SUPERIOR DAGUERREOTYPES-1s Premium!
II ii. WIIITEHURST has extended the field Of his OPP
~ eratons over more ground than any daguerreo-
typist in the country His Galleries may be found on
Pennsylvania avenue, between and 9th streets: No
207 Baltimore street Baltimore; Broadway and
Leonard street New York. No II Main street. Richmond:
Sycamore street, Petersburg Main street. Norfolk and
Main street Lynchburg, Virginia.
His beautiful and highly finished electro Darucrreo-
types extraordinary improvement nsuring faithful
and highly finished likcnesses in few seconds.
J. ii. w. calls the attention of the public generally to
his elegantly furnished Gallery Lane and fuckers
store, where free exhibition Of pictures will DO
given.
Notwithstanding the unusual competition in Daguerre-
otypes at the recent Fair Of the Maryland Institute he
was awarded the first medal by the judges.
Lkenesses Of every description copied and postmortem
cases attended TO. ap 30-d6mo
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SEVENTH WARD-ALDERMAN.
EIJ- Mr. GEORGE PAGE is presented to the voters Of
the Seventh Ward Candidate for the Board of Alder
His great practical knowledge and untiring enter
prise recommend him to the favorable consideration
every voter of the Island.
may 30-2t& THE PEOPLE.
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lust RECEIVED, direct from the
- New York Manpfacturers-A superior assortment of
Deep-well FORCE PUMPS, with Hose attached
Also full assortment Of LIFTPUMPs, from Nos. i
to g.
The above articles are warranted and will be sold
cheap. WIN. II. NARROWER,
may 30-3t Seventh street, opp. Patriotic Bank
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E9- The Washington Atheneum will
hold its regular meeting tomorrow friday evening"
May Both, at Temperance Hail. commencing at o'clock
Subject for discussion, Should National Taxation be
Direct Indirect" The public respectfully invited
To attend.
may 29-2t j. +. M0FFETT, Sec'ry.
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Late from Vera Cruz.

NEW ORLEANS, May Il.
We have later advices from Vera Cruz, which
state that the schooner Cairo, which sailed from
New Orleans on the 18th of March last, for
Tehuantepec, with supplies for the coast sur
veying party, was detained at Vera Cruz by the
authorities, and not allowed to proceed on her
voyage. The matter has created considerable
excitement
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i cided by numerous citizens that FRIEDENWALD AZ
Co have the largest and best selected stock Of SPRING
AND SUMMER CLOTHING In the city, TO which they are
constantly adding They have also n very handsome
sortmcnt Of BOYS CLOTHING, which they will sell very
cheap. GREAT WESTERN CLOTHING STORE
may 26-U Penna av., doors below 10th 81.
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SAVANNAH, May 20.
The bark Savannah, bound hence for New
York, was burned yesterday at the mouth of
the Savannah river. She was believed to be
fully insured.
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FOURTH WARD.
Bsy" JESSE PLOWMAN is a Candidate for the office OF
ASSESSOR, and will be supported by
may 2S-4ts MANY VOTERS
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BALTIMORE, May 30-23 p. m.
Sales of six hundred barrels of Howard street
-four at $4@4.12.