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s. N. WOOD,

s. N. WOOD,
TT o R ~ u Y AT L A w,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
Notary Public, Commissioner Of DECIDE,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
DUYS and sells Real Estate on commits.
I'D sion, invests money and locates Land
Warrants for non.residents, and does q
general Land Agency business. W Lnnd
Warrants constantly on hand, and for sale
cheaper than at any other place in Law
renee, and guaranteed In every particular
l9ly lNN GN
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SEE HEREl

+ AIDES and Gentlemen, Women and
~ Men, Squaws and "lnjuns," Babies
and Pappooses - everybody rich, poor,
high low, smart, dumb, white, black, hand
some and ugly. who have traded at my
store, have few words to say to you,
Ever since l established my Sore in the
Getty" have unhesitatingly sold you goods
ON credit, irrespectively. You have run on
too severely-have imposed upon my good
will so long that it is getting to be unendu-
rable-will soon "bust up flat" if you
don't quit. Just look at it l have to pay
The solid cash down for my supplies, and
am obliged to be doing this continually,
VIII lie at the same time have to trust you
for YOUR purchases Of me Within the last
three months have trusted you to the
amount Of over fifteen hundred dollars !
Were you aware Of this factf Don't 1t scare
you Well, it oughtto-at least II should
cause you to experience emotions Of shame.
Now, all you sponges, want you TO under
stand that am going TO revolutionize this
state of things. In the first place, want
you to "pony up" In the second place, l
shan't trust you any more--no use falling
You havegot to pay me right do,0n for
what you purchase Of me in the future--no
respect to persons, l intend to put my
goods down as low as any other store in the
Territory, and will give you just as good
qualities of goods. So, now, call round,
pay me up, make some new purchases
You will rest easier o nights, will be at
peace with conscience and your Maker, and
will be the means of making me better
natured and handSomor man "Cheer
up, yo lively lads |" &c.
HIT GOUDY.
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Take Warming |

r HEREBY caution those people who have
Il heretofore been in the habit Of letting
down fences on my claim and crossing with
their teams, horses, cattle, &C., that if any
thing of the kind is done hereafter | shall
prosecute them to the fullest extent of the
law. PETER BAYSlN GER.
Prairie City, July l-2t
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DELINQUENT Tax Sale.

N0TICE 10 hereby given that Lots will
IN selected from the shares Of those
Stockholders of the Prairie City Association
who have non.complied with the require
ments Of said Association in regard to the
payment Of Taxes, and will bs offered Cor
sale at public auction in Prairie City on
Saturday, July 10, AZ 2 p. M ter order of
TRUSTEES PRAIRA Z CITY.
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PRAIRIE CITY MARKET.

PRAIRIE Cry, July 8, 1858.
FLoUR--Superine, 50 0O@3 rs fe cwt
WHEAT--None ia market.
CoRN--40c
Conn MEAL--$I OD
WHITE BEANs-$2 SO
POTATOES 4Oc.
GREEN .APPLEs--$l rs Per Bush.
DRIED q So.
ORAcKERs--l5c. per. ib.
FRESH BUTTER-I5c. R b.
CHEEsE--2Oc. AZ fb.
SALEBATUs-l2c, per ib.
BaowN SUoAR-ll "a l4c.
WHITE -25c per ib.
RIcRA~l0c.
TEAs-75c.@ @$l 90
CoTEEE-l62s@9Oc.
BEEF-6c
Eggs--l2 ~ doz
BAooN--lO@llc.
CoDFlsH-lO@l2%c.
MAoKEREL--l5c.
ToBAooo-45@6Oc.
MANILA RoPE--25c.
SoAP--Sc
OAEDLEs-Star, 30c.
TALLoW--l0c.
CoTToN BATTINe--25c.
lRoNz-7@lUc.
NAILs~-615c
Loo CHAlN.--l0@l2hc.
SAD lRoNs-lO@l21Sc.
HIDEs-Green, 4c. dry, &c. ~ ib
SALT-S sack Of 2OO 1bs., SO 10.
AxEs--$l 25@$l 50.
Ok Bows-$ pIece,50c.
soCKs--3P palr, 4Oc.
BCoT'stSgieS' s.Iy Y pair'$ss D. 5S@s4 80, e. % 90
SHEETINas--Brown, y yard, 12>6@l5c.
Bleached, l2Ia@2Oc.
PRINTs--R yard, ,s@l5c.
DELAINEs-- 2J@35c.
oL-Linseed, u gal, 81 so:
MoLAssEs--75c.
SYRUP {" 81 90.
WooD-Hard, U cord, 81 so.
CoAL--Stone, q bushel, 25@5Oc
,GLAss--S by III, per light, SC.
III by IL y" &c.
~ by Id SIC.
LuMBER--Per thousand, $I5@2j.
SHINGLEs-per Thousand IS 50@$6 so
Work OxEN-$5U@ @SlUO
Cows--Sl5@$35.
HORSES AND MULEs--S75@$l5O.
LUMBER WAGoNs--$SO@sllO.
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f A RIM Err s, ATTENTIO N!
T-have for sale, at my residence in Prairie
L. City,
Five 7wo-Horss Lumber Wagons,
Manufactured at Aurora, Ills, by George
McCOllum, who is we'll known throughout
the western country to be the manufacturer
Of the best and most substantial wagons
west Of New York.
l also have on hand for sale several
Breaking and Cross PloaOs,
Which / will guarantee to be as durable
and efficient as any ever yet introduced into
Kanzas Territory.
Also Fruit Trees of every description,
Currant and Gooseberry Bushes, Mammoth
Pie Plant, Choice Evergreens, &C., DC.
AL of which offer on the most reasona-
BILE terms. l9tf II, CLIFFORD.
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FOR SALE, CHES$.

A N Improved Farm Of 100 d JOS. This
IN farm lies about lIS nilesnNouth east
Of Prairie City, is under q goodv late Of i'm
provement, and will be sold VERY CHEAP.
] will sell the whole or one.half VII, as de-
sired, Payment required one, " down.
the remainder In six months, go good Sc
curity, For further particul Wapply 70
the subscriber, on the prsmisebo address
him at Lawrence, Post Office ~ b0.
90 E.P.WreIRRIS.
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tits Not a Dye.

WE subjoin a few names THOSE whe
w recommend Mrs. S.,A. ALLEr's Hair
Restorer and Zylobalsam, Prest. Eaton.
Of Union University: The falling Of ha,A
coasod, and my grey locks changed to orig-
inal color Rev. q. A. Buckboe, Treas,
Am. Bible Union, MY. II cheerfully add
my testimony" H.V. Degen, ed. Guide.
10 Holiness, Boston: eve can testify to its
Effects" Rov. u. r. Fairchild, Cor. Sec.
Ch'n Union, N. Y: "Used in my family
with beneficial eficcts.' Rev A. Webster,
"Ch'n Era" Bostoni "slnco using your
preparations, ! am mother hald Or grey as
heretofore" Rev. J. II. Cornell, Cor, &c.,,
etc., N. Y.,"It has reetoled the hair Of ons
Of my family toits original color, and stop
ped It's falling out" etc., etc. We can,
quote from numerous othovs of long stand
ing 10 Europe and America, but for furthcx
information, send for circular 70
MRS. .S. A. ALIENS
Worlds Hair Reatprcr Depot,
No. 1856 Broom 81, N,Ys
lohfg ~NNs tHNii
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What the Press Says.

The story is told with great simplicity,
hut with much power and pathos. Who
ever takes twill find it difficult to lay IL
down until it is fnished.--Nationat Era,
Washington, DO.
Anurrative of real experience like tho
above, will have far more effect against sla-
very than the ingeniously wrought novel,
however true to life It's It's pictures may be.
Am. Baptist.
Here is a book Of facts, stranger than fic.
tion. and thousand fold more thrillingia
simple tale Of Of lifelong oppression, reveal
ing truly theworkings Of the peculiar in
stiiution, ;" in our country. To the story
loving we would say, here is a story worth
reading, Mission Record.
A THOROUGH CANVAsSER is WAN
TED, in each county in the free States, to
engage in the sale Of the above work imme--
diSteIy. Such can easily clear from $50 to
800 per MONTH
The work is beautifully printed and
bound, and is aslarge as the books that sell
for one 81 IS; but AZ we mean to sell at
least one hundred thousand copies, through
agents, we have made the retail price only
one dollars.
A sample copy of The book will be sent
by mail, postage paid on receipt ofthe price
aud our private circular TO agents, with
terms ETC.. Address
DAYTON, Publisher,
rn29 3mo. - No 20 Ann st. New York.
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"HOLD YOUR HORSES"
Says Griffith, but we say

"WAIT FOR THE WAGON II"
WE, the undersigned, having entered
w in,o co.partnership and erected o
large and comuodious shop upon the north
east corner Of Dayton and Aurora streets
Prairie City, for tho purpose Of carrying on
the wagon and carriage making business IN
its various branches, and feeling compe-
tent TO render satisfaction to all who may
favor us with their patronage, would re-
spectfully solictit share Of the same.
IN. b. Particular attention given TO re
pairing wagons, carriages, agricultural i'm
plemcnts, de-, Ac.
0Syl BROOKE 4 DEARING.
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IHURRAH !! HURRAH HURRAH /
"NOw is Me accepted time I"
GET A FORTUNE WHILE YOU GAN

GET A FORTUNE WHILE YOU CAM
SO CHOICE LOTS in PRAIRIE CITY
W. will be offered for sale at Public
Auction on Saturday, July 10, at 10 A. NJ,
The lots comprise some of the best and also
some of the poorest onesip betown; hence
every stage of the purse,can be accommO.
dated. The persons owning this property
are hard up" for money, and they are
bound to raise some dingbats" " by means
of disposing of their property, even should
il be sacrhcedfor almost nothing. This is
the rarest opportunity to purchase live real
estate that has ever presented itself in this
Territory. 1t is useless to attempt to emu
merate the advantages and prospects Prairie
City possesses. Her location, position, con-
dition and unparalleled opportunities to OBJ
tain eruditicn, are too well known. An
attendance at the sale with few dimes in
your pocket will secure you a good lot.
The terms of sale are easy and liberal-one
third down; balance in one and two months.
Don't forget the ime--SATURDAY, July
10, at lOA.M.
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A Grear Book For Agents!

DUBLISHED this day, Feb. 9th, 1853,
l. Fifty years in Chalns' or the life Of
an American Slave. Written by himself,
43O Pages, Cloth, Gilt Back. Price 81 NO.
This is the title Of one of the most in
tensely interesting biographies of the day.
IL is the plain history Of IN. American slave
in the far South, who after two or three es.
cupes aid recaptures, finally, an old man
found freedom and rest in one of the North.
o,i,, Gtotnu
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ET- The N. Y. Herald is about
preparing to break ground for Col.
Fremont for the Presidency in 1860.
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Hides, Hides |

Hides, Hides
TNHE highest market price paid for dty
l. Hides, in Cash or Goods, at my store
in Prairie City. IL. 7. G0UDY
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WILLIAM B. PARSONS,
G. w. E. GRIFFITH,

Notary Public for Franklin County
WILL take Acknowledgements, proofs of
w deeds, and draw instruments of wri-
ting Of all kinds, &c. &c, Office at my res
idence on Ottawa Greek. TED 81
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One letter remains in the Office addressed
to Mr. Baggs, 0lathe, for non.payment Of
postage. JN0. r. WlNT0N, P. M.
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/ A ADVERTIs E MEN rs.
List Of Letters

List Of Letters
DEMAINING in the Post Office at Prai =
IL rie City, X, T., July lst, 1858. Per.
sons calling for them will please say they
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ITAxNOTrCE.

NOTICE is hereby given that I, GEORGE
wOLFLIN, Collector Of the city of Evans
willie, will, between the honrs Of nine Tanf
twelve, A. NJ, and two and Ave o'clock. r. NJ,
on the fourth, fifth and sixth daysiof March,
1858, sell, at public suetion, Mt the Court
House. in the city of Eyapsylte, Indiana.
the following lots, parts Of, lots. and pieces Of
real estate, in said city, taxed to various per
sons, for the payment Of the taxes due from
the owners thereof to the city Of Evansville,
the same being now due and unpaid: h
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JUST RECEIVED BY EXPRESS
stories and LEGENDS, by Grace Greenwood;
TeInpestand Sunshine;
Cyclopediao Of VIII aud Humor, at
1Ah-S J.HIALyr
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D0CT0a J. n. HUGHES.

q .ATf PIfSICIANO OF THE UNITED STATES.
slsh hifsNis HOSP TAI ar LOUSY ILLE, has
thS Is1c ~ has profession in its several ranches.
v::fse and resteEce on Second, between hsin aud
llylslon srees. heing the same formerly occepedly
Dr. Hs fsfd Regular hours for consultation vtn 6 4
10 soeiock A. NJ, and from TO and from 81 20
O'Clock, II. NJ -
~ Calls made IN his shs.rce rom the ofhce and
registered will he duly responded 20. novlN
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HARDWARE AND SADDLERY.
.TZO ava REMOVAL OF YqzyT
WHOLESALE HARDWARE
HEADQUARTERS.
CHARLES s. WELLS,
FIRST ST, between Main and Sycamore,
EVANSVILLE, IND.
I SHALL REMOVE my LARGE ard RECENTLY
PURCHASED sbekof
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &C.,


LANDMARK, CUTLERY, &C.,
about the 18th Of November, ls5.,to the NEW AND
coxxoDious STORE Quilt and arranged expressly for
ny busine.s) the upper side OF First street, de
tween Main and Sycamore) next door 10 Nessrs. Keen
X Preston, and Immediately opposite Aessrs. J. ii.
Aash<s kCo. rfly1 q
VITA asapis rsora No. rAcILIriEs ron BUYING
CHEAP, the best selected and completely assorted
stock in the city, together with pronp;nes-, industry,
and nsr dealing, trust my efforts (past and future)
viii he mutually advantageous to myself and my rap
lilly Increasing list Of customers in the city and coun
Try. bly, f--t. ra--.rrr f-t aSra t' b.
English and German Direct Importations,
very large. These, with my large orders TO AMER
ICAS MANUFACTURERS first hands, enable me to
meet successfully any iir and honorable competition
| AsywHEsE THE WEST, and also EAST, by adding
Simply, expenses Of delivery in Evansville I'M
hesital;nsy state that CAN and WILL demonstrate to
any country merchant, who al bring me his Eastern
inyoice AMI freight Hills thAt and will cell him
! bill CT HARDWARE aslow rs any Eastern Jobhins
4 House, with expenses to Evansville considered. This
is no idle boast. 1 fully prepared to do what
say, or oei. the s.id merchants board bill At his no.
tel, during reasonable stay in Evansville. In my
stock may be found a plete assortmentof
~ American C English Hard-
ware, Cutlery, Files, and
Edge Tools, Cans, Gun-Darrels end
Gaa Trimmings, Timers Tools,
WIRE, niyets. Kettle Ears, Japan'd
and strapped Tinware, sc. ~oT1
lam also Aorsr sOr yCLCANIZED RUBBER
BETTING ANDPACKING, Inalie by New fors
- IIu+
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MaEaLines Chenner thnn NOV, york.

q tRANBERRIES AND CHEESE
~ lVpos g Choice Western Reserve Cheese;
zDos Cranoerries, iust received and for sale by
jansS NICKERY & JOHNSTON.
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CERTIFICATE.

WISsBoRo, :. =. March ., 49,
7, David Elkin, DO HEREBY certify tlat have i,een
ialy afflicted es y ~ yi,,-
nal.sl ole % uy legs icing Iauch swoen-s.sf n ans
s1p tiIat found Il exec iirgy dif.crk ~ U.,lk-
t/t tlie>><f joint has cen twice rC,gol with prof
Dirltis iei raei Electric Oil within III rty hours:
aud nOw have the lrfec- of the filcteI !,ris
was also tr1nl I'D With Istlal deafness IN nv I'm ear.
au. ~ single application of the Electric o. nv hear
ing las 5ec>s greatly improved.
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aculOus cure made IN qsls Of the citizen, Of Ma:

Prof. DeGraih-near Sir; Y, Capt. y. b. Smith,
besey CERTIFY that have zen afflicted with RheGIsi-
tsm for four years, a1 AZ Zines could not sleep. BY
hsin OF the wonderful cures by Dctsu hi Electric
OH, vas induced u TRY I, and the Tsi al - cgtou
~ the Electro Oil ~ once relieved and nov lse
en OF my The ar, iieation WASHABLE iefcro
ify persons. = - H. b. SMITH, Twisgs Co..
q Ne, the Undersigned, were present: ;Hl flhl91
Eiiey, J Al Brantiy, II JsCgopsr. ~ lgur
fsa1a 49,
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! GEORGE wOLFLIN, Tax Collector.
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F3LACEeWooD,s MAGAZINE,


These Periodicals. ably represent the three great 20
li;ical Qntts of Great Hriian-NhE, Tory and gaii-
caihut politics fuTTns cTiiy feature Of their cilg
acisr- Al 0f.rluS cf tins most profound writer's on
Sc.cace Literature; Morality and Religion they stand
as they have ever stood, unriyllled in the world %
letters
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That unlucky Mussulman. MoHANNt

That unlucky Mussulman, MoHAMMED PAcHA.
has at length escaped from the fell clutches of his
New York entertainers. Had his sufferings been
prolonged another week 'sto treat man worse
than Turk must have ceased to be Christian
proverb, seeing that ''worse treatment than that
to which this unfortunate Turk has been subjected
1t is impossible to imagine. He has been made to
eat pork, and to associate with aldermen who
have taken his picture and his time and driven
him about the streets for exhibition, like strange
beast in a raree-show. 1t was a case for public
sympathy, and would almost have justified legsla-
tive interference. In fact, in order to prevent a
repetition OF like atrocities in the future, we would
seriously urge upon Congress the passage of
Cruelty to Strangers BILL or as we have already
societies for the protection of emgrants let us get
mp another for the protection of visitors.
1t unfortunately too often happens in the work.
ing of our democratic caudron, that the scum
rises to the top, and that men in office are not
always the worthest citizens and best gentlemen
in the community. This our own people perfectly
understand but foreigners unluckily do not
Therefore, If our New York cousins must have a
lion on whom to exercise their civic Inequalities.
let them select some distinguished American. who
may safely be presumed to know the customs of
the country, and not make a martyr of the next
nnoffending foreigner who may land at their port.
From SUCH we had rather hide the vulgarites of
the little men, who with us too often usurp the
place and functions of the great than ostentatious-
iy parade them under our visitors eyes and nos
frils, III taut laper son hinge sale en- fanUe is a
proverb worthy of consideration in such cases.
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strong argument in favor of the immediate
settlement of the Kansas question in the short
and simple way recommended by the President, is
10 be found in the fact that according to the latest
and most moderate computation there are vet some
twenty odd speeches to be made in the Senate ON
this subject and more than fifty in the House.
Apart from the enormous consumption of valuable
time in their delivery these speeches when printed
estimating them at the usual length of such dis
courses, and assigning to them the usual number
OF columns in the Globe, will amount to nearly a
mile Of talk. Only think of it. The Cave of EoLUs
could never have contained such a quantity of
wind; and ATLAS himself would have staggered
under such a burden of words If breyity be the
soul of wit, we are afraid our Senators cannot be
very witty; while if there be any truth in the pro-
verb, cir sapa qm pauca ioquitw, we are quite sure
that they are not very wise.
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NIst PRIUS. March l2-JuJos St,o,,,,


JOHN Ooatly and Wife VS.. The North PennsgIrou;a
Railroad CompGny.-An action to recover dSmaoes
by the parents for the loss of their daughter at the
time of the great accident on the North Pennsylva
MIA Railroad, on July 18th, 1856. This mornino
Judge Strong delivered his charge to the Jury. The
defendants admitted that the plaintiffs were entitled
to damages for the loss of the services of their
child The measure of the damage to be given was
the only question for the jury. The Judge said it
was not case for exemplary damages although
the law made the company liable for the acts of their
agents, YET there was not shown anv negligence or
Diane on their part, they had employed careful.
competent men. i'
In assessing the damages under the Act of Assem-
by, the jury were to take into consideration what
the pecnnary services of the child would have haa
worth 10 the parents had she lived until the aoa 81
n, and the expenses incurred bv the Tara,,, vi
The accident. Another element was ~ =. ter
might be entitled to recover for the xaI ae parents
cety of the child to them. and this m;e o' the So
strongest claim. But the jury were not 10 ue 5he
in the damages the anguish of the parents consider
they to inquire what man would take 20, we're
for this would be speculative damages. In this
the value Of human life is beyond all price Tha
Jury are to assess the damages according to the
tied principles of law, agreeably to the pecunarx
loss sustained by the parents
Inc jury, after being out short time returned q
verdict tor the plaintiff for s4O0.-Phla. Ledger
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night to surprise the convict into
that ne was vigilant and bloody from ono ot
end to another, and amused himself from minute h,
tI nG, by Priekng his victim with the POINT t of III
Time the convict died, but we learn fro, AZ ML"t
time. "' put short
,nadr moGiu, perhaps, be unjust to make apv ami
oiteIs' until the details have been more fully flr
nlshed But from the facts now before us If iur
that more might have been done to save the lif ~
one unfortunate guardsman, Crabb WHY not L,,a
agreed to every demand the villain made, and tbsn
na'e s11t MN down like dog? Surely promise
enae.ea by such wretch, under such aggravating
circumstances, are OF no moral force.
The pardon of the Governor ,ros ,oodr 49,.
rolver might have been placed in his hands the
mon money gwen HIM, and close carriage provided
,Io ao Mh zen even he and Crabb might have been
paced; put undoubtedly, the moment would have
come; when he might have been assailable without
any FISK to Crabb or any one else.
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MARKETS

SAVANNAH, March 13.-Sales of /, 100 bales of
Sales of the week IL 900 bales. Cleared todav for
Liverpool four ships with cotton
CHARLESTON, March 13.-Cotton is firm-sales of
1900 bales Finer qualities have slightly declined
AUGUSTA, March l3.-Cotton is firm. Sales of
900 bales ~ vi
MOBILE, March 13.-Cotton has declined 15aL.
Middlng at llA@l13s. Sales of the week 20, 900
bales. Receipts 1900 bales decrease in receipts,
as compared with same period last year. 40 900 bales
Stock 155 900 bales