The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-07-21
COTTON STATEMENT


,xp"r'" for the same time Of 1896. $50 bnl.,-
There is II decrease Of the stock OH hand OF 74lO
baIea
lhe receipts in Charleston for the past week
nave beer" 2.4O7 balee, against ,0s4 for the cor
responding week las, year The following re.
port OF TIE Charieston market for the past week
we extract from the Charleston Mercury:
ne mnrhet on Friday, the first day Of the
week now under review, we'll as Oh tho follow
ing day. remained in rather n quite s,atr-the
snlcs s ooth dnys inelHded having amounted to but
G75 bales On Monday the enquiry imnrov.d
and 738 bales changed hands on ,i,at DIV. and
was followed up on Tuesday and Wednesday,
WIN sales OF :OO bales OIL the former dov and
6oO bale on Wednesday,. the midtiiinp and lsv.r
grades being mostly sought utter at somcvha,
.er Phces. wh'e The better description ranged
rather in fuvor of buyers. The market r..ts,'
day remained very quiet. with sales of ia bsI.,
o on.y, making the aggregate sales of tho veeL
e'3ooo bales. Mt prices from TO l2c. The 6ni.
lowing quotations. will serve 10 indicate thn ,,m.
criterion OF the stute Of the market during Tho
i%e' ,, Two ana three days: Low to Strict Mid.
ding 10 I-2 a IL l.2, Good Mddlinr 10 70
IT, Midd'i"g Fair lI5al2.
What rtH Result from the Battle Of So,e...
''"o.-"nat next! is the question which every
one now is asking. Even 4, this mom.n, ,i,y..
military position il scarcely changed for ,.s
nave as yet no reason to conclude tf,nt n.
French have advanced far in pursuit OF th.;s
enemy. The Austrian is where he wa, :, ,i..
carry Pnrt OF last week with this exception. ,hnr
lie has suffered defeat, lost several thou..n1
men, ceninin number Of flucs and cnnnon "a
that his military prestige Is lowere in nrono,t;o,
70 n's losses. lhe system which looked 20 weir
OIL paper hns broken down. but thu WA, !. ~,
yet concluded. The Austrian still posse,, hi.
iorttessrs' aud even il Napoleon III. be ~ suc.
erss'u' III me d'iheu't work Of besiegng fortified
towns "s he hns hitherto been on the b,,,ls s.,J
there is still tho Tyrol to fall bnck upon M..r
'ime' the Austrians are in their own COUNT,
close to their own fortresses, within easy r.,ch
OF their own resources. The French. on m"
other hand. must pay in hard cash for ,yerytb,nr
!hey require. They are already in heed Of ra,
ihforc-ments: thlnned NJ they hnye b.en bv d..
sword and by discase--und each dny that n,....
becomes. IN one respect. gain to Austria and A
proPortionate loss to France. Up to the point
nj winch we are arrived. then, it canno, be that
any decisive triumph has been achieved bv the
invading nrmy. Louis Napoleon has, indeed
covered himself with that glory OF which his
countrymen chiefly proud; he has proved
that he can command un army no less success.
,u'ly thnn he can govern people; and it may
be that he "who runs may read" a lesson there.
III for other nations besides Austria.
10 all appearance the Italian question is not
less d'fi'ent"f solution, not less embarrassing not
lass complicated than it was ten months ago
We have Swiss soldiers sacknc Perue,a with
b"rhar"n' cruelty; the King Of Sardinia, not 10
much accepting temporary protectorate, AZ in
d"g'ng III vision Of future kingdom over Stntes
in Italy some hitherto independent, some init.
mateiy connected. If not actually allied, will,
Austria On the other hnnd. the news OF the hat.
tie OF So'ferino liz not likely 10 calm the agitation
that exists in Germany. where the same mad crv
IL raised for war as was raised by the fathers Of
those who are now shouting to he led agninst
the Third Napoleon. Hnd Lord Nalmesbury
been still in power, We could have asserted.-as
IT liz, we can only express a faint hopc--thut
Prussih will not be induced to go to war by any
expectation of support from England. The dan
ger, indeed. is rather the other why. 1t is more
to he fenred TINT Prussia will rush wildly into the
struggle, from the fear that tho present Ministry
in this country are entangled hy alliance, which
is not with AUSTIN. For our own part. we cam
only repeat our former couneels viz: that England
should MAINTAIN a firm neutrality, and 10 pre-
pared for any emergency that may arise. shouI6
watch for moment when her powerful mediation
may he worthily proffercd in tho cause Of peace.
London Herald
TIE Maclstorm TIrr;frd-Of late years, even
the existence of the Maelstorrn OH the coast of
Norway has been doubted. The nncient ac-
counts of it's terrible power were doubles. fnbu.
Ions. but NJ llncer:up, Minister Of the Norwe-
g'an Marine. has recently given a reliable &C.
count Of 1t, III reply to come questions from
correspondent Of the Boston Recorder. Tho
vast wh'rl is caused ly the setting III and out Of
the tides brtween Lofoflen and Mosken, and is
most violent half way between etb and FLOOD
tide At food md ebb tide it disappears for
about half an hour. but begins again with tho
moving OF the waters. Lurge vessels may pass
over il safely i'll serene weather, but in a storm
it is Perilous to the largest craft Small boats
are not safe near it al the time of its strongest ac-
ton i'll any weather The whirls in the Niael-
storm do not, as was once supposed, draw vessels
umdor the water, but by their violence they fill
them with water. or dash them upon The neigh.
boring shoals. iIagerrup says:
I'm winter. it not frequently happens that at
eea. 4 hnnk OF clouds shows western storm,
with heavy sea. 10 be prevailing there, whilo
further in. "n the coast, the clenr ir shows that
OH the nsIde Of West tjord feast side of Lofoden)
the wind blows from the land, and sets out
through tho tjord from The east In such cases.
especially an approach to the Mselstorm is in
tie highest degree dangerous, for the stream and
unGer current from opposite directions work
there together, to- mako the whole passage one
single boiling cauldron. At such times appear
the mighty whirls which have given it the namo
of Mselstrom (that ia, the whirling or grinding
,,ream,) and in which no craft Whatever can
hold IFS course. For a steamer it 10 then quito
inadvisable TO attempt the passage Of the hiael-
srom during u winter storm, and for = aailinp
vessel it may also be bad enough in time of sum-
mer, should there fall culm or light wind.
whereby the power of the stream beromes great.
longer unGer command"
From Jnpan.-The Embassy to the United
States E"da"gered-The North China Herald,
Of 23d April remarks:
Foreig" sailors nre committing those rufianly
attacks on the natives that have been often the
subject OF complaint on the China coast Drunk
Ell parties Of them parade the streets, break in
the doors Of tho affrighted inmates. and beat
them if they cannot Obtain drink. They have
plenty Of dollars. which. it is supposed. wero
stolen in the late fire. when there was disgrace
fui plundering A party had taken to tho noun.
tains, armed with pistols and swords. On appli-
cation being made to the Governor. he sent tho
police. and had some OF them arrested ard sent
back TO their ships The Japanese authorities
are very anxious for the timo to arrive when
the presence Of consuls shall DO check upon
them.
There seems to be no considerable doubt II
the proposed embassy to tho United States
will take place. Tho conserva ative party, who.
are opposed to all innovations, arc determined