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CON9ERCIAL REPORTS.
wEEKLY HARRIET REPORT.


MONDAY EVENING. Januay -.
lSoTE-The quotations given in the following review
II must be understood. arr wholesale price,, except whgrs
otherwise noticed and that in ell eases in the diiing Of
small orders higher rsies viii b. charFpiI
Our report closes upon another quiet week
tn business circles generally, i1c continued Instructions
to shipping by railroads To- interior points skill exercising
a very depressing influence upon the various departments
Of trade. Very little has t~causpirsi in cotton from the
roaser supply in baud, but ~ hear of considerable
inquiry FOR future delivery. rnd several pretty large
transactions the particulars OF which are in mo.t in
stances suppressed In tobacco there is nothing new
stocks Light and demand active. Flour stiI drags slowly
az about previous rates and The movements IN wheat is
more active, At easier prtc,s for buyers. Bran hay. oats
and rye are quiet AMI generally unchanged. Corn has
moved on quite freely and prices wen maintained
There Is q moderate businoss doing in hog, cattle. pork
aud beef, but we hear Of no alteration in rates Salt is
again looking up, under the influence Of reduced stocks
and sugar and molassts are quiet and altogether IN
changed There il a vef light demand for coin and
exchange al last weeks fgues; gold = and silver % q
cent; prem. buying, and exehanze on New Orleans n de-
buying and 4 prem, selling. No change in Confederate
and NississiDui tres4urv notes
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BOWLING GREEN, KY, Janus

Al a meeting held by the Allen Guards Of
South Carolina, COMPANY & First Mississippi Valley
rizimentl a committee Of three, composed OF G. =
Rsworth. A. E. N. Howard, and J. 4. Merritt, was
appointed to draft suitable Acknowledgements 10 Mrs.
Lloyd, Vernon, and others, OF Memphis, for their hand.
SONS and liberal donation Of a box Of wooden socks, com
forts and Gloves, for the benefit Of their countrymen
composing this band
Resolrea, That the thanks Of this company DO tendcr-
ed to those ladies for their substantial and seasonable
aid to our company, 20 much needed for this time and
P ace
Resolnsi, That we cherish with grateful recolections
this noble and disinterested act Of kindness 20 ourselves
and patriotic devotion 10 the sacred cause we are battling
for.
ResolUed. That we recognize with peculiar pride this
manifestation Of regard for their suffering kindred in the
field, as the spirit that animated their mothers of 70, and
that still characterzes every true daughter Of Carolina,
wherever found.
R,sotrsd, That the especial thanks Of this company be
rendered thsse ladies aud their associate sisters Of the
Southern Mothers Home OF Memphis, for thelr kind
and anremitting and motherike attention 70 the sick
Of our company, sent 70 their care while in thstvicinity
ResofUed, That a copy Of this preamble aud these reso-
lutions be sent to the ladies, and that they be published
in the Memphis and Charleston papers.
G. F. RAWORTH,
A. +. N. HOW Ard, Committee.
JAS. A. MERRITT,
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The Permanen. Confsaerale CanIlnl.

The Montgomery Maj advocates that city's
claims to the Confederate capital, and says:
But if Montgomery is left out Of the question.
then we feel at liberty to point to other localities
within our borders.
Elvton, in Jefferson county, is situated n
Jones valley, affords excellent water, beautiful
mountain scenery and q heslthful climate. The
town is on the line of railway now in process OF
construction between this city and Decatur
and also on that being built from Meridian, Mis-
s%issippi, through Tuscaloosa and Jones aud
Wills valleys, In a northeast direction, or to-
ward Chattanooga, Elyton is in close proximity
10 the inexhaustible beds Of coal and iron which
abound in that portion of the State. And which
would be very valuable for government neoes-
sites.
MontsvaIlo, in Shelby county, thirty miles
south of Elyton, possesses all the advantages Of
health and Of mineral wealth; and will, within
q few years, possess great facilities Of approach
by railway from every important city and town
ia the South.
TaIladega, Tuscaloosa, Marion and other
points. possess advantages scarcely inferior te
the points before named.
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HEAVY SWINDLING "A gentleman who was
present In thi- city from Virginia Sunday. having come
to buy sugar, was accosted By a man Of respectable APP
pearanoe at the Gsyoso, whore be was staying, who said
he had a brother ia the sugar business in the city TO
whom be wouldlike TO introduce him. Some acquain-
lance followed and Yesterday morning the two came Up
the city. On the way they met a friend Of the stranger
who showed them a bomb OF his invention While they
examined il the inventor Withdrew on some pretense a
short time, during which interval a small piece Of paper
was discovered in tie bomb. This the stranger toos out
and on the inventor rtjoining him ne offered 70 bet all be
hal about him that there was no paper inside. The in
veutor was willing to bet thousaods that there wasl
Enough said. The stranger drew from his pocket eighty
dollars in gold and achocS for eight hundred and seventy
five dolsrs. The inventor objected, bat he would go q
fortune on current money. The stranger whispered to
the Ylrginian that as he had taken the paper out he
was sure 10 win, and proposed that the two should go
partners in th- bet, the virginian to advance the money
and hold the check until they bad an opportunity to d.
vide. The proposition WIS agreed 10 and the mon y
staked wheu the inventor unscrewed an unsupported
opening in the machine, which was, Of course, a Next
can bal, whern lays snugIy hid away q small piece Or
paper. The bet was lost. The inventor went away tho
winner Of the YirginiaaIs eight hundred and sgventyaav e
dollars and the strangers eighty dollars The chsgrin
Of the two may be imagined. AL at once the stranger
arrived NJ the conclusion they had been cheat
ed He knew where the man could be found,
but if the two went together be would be
sure TO keep out Of sight. He proposed to go after him,
demand the money, or seek the aid Of justice, and after
ward meet the Virginian aud report how matters stood
The latter, having the check for the amount loaned
eoGseuted The stranger started OF and never called at
The Gayoso, and the check was found TO be worthless
If the Yirginisn had spent more money in buying news
papers daring bis life, he would have read again and
again descriptions Of the trick hs was yiotlmlzed by, and
not have been left, as he was q stranger with one dollal
aud twenty-five cents in his pockets, q tavern bill to
! pay, asd e home TO get TO. Win any one who reads tm,
~ likely 10 be taken in b. " the Mexican ball game :
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C~oNFEDERACY INSURANCE COMPANY. -
Since the northern connection ceased good southern
insurance companies have been wanting, and in June
last the Legislature of this State passed an act emPow
erlng q corporate institution or this Kind with the above
name, to organize in this city. The company il now
organizing and a considerable portion Of the stock has
been subscribed. Subscription books are now open 1T
the old BsLaiH office on Madison street. The charters a
very favorable one, and it is determined 10 make the
company a first class institution, such us will command
confidence. a handsome line Of risks have already been
secured. The capital stock is half "a million dollars,
Among the names Of subscribers are those Of substantial
merchants and others, aud the affairs Of the company
Will be superintendent by practical and experienced men.
A security for fulfilling its obligations the company Is
required by its charter to deposit with the State Control
Ter $4,000 six per cent Tennessee bonds. a home com
pauy organizing under auspices 50 favorable Is worthy
the attention OF merchants, property holders and cia-
zeus generally.
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ATTEMPT TO KILL An OFFICER-As officer
Mccall was passing by the sley that runs from Front 70
Main street, between Poplar and Washington streets, yes
terday, lac saw a man, who proved TO be a stranger from
Alabama, armed with a knife and with a gun presented
81 if about TO shoot somebody. The officer seized the
gun, when the man made a savage. onslaught with the
knife, striking at him Eve or six times, and once grazing
the skin on the left side, above the nip. In this resistance
the man was aided by g number Of his friends whO were
with him, and Mccall would have had small chance Of
escape but AID. Tighe, Mr. Joyce and other citizens came
to his assistance, when he succeeded in knocking the
man down and getting him 10 the cal boose.
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The ENEMY ON THE POTOMAC-The Ped
erai vessels in the Potomac frequently illustrate
their courage by noisy ~bTosdsiies At the forests
unon the river banks. The Fredericksburg
Mems fa~cetiously calls this d" firing al the State. F"
Under this caption it has the following
Five Yankee tugs opened fire for an hour on
Matthias Point, at one o'clock Wednesday moTa-
inr, end afterWard wasted their ammunition in
the same way at Aqua Creek, firing volley after
yoiley entirely at random.
P.S. We learn that Cot John Tayloe's house,
" ChatteTton," was fred AZ a number Of times,
and the frightened females ana children con-
PEELED to dee at night. in winter, aud almost
without clothing Col 7. was from home.
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E We have proposed a site near " UnivFr
eity Place. in Franklin county, Tennessee, for
the permanent establishment Of the capital Of
the Confederate ststes, and we do not think a
better place could be made,
It's healthy, atfording a pleasant temperature
IN summer and winter, central and accessible.
The capital should be built up anew and
without the evils and anomaly Of a Federal dis-
tsct-ChaTissten Courier.
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ANOTHER CoNCERT.-In compliance with
requests urgently made 20 Us, we Ga Sunday stated that
a desire existed for a repetition Of Prot. winkler's very
successful concert Of Friday night last. We last evening
received a letter from Mrs II. T. Hubert, the steady
fieud Of that Us ful Institution, the Home for the Home
less, authorizing Us to announce that IN the course of the
present week, the publics wish will be obeyed, and that
Prof winkler will repeat his concert-this time for the
benefit Of the Home for the Homeless, and for the benefit
Of the widows and orphans Of soldiers who have ia len
in battle. We / arm from the above letter that since the
war the Home - is more in need Of Instance than ever
before. The objects of this institution have frequently
been laid before the public and only aid, material aid, -
is wanted to make it a blessing to many Of the poor and
~friendless; a dispenser of holy charity to the absolutely
destitute. The widow and the orphan haze been sol
emily eonhded to the Christians care by their divine
Master, and they have aims which no rightly c~onstitu-
ted mind, no heart in which humanity has a place, no
soul that hopes for mercy "a it shows compassion 10
others can resist But when the weeping widow and the
desalate orphan have been reduced to distress by the de-
votion Of a husband and father 10 his country, the de-
mand upon our personal assistance, our tine, our purse,
becomes 70 overwhelming that only a monster, deaf to
all that stamps human nature with superiority can resist
Prof Winkler gets mp his concert with the intention Of
producing music Of q quality worthy Of the public pat
ronage. As explained in a comlnun' cation which we
have published, he hestates not 20 incur and pay such
expenses IA are necessary 70 secure music of a high class.
and weurendered. We arr assured that on this occasion
no departures from the programme offensive TO good
taste and artist; delicacy will be permitted We believe
we speak the wish Of the audience present on Friday
night, when we say that a programme exclusively mu-
seal will be preferred.
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FEMNINICAL.-About Al o'clock yesterday
evening a young woman was arrested by officer Sullivan
while lndecently exposing her person near Odd-Fellows
Hail Another girl who was with her that officer also
took into custody for hus ling ladies, among them an Old
lady Of sixty, from the sidewalk Their names were
Lidia Angling and Annie Davis. The same officer
arrested two other women yesterday, who were fighting,
each armed with a Ratchet, on Jefferson street, near the
bayou. One of them had received a cut on tie head,
tho other was considerably scratched
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THE COLUMBIA ATHENEUM, advertised in
our present issue, is said to be very complete in its Fac
uljy and all it, management. Its grounds, buildings
library, apparatus, musical instruments, furniture, pic
lures, etc, etc, have cost nearly one hundred thousand
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LETTERS FOR THE UNITED STATEs-MaioT-
General Huger has issued, through his Aid, the
following directions, TO be observed by persons
sending letters to the United States;
l.. Letters must have on the enyelop, in ad-
dition to the address Of the person for whom they
are intended, via Norfolk and flag Of truce
9. Write not more than one page,
3 Inclose money to pay the United States
postage.
: 4. Do not address letters ts Gen. HugeT,
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A NEW E~NTERPRISR.-A prospectus for a
new paper to be called the " Easf TeHnssssssa, and
published at knoxville, has made its appearance. II il
proposed 10 be issued tri-weekly and weekly, under the
editorial management of Messrs. Baxter & Co.
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ADRAY LOAD WANTED-Those barrels of
whisky, which were yesterday loaded from the steam
boat Louis Dor. on drsy No. 20, marked Thos. Keefe,
New Orleans the drayman will please deliver it to
Hessrs. Hubbeu. Huston & Co
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DONG WELL-Ohicer John Winters, who
was accidentally shot on Thursday last during the diff
cuty about the drays delivering freight at the Charleston
railroad depot, was doing well yesterday and expected to
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SUGAR AND MoLAsSES.-Since Saturday
night eight New Orleans boats have arrived here, bring
ing no less than $3.50 ~hosshcads Of sugar. and 5i26 barlels
of molassas
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE-OIr readers will
bear in mind that the personal property Of the lac Capt
J. welby Armstrong viii be sold, at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, At the auction store Of Gilbert i Co., Second stieet
corner Madison. The catalogue Of articles embraces fur
niture. carpets, books, maps plates, engrayiogs, philo-
-ophical and astronomical apparatus, including an mir
pump, electrical machine. Orrery, magic lantern and 8
variety Of apparatus forthef illustration Of mechanism and
physics- Besides the above, there is a large collection of
standard books, medical, law, school, literary snd Iniseel-
laneogs. Also the lease bold, house and fixtures Of the
Mem his Classical High School The house : new. eli
sibly located and admirably adapted to educational pur-
poses The lease has eight years to ruu- This will De
one Of the most attractive sales ever offered b thu public,
and those who desire to purchase such articles may not
aglia meet 80 Favorable an opportunity.
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DRAY FIGHTS There was again some diff
Guilty yesterday among the drsymen delivering freight at
the Charleston depot and Capt Klink made two arrests
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hehrot considerable inquiry Tor futu1a
delivery, bat very few transactions from the HmiteI
supply at present on sale in the city. Prices are stu
very irregular, and may be quoted, uominally: IL dTl&c.
for midGing and IA as for good to strict good mid
ding. Received during the week I37 bales in transit
TO- Interior points.
The total receipts Of cosion at this point, fon SEPT
I-t TO date, comprise 5Ol bales against 263555 bales
TO same date last ysar-decrease this year -e 45J bales.
The shipments during The same period embrace 5Oa9
bales, against 22s,l 1919 balss to same date last yesr-de-
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BRIDGE BRokEN.-We are informed that there
IS \ break in the bridge on tine Mississippi Central rail.
road, OBTAINING the cars
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LOCAL MATTERS.
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 81.

FINED.-FOr entertaining negroes, one L. A.
Knapp was yesterday fined eleven dollars
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Loss OF SrEAMBoAT-On Friday evening
the steamboat Judah Tuoro, Capt. J.. Langhorne. and
tie Magnolia, Capt Moody, from New Orleans 10 this
city, were coming up the river nearly side by eide and
about two hundred yards from each other, when opposite
Diamond Island, a little below yicksburg, Capt Moody,
who is in the city, states the Tuoro TOOK a sheer on the
pilot and ran foul Of the Magnolia striking her near the
wheehouse without doing her any material damage,
being a very strongly built boat The Tuoro was not 70
fortunate, she was 30 much injured by the collision that
shs sunk in less than ten minutes. Her pilot changed
her course before she went down no a. to run on the bar
projecting from Diamond Island. She lies with her
forecestle out Of the water and her aft quarter in FROM
six to eight feet water. The Magnolia instantly after
the collision took on board her passengers, 4 portion Of
her cae3n furniture and such other articles t. could be
taken on board in the few minutes the opportunity was
afforded Capt Lsnghorne remained At Yicksburg to get
a boat an 20 down to the Tuoro and wreck her. From
fifty to seyenty-ave h~ogsheads Of sugar, out of some four
or five hundred on board, and about fifty barrels Of mo-
lasses out Of seven or eight hundred, were saved The
cargo was insured. The boat is an entire wreck and Of
course most Of her freight P~erishRble in water. Her
machinery and some other articles are expected to be
saved if a boat can be got down in time.
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SUGAR AUCTION CONTINUED.-Messrs. Csyce
/ Son request US to inform the public that they continue
their sugar auction this morning. They will sell forty
I~ogshesds to close a consignment This ought to be
sufficient to attract attention. They say their sale will
open at 10 O'Clock precisely, and will sell i've h~0gsbeads
with the privilege Of mure. This seems TO be fair for all
rlaszez
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0Drrfoa .,sIIlarg I~sospifaf.


HEADQUARTERS oYERTOS HOSPITAL,
MEMPHIS, Team, January 20, 1862
Those persons through the country de drous Of max
ing contributions Of sny kind, for the comfort of the
sick and wounded at this post, Will have the zane d.
reeted to me. AL donations viii be properly acknowl-
edged and distIibu cd 10 tie different hospItals a. they
nay be re Iuirsd.
We Pre- anrious to receive these donations, but 1 can
not be responsible for the disbursement Of articles rot
directed personally to myself.
c. MAsTIE, C. 6. A.
Surgeon Of the Post aud Inspector Of Hospitals.
LADIES, MARX THIS "A. L. Andrews &
Co $50 Main street, will sell, this morning, at YOUR own
prices, beautiful velvet cloaks, fine silks, poplias, shawls.
dyl1iues, flannel and domestic goods The ladies viii
g.. bargains at $50 Main street.
TARPAULINS! TARPACLINS With tie vast
amount Of ~perishable commodity lying about the city and
the certainty ahead Of plenty Of rainy weather, tarpau-
inns have become Of prime necessity they can be hsd 10
large supply at s. Brooks Water street, next to the ice
house. jl-mF
WANTED LMSIEDIATELY.-For the hospitals
at Bowling Green, Ktntucky. nurses chambcuaaids and
washer. Transportation furnished by application to me
at the old stand Of Martin q Beasley, No. &G Main
strest v b HuTrS.
iu193t
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A LETTER TO RIGHT HON.
LORD J0HN RUSSELL
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Memphis sad Columbus g s Aal Line.
Leaves every Tuesday a-d SATURDAY 81 3. g.
the fire passenger PssAet KIN 49,
1 TCCEF, L0dwick ms-fer. will leave lL--a3
sfnbore for Cgvaes zua t1 0ErIiste
roiats. Fug tsaa- or p4sass spF7 onE
BOARD o. 10 = q. N~WANUS.
Hl51m HS Pnrf Row
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Regular "Wednesday TscSet-For sew Odssns
THE splendid passenger packet Ply $780,
1 TOM Capt. n. g. iaurun, WI 80
l+sve Sc Shove on WEDNESDAY, "a
isstsnt. ~ g ?. n -
fafa7- HARtfSTAD Agent
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GBe HGnqBis 9PptoI.
COMMERCIAL
BETWEEN

The Confederate States and England
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CONFEDERATE ALMAsAC.-H. c. Clark, of
Yicksburg, will have out by Saturday a new edition -f
this Almanac at twenty-five cents and a small edition Of
twenty pages Of useful information at ten cents The
work contains a large amount Of very useful iuforma-
ffon
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300M100

Amount or value Of European goods, import
ed mostly through New YORK and sold
south at a profit Of a. least twenty per
al
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At a meeting of the citizens and planters of Kinds
county, Mississippi, held at Raymond, few days since, il
was unanimously resolved that another crop should not
be planted until the blockade IL removed frOm the sea
ports of the Confederate States.
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The three great southern products forming but about
one-third ofthe entue ezp0r = The tunnasp Of the corn
ny had not begun TO be Influenced by the cotton crop.
The total exports in 1921 amounted t. --- s436U,s4
Cotton S20lJT,4Sf
Tobacco, l2SasOt0
Rica.- l4g4337 4
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oon.anpton woald thers6ore. be.

consumption WOULD heIe4nft' oF'
The census Of lS50s.ates the val
ne Of domestic mauutacrurss
ia the southern States 20 have
been. gtv
F-fimatoa increaz SO
Amount or value II northern
msnufactur s sent South In
Is5q. 3oC
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ALCttarf- III tfu gHaIh-- AfaFSr"A
Ditto in tie value Of ihe crop of tobacco l~2,350,OOO
Increase in ths quantity and value OF gram
and other agricultural products since 1850. l25OOOO00
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Difference Ia favor of the South

This statement appr0xlmst as the vast amount Of trade
and iutsrcoars= between The Northern and Southern
States.
An examination Of the census shows that northern
commerce sud navigation, ike northern manufactures,
have been fouzded upon, and grown up with southern
agriculture,
Ell 20 only------ SIG o6,lO
The cotton culture had just com
menced, and tie export Of that
year amounted % only. 422EJ