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Consignees per Northeastern Railroad
AurfI md Gs

sss bales Cotton, cars Lumber. cars Furniture IS
bbls Rosin bbls Spirits TuEpsntne 6bs Crude; bags %
chofs 3 20 BA&J F Early, Adams, Frost co. ID
Caldwell Son, J q Baggett, " Bee o Co, Lee
Spencer araeser Smith Roper st1nsy, n c Rggs
VIrtnatr;ck A Locke Gonzales, woodward d Co.
Arnold. Brepn, Mrs Elliott, Screvea & Nesbt q
n Inorsham L Butterheld E Rodgers.
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Passenger.
MARINE NEWS.
PORT OF sTOS.

Arrived Yesterday. IAPRh
Steamer FANNIE McNety. Savannah. via Beaufort ana
Hilton Head. bales Cotton and Mdze. 70 Felso-
son & Holmes, DR. 8 Wilson, Hunt & Bro, u q lngfa
ham, willis 4 Chisolm. Adams Exprefs, Gibbes co.
IN THE OFFING.
Br bark Eureka, Smith Liverpool, 48 days. Sat ano
Mdzc. To Marshall, Beach & Co. Taylor Z A1ger
Co. Ravenel Co. DR. Prince Pr1nglee; T e.no.
Carmichael Graveley, Ogilvie, Gibbes Co. Green,
Trapmann Co. Courtney & Tennent, W Smith @
Co, II Trenchard.
Cleared Yesterday. lArRII
schr Pstten, Carlson, Georgetown, C-H Baker q
Went to Sea Yesterday. [Apan
Sohr Grape Shot, Bonneau st Thomas and Market.
Schr NJ Patten, Carlson, Wilmington, O.
Schr Kate E Rich Corday, Wilmington, n "
Schr Eclipse, Stout, Baltimore.
Up for this Port.
schr Rebecca secor, Marshall. at Baltimore, April
Memoranda.
The brig Rush. from New York for this port put into
Hampton Roads April2.
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Memphis Market.

MEMPHIS, April 2-The morning was stagnant only
few and small sales being made at cent lower than
saturday 80 to SO cents. The New York noon
dispatch brought the little market existing to stand
In New York Outtonwas nominal and unohaDged-Gold
2SX The Scotland and City OF Paris were in with news
to the 2lst-Cotton had declined I'd, 600 bales Sold
and quoting 19Zd. The Money market was gloomy.
and this probably caused the decline In Cotton Prussia
and Austrs, who joined together to steal Sch!eswig-
Hosten from Denmark qlarreling about the diyis
ion of tho spoil he quarrel may lead to warthe fear
of war dlsurbs tho Money merhet-dsturbs the price
of Cotton England ia also in trouble about the stability
and soun lness OF Of her limited liability COM
panes and this also assists to disturb the Money mar
ket But little Cotton reported sold In answer
to our inquries neglect the more trivial lots and
only mention sales Of IS bales Ordinary at 30 IA at
32 27 at $780, and 50 at S3c, Middling; II at 3ic,
Strict Mddling 45 at $780, snd lS at &c., Good Middng
The market closed unsettled and We emit quotations.
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Mobile Market.

MOBILE April 2-CorroS.-The demand In the
morning was general but later In the day. receipt of
The unsvorabe news per steamer from Liverpool prices
were easier and favor OF ouyers Factors we're
willing sellers at quotations safes Oh l40O bales were
made at S5 TO 3sc for Middng the market closing quiet
and dull.
GoLD.-Buyng and selling rates, l26 and l21.
SrLvER-Buying and selling ratea 1l8 and l2S.
FonEIoN ExoHANGE.-Bank Sterling nominal Ster
ling Bill of Lsdng Bills and Clear Bills l2s to l3l
6oMEsTIo E1cHANGE.-Five and ten days sight on
New York Cotton Bils) IL 10 X per cent discount
New Orleans sight par Bankers and exchange dealers
are checking on New York at 4 to per cent. discount
Bank rate, 4 to X discount
New Orleans cotton Market.
The New Orleans Times Of the 1st says:
After tho weekly statement was completed last
ing there were further arrivals, with ag
gregste OF 231t bales. which Will 60 into the current
weeks receipts. There were also additional arrivals
this morning. and the total being quite imposing had
purchasers to withdraw. In the hope Of operating at
lower rates on Monday. Under these circumstances
there was but little competition among buyers and fac
tors who wished to realize compelled to meet the
demand freely The sales, however, were to fair
extent summing up $500 bales taken by ten brokers'
at irregular and generally easier prices showing 10 fact
an average falling of Of Nc. per pound, but for the
present mako no change In our quotations, remark
Ing at the time, that the outside figures can only
be had for good staple lots OF strict with
this qualification continue To quote Ordinary $40 TO
SIC; Good Ordinary at $50. to $780,. Low Middlrg at
SIC. TO $780,, and Middling at &oc.
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
Stock hand September 1s 1885,. bales 8S, 269
Received previously s2 slI-e25, 1897
7os.1ae
Cleared previously 625, ,Iss-ess sls
Stock on hand not cleared sss+., $40
The clearnnces comprise Havre, 27l6 for
Barcelona. so95 for Liverpool and 2ss fer Boston.
Tallahassee Market.
TarrapAaeFF March 3f The market la dull We
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IMPROVING CEoP PROSPECTS
From The same
Our accounts as the prospect If the next crop have
again improved. The complaints to which reforred
Ia our circular of the 9th instant proved to hayo been
rather exceptional Many letters have recently spreared
in Southern papers arguing against the probability OF
largo yield These however, are often written for
purpose while admissions such as the following (which
arc more frequently found In private letters than IN
ne Tspapcrs are occasionally the othtr side Of
the question aud probably with more truth Tho fol.
lowing take from letter Of Mr. n b. Rice. OF Flor
enco Alabama
II say to you that was very apprehensye as to
the course Governor Parsons adopted at the outset i'll
rcorgAni1ng our State; but tho thing worked 30 adm:
rably that my doubts have all vanished have never
poacc and quiet in the country tha css at
this time; everybody is at work. now order OF things
las sprung up. Such prosperity never expected to
SEQ In this country am happy 10 STATE TO yen that or
free negroes doing hnly We have no tTou"le with
them they have all gone to work msnfuly: they give
IN impetus to trado that we never before had"
Similarly glowing accounts came from candid persons
who have recently Travelled In Texas There is. howcv
cr difficulty in getting information on this subject
from tho ordinary cotton auth rtitles OF the South
which looks well for prOsrect he difficulty would
certainly not exist IL very unfavorable reports could
conscentiously be sent.
PEa CoNrRA.-A person extensively engaged in business
Georgia reports that the next cotton crop Of the State
will be small but thcso of and will be large
The business Of the cities the coast is constantly in
creasin9.
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Movements In Cotton.

TWO MILLION BALES SINCE THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.
From NeN Bros. Cotton Circular, AarchT)
The total quantity Of cotton known to have been re,
ceved ali ports re the end OF the war 70 tnc oa'e
tho last mail amounts to 1855, 600 v.....
Past Week. Since 1st Sept.
Receipts. ts......................45,0 .45, 600 1,672,U00
Exports to Great Britain 0.000 765, QUO
Exports to France. 1000 10000
Exports to other foreign ports. 5000 4lC00
Total foreign exports ... .470OQ 922 600
The stock on hand at the shipping ports exclusive of
Boston, Philadelphia and Baliu,orel amounts to fvo
hundred and ninety-si1 thousand bales.
1MpRoyISG cEop pRpspEcTa.
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Tallahassee Market.
TALLAHASSEE. March 81 The market Ia dull We
quote Midding 3Oc., Ordinary 28c.
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|S137.72s.00
s8,484.00
11,269.00
36,19l.00
coQS 672 nm
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.SNI. .SNtI Ektsc.

Our readers have heard more or Tess
of the terrible adventure of a man and
his daughter in the recent snow storm
in GhichasaW county, Weare happy to
say that we get reliable particulars from
Mr.. John Greer, who was detained at
New Hampton in the same storm.
The father lives at New Hampton
and the daughter at Jacksonville. The
daughter was at home on visit, and
the father had hitched up his team to
take her home. The horses Were brought
up to the door and left standing while
they We're getting ready. The horses
moved slowly off, and they started after,
thinking to soon overtake them. But'
in this they We're mistaken. The horses
soon got out of sight, the storm came on
in its fury, and they lost their way and
got bewilderedi. They wandered all
night or were outall night, sometimes
struggling and then resting During
this three wolves made an attack upon
them and it demanded all the fathers
energy to drive them away. IN the
dawn of morning despair settled down
upon them; father and daughter prayed
and wept together, and bid each other a
final farewell. He first buried the
daughter in the snow; but soon in pas
sing a small stream he broke through
the ice. 1t seems there were two layers
of ice over the stream; the upper layer
an inch thick, and solid layer below
under which the water run, but no water
between. 1t occurred to him that it
would be q safer place to deposit his
daughter, down in the cavity than in
the snow. He therefore brought her
and deposited her in this ice house, COW
ering the place with snow and erecting
a brush over it so as to find it again.
He then left and soon found help. But
on returning. no traces of the places
could be found. The drifting snow had
obliterated all traces of the spot. The
news soon got abroad and New lIamp-
ton was fully aroused. But the woman
lay two days and one night before she
was discovered. They finally decided
to follow up the stream with shovels,
and find her if possible. A man finally
broke through into the same hole, when
to his great CONSERVATION she lifted her
hand as q signal of life.
1t is said her body WAS nearly sub
merged ia water. Her body either
melted the snow or else water from be-
low found it. way up, - that she was
covered with water, excepting her
shoulders and head, and warm hood
protected her head and neck. She was
very weak, and nearly exhausted when
taken out. She could hear the CONVEX
sation Of those seeking her chile lying
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render the mind sterile. When not vet
twenty years old. at the age when, with
us, young men are still CROPPING their
way, harass themselves with unsuccess-
ful poetical attempts, or give themselves
up to the Vagaries of an apocalypticaI
philosophy, they think of establishing
themselves, of taking a wife, OF founding
Tor their own account q bank or COM
mereial house, and of leaving the pro-
visional hospitality Of the paternal
roof
In the meantime, what becomes of the
family? 1t lasts as long as the same
household keeps it united but it is loos-
ened from the moment it is dispersed ::
for the bonds Of inheritance and of conn
mon interests do not exist to keep it to-
gether. You know that in America the
liberty Of requests is unlimited, the on
ly restriction which the laws admit be-
ing in favor, not Of the children, but Of
the wife. The right of the wife has The
precedence Of that of the children; With
the exception Of the reservation in favor
Of the wife, the father disposes of his
fortune as he pleases. He can disinher-
il his children without their having any
right to complain, and often he be-
queaths on them but the smaller portion
vi HIS Property. olttl lie gives 10 one
OF them to the detriment Of the others.
He leaves, for example, the largest part
of his fortune, either to the eldest or to
any Of his sons and you know that in
Massachusetts the real estate is rarely
divided The eldest son inherits the
land the younger enter a commercial
or industrial career, or betake them
selves to the West in order to find there
new patrimony. The father Of a FAM
ily can even make a will in favor of the
eldest of his race-limited, it is true,
only to the second generation, and le-
gally binding only on the Immediate
heir. Thus, the American law is quite
the contrary Of the French. Liberty Of
bequest inequality of portions, are al
1oWed-even substitution, to certain
extent. All Of which French democra-
cy condemns as odious, as remains Of
feudal oppression, American democracy
authorizes and covers with the name of
liberty. Here again, in matters Of wills
and inheritance, as in all others, the
same question arises: Which Of the two
is true democracy-that which is ruled
by a desire for liberty, Or the other,
Which sacrifices liberty itself to an insa-
table love of equality:
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"A FREAK OF NATURE.-The most
wonderful Of all wonders that nature in
her mad freaks has ever produced, will
| be on exhibition at the New Opera
House. We have seen it and there can
be no question that it is marvellous. A
child-or rather we should say two chill
dren-With two perfect heads and bodies,
and four lower limbs and feet, forming
two complete persons apparently to the
eye, and still being so joined together at
the small Of the back as to require but
one organization from that point to
where the legs join the body. They are
negro children, but very handsome and
intelligent specimens OF the race, and
can read, write and sing. In their natu-
raj positions they stand back to back,
but can turn half way around, and in
tertwining their arms, kiss. The one is
larger than the other, and While one has
the heart on the left side, the other has
that organ on the right side. They can
sing very sweetly, and in perfect har-
mony, and though plural in form, dwell
together in unity and concord, as good
sisters should, never quarreling with
one another. Yesterday, while we were
present, lit being Sunday,1 they sung
I" Hosannah to the Lord" very sWeetlv.
One of the most singular phenomena
connected with this phenomena is the
fact that if you touch the foot of either
of the children it is felt by both equally,
a similar sensation being Communicated
to both bodies; but il you touch the
body Of either above the connection. the
other does not feel it! They are totally
different from the Siamese twins, and
present much more surprising instance
of natures curious workings. The agent
informs us that they dance very grace
fully, and in all their movements they
appear perfectly at ease. They can
sleep on either side, turning one another
in bed with great facility. These singu-
lar-plural babes We're born in Columbus
county, North Carolina, OF q slave
woman, but are now free, OF course
Their age is about fourteen years
E,echa9age.
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TUE PRESIDENT DECEIVED INTO
MAKING APPOINTMENTS Gases have
recently come to light in which the
President has been sWindled in some of
his appointments by the Radicals
Several congressman, known to be
blind followers Of Thaddeus Stevens,
but known to be shrewa enough {, keep
their names Off the record Of votes on
all important measures, have secured
good things for their friends by profess
ing fast friendship for the President.
Once or twice this has operated inuri-
ously to the real friends of the President,
and has been hailed by the country
press as an evidence that the President
was supposed to succumb to Radical in
fluence and ego back on his frionds,"
as the phrase is. This state of affairs has
brought u number of lately deposed
postmasters to Washington to set them
selves right before the department and
the President, and get, if possible, a re-
versal of the decision which deposed
them. The action of the department in
all these cases proves that the safest
course for Government officials is to pre-
serve clear record as supporters of the
Presidents reconstruction and general
policy.
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a Clergyman Killed Going to Il FIT
MeT0l-- The Corpse Retn1ltS to Life.

The Lacrosse Republican has a cores
pondent who, was recently visiting at
West Bend, Wisconsin, when he learned
the following facts, which are substan-
tiated by Hon. e. O. Thrope, who re-
sides at West Bend:
con Saturday, the Sd instant, at West
B nd, the Rev. Mr.. Miller, was called to
go into the country, Il few miles from
town, to preach the funeral sermon of
Mrs. Lambert, who was supposed to be
dead. She was arrayed in her funeral
attire and placed in her coffin. 1t ap-
pears that Mr.. Miller was the owner of
a fractions horse, that was sometimes
ummanageable, and would run away
lie was to pass through Il timbered
country, and on account of snow drifts
the road was almost impossible, and
from this fact the horse succeeded in
throwing the minister from the cutter.
From appearances, Mr.. Miller was
thrown with great force upon large
oak stump that was filled with short
knots. One of these knots came in con-
tact With and severed the jugular vein.
When he was found life was almost ex-
tinct from loss of blood. He was taken
to the nearest house and medical aid at
once procured, but he only lived a short
time. The cutter was found some dis
lance from where the accident occurred.
and the horse detached from it. But the
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helpless in her icy abode-could hear
what was said and knew they were
seeking her, but had no power to make
a call.
This is certainly one of the most event
full occurrences Of the winter which is
nearly gone; but the fact that the wo-
man lives, and perhaps the loss of a sim
gle, toe is the chief physical loss she
Will sustain by it, aside from the tenn
porary suffering, makes it a most re-
markable case. No doubt the water
which submerged her body was the ae-
tual cause of prolonging her days
D0cor0h Iowa1 Republic.
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issd iitcie5eafs 81 sf.a l7'c9tiust Ys;a9s.
There are two rather sad stories arising
out Of the Government action in the
suppression. You remember a man
named Clarke, shot, few weeks AGO, in
the street in this city. Two men. ac-
quaintances OF his, called for him. asked
him TO take walk. and third shot
him. He died the next day. It re-
minds ore OF Keats e Two brothers and
their murdered man. riding through
Florence. The tfHestory of the tragedy
is this: Clarke was s g b." or CAPTAIN
in the fenian society He lived in
street where the Government discovered
Fenian aHnory, and shortly after
wards he was noticed by the Cocoon
spratefs 10 have plenty OF money: they
suspected that he was spending the
Government reward fer betraving The
armofy, when, in fact, be had not been
in communication with the Government
at ali, and was simply i" flush of cash, y
because he had received money from
friends in America. After he was shot
he gave the police, when dying, long
and detailed account OF the men who
walked out with him, and Of the eircum-
stances OF the murder.
The account was purely fictitious, and
invented by his dylng-and also, lying
lips to screen the Brotherhood. Know
ing he was shot by Feniars, who unjust
~ suspected him, the poor fellow still
:" died game" Another story is of
man named Cillis. He was seized with
olhef remains, ahd in his first fright he
offered to turn infermer to save himself.
He was brought Oh the table to testify,
and then refused to say one word
against his former associates. The police
warned him of his fate, but he persisted;
he was thereupon tried, and sentenced
to serve five years penal servitude.-
Meanwhile the wife and two younger
children were lying i'll in fever hos
pital, and his two elder boys, employed
in - factory, had been turned out OF en-
ploymcnt because the worlxmen threat
ened to strike unless the sons of the in
former We're expelled. All this aecumu-
lation Of misery ellis knew when he
refused to betray the Fenians, and vet
the poor devil faced ii all.-Loudom
lale0raph.
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NO.. 81.

most singular development of this sad
and mysterious affair is yet to be told:
Further information proves that Mrs.
Lambert was not dead, but had been in
a trance for two days, presenting every
Indication that life had departed. She
IS now improving, and expected very
soon 20 recover. She states that she
could hear every word spoken, and could
realize the preparations her friends We're
making for her funeral, but could make
no resistance or move q muscle Of her
body. Her grave had been due. She
now lives, and the minister who had
been called to preach her funeral SER
mon now lies buried in the same grave
made to receive her last remains.
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a POSTMASTER REMovED.-Mr. Viii
liam Gallup, Postmaster at Iif1in, Ohio,
a very worthy gentleman and efficient
officer, but an intense radical in his pc
litical views, has been brought to the
guillotine and decapitated, in order that
his place could be given to Captain Jesse
Shriver, whose proclivities, since the
developments Of the 22d Of February,
have been strongly conservative, and
who believes Chat President johnson
was right When he smashed the negro
bureau, declaring Sumner, Phillips,
stevens y Co, traitors,' and un1olded
the Constitution of the United States
1he renewal has created quite q breeze
in political circles in 1Tifiin, and other
officials in the Ninth District are any,
ious as to the disposition the man at
the other end Of the avenueo will make
OF their cases. ereld2ld Hlaiadeaze1.
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Too Coon TO BE LosT.-When Cen
eral Butler was recalled from the De-
partment Of the Gulf, and superseded by
General Banks in the command of New
Orleans, the Mayors office was tender
ed to him to take his congo of such per-
sons as felt DESTROYS of paying their re-
spectss previous to his departure. As
may be supposed, there was a rough
gathering Of the lower orders, male, fe-
male and juvenile, and among them
were several Hibernian ladies, with
their unwashed babies, who came to
shake hands with the General One
Irish woman handed her baby for kiss,
and taking the General by the hand, adj
dressed him as follows:
" Good bye, General; I'll say this for
ye-that ye niver stole anything from
me. Good bye. General"
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f N II A l. N O TIC f
Dir. w. +. WITHEROW

.sll be absent from his Office in Martinsburg,
"o weeks from the 10Th Of each of the follow
l'h n: months, which time will be spent at his
'.,l nee in Shepherdstown: FEBRU AIRY,
hhrrEll I, JUNE AUGUST, OCTOBER and
March Is, ls66-tf.
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4 |OHN w. KENNEDY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,

Gil RLESTOWN W. VA,
Having resumed the practice ofhis profession
HSlil attend the Courts of Berkeley and .jeffer-
fo,; and the Court of Appeals at Wheeling.
March - lS66-4t.
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HR. HAMILL,
|0R. VIM. HUNTER,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
(oifers his professional services to the citizens
Ell Martinsburg and vicinity. Office at resi-
Eaehce, on King Street. few doors east of the
Sept. a. 1860