Nebraska advertiser., 1867-06-06
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not been known IN many years. 4feFs
chants from the interior VIII not buy
goods, under existing circumstances. exs
cepl in very small lots, TO supply abso-
luIe wants. No amount Of urging avaiig,
and cheap goods are no tempiatio4
whatever. Cotton is lower; gold is fal-
ling. Manufacturerers are stopping
their mills money in the country Is
scarce breadstuffs are deare; rents and
other expenses enormous taxes are
high; and things generally look blue.
These are simple, stubbeEn facts, and
will have their legitimate influence
To ignore them is foolish. To accept
them as provideEtial dlspensations IS wis.
dom. To whine or go lOng.faced Is un-
christian.
Brown sheetings and shirlings are
steadily tending downward. Sales limi.
ted stock increasing. Bleeehed goods,
except for one or two standards, ere also
declining. Prices are nominal, and due
tuaIe daily, according to circumstances,
Prints are 70 less demand, even for best
spring styles, and prices are weaker
job lots are down considerably, say ore
or two cents per yard. A large stock
must go over next season unless closed
out in the auction room, or the knife put
in deep to some of The leading jobbePs.--
Drills are lower and unsettled in price
transactions small Denims and cotton
ades are very dull IN first hands, the job.
bing trade having been for the present
supplied at auction. Printing cloths are
at a stand.sull in price and sales. Cling
hams are wanted in small lots at reducsA
prices. Printed lawns are Rccumulaling
in stock and only Few latest spring
styles are wanted. Muslin .delains are
inactive Warmer weather stops ssles.
Cloths and cassimeres are heavy and neg
lected. Other domestic goods are lower.
Carpetings are active al firmer prices
Foreign goods, of almost every descriP
tion, are lower. Sales a! auction result
badly.
The heavy spring payments are ReaF1y
over with the jobbers end interior re-
lailers. and the trade generally will now
give unusual attention to the reduction
Of stock, in anticipation Of very duh
summer.-.E y. .ARdePendsnt, May l9Jh
"A large number of monks and priests
in Italy have taken advantage Of the
new privileges conferred upon them by
the new law for civil marriages, AID
have rushed into wedlock with unexpec-
ted alacrity. Even the nuns have caught
the infection, and the matrimonial ma
MIA threatens to complies the abolition
of the converts begun by the civil law.
Human natuoe appears to be a good deal
stronger than the most rigid Of Inonas-
tic vows.
IF it is nothing more than accidental
coincidence, ii is a very noteworthy one,
that agitation among the laboIing classes
in all the large cities Of the civilized
world is prominent feature of the news
of the day. In america, as usual, The
movement takes a practical form-hnufs
of labor and wages. In England the
aim is political. On the continent, the
exciting causes seem to be social and po-
Iitical combined. That all these move
ments should manifest themselves stimuli
taneouslY, is one Of those great facts
that from the basis Of the speculation Of
such thinkers as Buckle, Spencer and
Draper.
The proposed Fenian raid is taking a
definite shape. A secret circular has
been issued 10 all the circles calling them
. TO arms. Munitions Of war ia large
quantities have been taken toward the
border and secreted ready for use when
wanted. Quite,a number Of persons sup
pose 10 be Fenians are in St. Athens,
Vermont. Fifty thousand troops are re-
ported ready To take the field backed By
fifty thousand. more in case of need.
Nasby says that when "Horris wuz
signin his name, one enthusiastic Con-
fedrIt shouted
Three cheers for Jefferson Greely and
HOrris DavIs-one and inseparable now
and forever"
| Another .irrepressible Confedrit cor
daily seizing the hand Of the whitehall
ted philosopher. shouted Immortality
is yours Jefferson Davis IS the big dog
Nv the age and 700 my dear sir, are now
the tin kettle tied 10 his tale. Wat 10y
wat .happinis I! When posterily speeks
Nv Him they II speek Nv 700 ~
The Supreme Court Of Ohio has de-
cided that temporary closing Of the polls
or any other purpose. is a violation Of
lazy. and Vitiates the election.
4 lady being asked to waltz gave the
following sensible and appreciate answer
"No, / thank you. sir, / have hugging
enough a. home"
Wbat air dose the young mouse sing
10 the old mouse, when biting his way
through the scenery al the opera 2 ''Hsar
me gnaw, ma"
Seventy shOusapd Germans. tits SAID
have engaged passage by steamer to The
United States The new Prussian con-
scriPtiOu laws driving many out Of the
county.
The Cleveland Herald remarks AIN
der very auspicious circumstances De-
cember has been eoDsiderd as pleasant
as May. The question ia IBIS latitude
IS wheaisr May.is as pleasant rs De
. cember.n - =