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New York, Aug. 10, noon.--Gold
1854 First bale of Texas cotton
sold for 5Oc. per pound; second
hale goes to Liverpool to compete
far the premium for the first bale
arriving in England. Cotton
quiet, but steady at 33ac.
New Orleans, Aug. TO- Cotton
dull, but nominally unchanged;
receipts to day 384 and sales rs
bales. Gold 1342. Flour firm,
bat scarce; superfne S5 65, double
extra 90 80 and treble extra SO
rs. Corn scarce; white OIL O5 to
81 Oh. Oats 65c. Bran 81 90.
hay scarce; prime $50. Pork held
at $35 80. Bacon-retailing for
shoulders at 164 to 161, clear rib
1911 and clear sides 1872 to zoe. f;
sugarcured hams "a to 25c. Lard
fierce 1919 to 2O9 and keg % to
23c. Sugar quiet, but firm; COM
mon II to IL and prime IA to 143c.
MOlasses dull; reboiled 65 to Zoe.
Whisky dull and lower Western
rectiAed 81 10 to 81 10. Coffee
Inactive and nominal; fair 154 and
prime 16t to 1899,
Liverpool, Aug. 1U, evening"
Cotton q shade firmer, but quo
tations unchanged; sales 10000
bales.
New York, Aug. 10, evening
Cotton unchanged; sales 1900
bales at 333e. Gold weak at
1855.
Memphis, Aug. 5.-Election pro-
crossing quietly. Not a single
disorder. Indications that Senter
and Democratic candidates for
Legislature will carry the county
by20O0-
Mobile, Aug. 6.-Last night a
serious riot occurred in this city,
beginning at an outdoor Radical
%seeting to celebrate the triumph
sf the Radical candidates for this
Congressional district. The meet
ing was a large one, and all ne
groes, except a few white leaders.
During the whole of yesterday ru.
EnOrs were liz circulation that the
negroes were very much excited,
defiant and threatening, and
meant to burn the Democratic can
didate for Congress; Col. Mana,
in efigy. Several citizens called
on the Mayor and some of the
Radical leaders, and advised them
that it would be better TO pest
pone the meeting, fer ifthe efsgy
threat was carried, the white peo-
pie could not be restraiRed from
an attempt to resent the indigni-
TT BY farce- Lt vas thonght that
these representations had the, de-
sired effect, and there would be
ne saeetiRg. At 8 o'clock, hewey-
eE, che tar barrels were lighted,
and the negroes began to flock in
until they swelled into a crowd of
u thonsan6 or fifteen hundred.
Many came with gslas, aud most
all with concealed arms, pistols,
knives and raz0rs. Nothing soc-
Cured to disturb the harmony of
The meeting except the infamma-
tory talk of the carpet-bag speak
ers, until about 10 o'clock, when a
jocose dispute between two citi-
zens on subject entirely foreign
to politics or the meeting, attract
ed some attention, and in the pres
sing up to see what it was about
q white man accidentally trod on
the foot 0fa negro. Just as the
alteration about this was settled
apistol shot was heard, and this
was the signal for q general firing.
The whole crowd dispersed imme-
diately. The firing continued a
few moments, as the crowd scat
tered, and in ten minutes q dead
quiet reigned, broken only by the
tread OF white patrols.
A detachment of United States
troops was stationed at the guard
house at the request of the Mayor,
IN anticipation of trouble. They
took no part in the fray, except to
march up town to look after and
put Q stop to some firing. It is
not known who fred the first shot.
Il was q natural result of the ex-
element. There were not over
100 white men as lockers on at
the meeting. The casualties were
small, considering the number of
shots and the close quarters
Many shots must have been fred
in the air. Three negroes were
killed outright, four police officers
were wounded, five negroes and
three white men were wounded.
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