The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-05-20
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CINCINNATI. May I2.-Fiour duh; corn 81
toss; oats 6S y -; whisky 9j. pork $50 % I:
bulk meats loose Ito Ito II bacon loose.
IL Is and 1914 lard Il; groceries un .
changed.
ST. LOUIS, May l2.-Flour SitoS5: wheat
81 so; corn 81: oats 6jto6S: barley 81 85to
so; rye 81 15to$l2O; whisky 81: sugar ITO
Is; molasses 20 to so; pork S3ltoS3l % I;
bulk rib sides loose II; bacon 1874, 10 and
IL.
CHICAGO. May I2.--Flour s. TO 30:
wheat 81 IL corn co; oats co: rye 81 10:
barley 81 6Otol 20; pork S3l lard l73E:
bHlk shoulders IL middles 1870 Is; hams
1873.
NEW ORLEANS, May 12.-Low grades Of
cotton dull aud easier; high grades steady
middlings PSI to - sales LOO: rece ipts
DO; exports 2ll9; gold $3.50; sterling 81 /;
York sight TO premium; -four, super
fine s. 90; Nm 81 10; XXX 50 %; corn
- 70 76; oats 75; bran 81 20; hay, prime
S27 to S2s; pork nominal S32 25; bacon
1879, lie TO l734 lard fierce Isl, 20 10; keg
1875 TO 20; sugar firm, common "a TO 10 ;
prime l3i4; molasses; fermenting 80 TO 30 ;
whisky, western rectifed 81 !, 10 90; coffee
fair 1854 prime liz.
LIVERPOOL Eve. May l2.-Cotton quiet I;
uplands both on the spot aud afloat II I'd /;
Orleans II a4d; sales 5000.
NEW YORK, May l2-Cotton little more
active; sales Zoo bales at 2Si 5 % 2Sst gold
heavy 3734; stock strong and active.
CNCINNATL May l2.-The explosion of a
kerosine lamp resulted in tie burning 20 the
waters edge, the steamers Darling Mary
Erwin. Westmoreland, Melusth. Cheyenne
and Clinton. Loss Of steamers and cargoes
$200,O00. Five deck hands on the Cheyenne
were burned TO death. and four or five
jumped into the river from the Darling. but
one of them saved. Passengers sleeping on
boats also lost. full cargo of cotton just
discharged from the Darling, lost.
WASHINGTON, May l2.-Wm. Cullen Bry-
ant goes minister TO France, in case Wash
burne takes broad hints and resigns.
The Court of Claims pdjourns about the
first of June.
Tie Subcommittee of the House Judi
ciary committee, consisting of Eldridgc
Kerr, Lockridge, and Cook, depart on the
22d of May for Montgomery, to take evil
dence in the Busteed case.
The Treasury Department is making ar
rangements To carry into execution the pro-
visions of the act OF 1862, relative To the cs-
adjustment of a sinking fund.
1t l. not Boutwell's intention 10 put the
bonds purchased weekly on the market. nor
is it his expectation that they will be re-
issued in any form. His object Is the reduc-
ton OF the principal and interest Of the
public debt.
Whitley qualified to-day as chief of the
Treasury detective force.
Three young men were fined three dollars
each for riding velocipedes on the pavement
The President and several Of the heads OF
the departments have given conditional
promises to attend the peace Jubilee in Bos-
ton.
McClellan's visit to-day had reference to
! stevens floating battery for the defence OF
| New York harbUr, whereof Mcclellan l.
| engineer in charge.
| NEW ORLEANS, May 2.-Thc Committe OF
! Invitation To the Commercial Convention.
! 10 be held IN this city on the 9th inst. ARE
| receiving favorable responses To their invi-
| tations, the prospects are encouraging for
| large attendance. The New Orleans
delegation TO the Memphis Convention are
| instructed TO invite the Memphis Conven-
| ton bodily the editorial fraternity gener-
ally, and those i'm the Mississippi Valley par
/ ticularly. are also invited to attend. The
| Committee have arranged that all delegates
| attending will be returned fIec, and will
also be entertained by the hotels OF this ity
at half rates.
| At the Bulk Grain meeting last night At
| ter Gov. Stanford, Messrs. Shryock and Fill
| ley had spoken, Myron Conoly, of the st
| Louis Democrat, Gen. Bussey, and Vice
| President of the Chamber of Commerce
4 Oglesby, spoke strongly representing the
| interest of the entire West ia the movement
/ The matter will be resumed at the COnyen-
! lion here on the 9th; rs also will obstruc-
| lions TO navigation at the mouth Of the Mis-.
sissippi River.
The st. Louis delegation left for home thi;
! evening.
! Gov. Yarmouth yesterday sent "A commu-
1 nication to Auditor Wickifle Withdrawing
| further opposition TO his dscharging ths
/ functions of his Office. and authorizing the
/ officers in charge of the AUDITORS Office e
/ Telinquish possessions to Wickliic.
! GALVESTON, May l2-The db iHti0. ol
! Morgan Hamilton Convention met ia this
city yesterday; slim attendance. but few
counties represented. Adjourned 10 meeI
/ IN Houston in July.
! LONDON, FAY l2.-The morning STANDARD
| a conservative organ. has leading article
/ on the Alabama question and the speech o.
| Mr.. Sumner. The writer reviews the rela.
! tive position OF the United States and Great
| Britain, and asserts that raids and Other
outrages perpetratcd by American fenian'
| in Canada during the past few years, moro
than overbalance depredations committed by
4 the Alabama on American commerce; ant
/ that the Government of Great Britain IN
1 consulting mutual international grievance,
/ TO arbitration did more than could be de-
handed and TO yield further, would be an
act Of cowardicc and irreparrable degrade.
/ ton.
opens quiet, uplands II I'd; Orleans ll7s
I sales 5000 bales.
| Havana. May 15.-Usual accounts o.
| engagements between Spaniards and Cuban'
! which have been received are all magnified
| and arranged 20 suit both parties charges
of atrocious assassinations and crimes arc
made by the Journals aud by private letters
! altogether. The news SO far received Il
unreliable and lighting, according 10 impair.
/ tai CORES pOnQruLE. lu-l1UlnGAut.
LIVERPOOL, T.. NJ, May lJ.-Cotton shad,
easier; uplands ii y; orleans p wheat No
, red, western anu .; corn new. 20.
WAsHINGToN, 1.-two hundred Southern
ministers in attendance on General Synod
| visited Grant to-day.
NEW QoRK, Mag l5.-StOcks steady; mon
ey and Z; sterling ga gold 3914.
CINCINNATI May l4.-FlOur 50 - 10 SO 30
corn 65 TO 60 oats 65 70 20; whisky -
pork $50 so; bulk meats, loose ll3{ to II
bacon. loose IS, lG to 1879; hams ~ TO 70
lard I794; sugar l33s TO l414.
ST. LOUIS, May 14-Flour 81 p to 50 -
wheat, spring 81 u; corn 6 to 20; oat
90 to 6S; barley 81 92l2 whisky %; ry'
81 81; sugar II 10 Is molasses Is 70 s.; pori
S3l bulk meats IL 70 l554; bacon, loos'
/ 1872, l414 to lG54; lard IS.
CHICAGO, May li.-Flour s. 10 So %
| wheat SlllI&; corn G2i6 to G5: oats 59ls
rye 81 ID; barley 81 G5; high wines 9Ols
molasses 81 to 81 05; sugar II to 49,; porl
$50 % TO $3l; Lard ia; bulk meat ll14 4
IA; hams 1919.
LOUISVILLE. May I4.-thoice sugar 155{
prime molasses soc; -four s. 10 ) 80; pori
S3l %; bulk meats, packed, ~ 10 1874 aBr
10; bacon, packed, 1874 TO Il hams 1873
/ corn 65 TO 20; oats &c.
NEW ORLEANS, May 4.-Cotton receipts
to-day, 1859 bales. for the week G5li bales
exports to-day 300. tor the week. coastw ise
29l7 bales, foreign 1929 bales, stock G7.G5i
bales, sales to-day $500 bales, for the week
1880 bales, unchanged. niddlings 2sl4 "a
2S12; gold. $50 sterling. jll4 New 1Ori
sight "a premium -four dull. superfine s. 80
XX 50 81: xxx So %; corn. white. IS
yellow, 80; oats, 10; bran, 81 20; hay. prim
$27 OOto$2S 0O; pork. nominal, 80 OOtoS32 2
bacon, jobbing, 1877. E19tol7s4; lard, IN
changed; sugar, common, 9l2tol0iS prime
| 1872.
WAsHNGToN, May l4.-Full Cabinet meet
lug to-day. The proclamation for Nirgini,
election will be issued Tomorrow. The 6tl
OF July is the day for holding the election
There Will be separate vote on the ties
oath and DISTINGUISHING clauses.
Efforts to have the County organization
clause submitted 10 a separate vote failed.
IL has been determined TO send Sickles {,
Spain.
The closest construction of the neutrality