The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-01-01


WAaHrNaroN, Dec. a9-The Agricultural
report Of the Commissioner says with au
the increase Of farmers % produce, anQ pop
ulatiOn 20 consume, and with an actual enc
largement Of area under culture, t = eer-
tain that actually leus corn 10 produced LhAn
In 1865 The drought on the Atlantic eoaat
ls less Injurious 70 cotton than corn. Every
/ last veal.
Picking commenced earlier than usual
ana later botla ripened more thoroughly.
| Iobacco' latest returns indicate n seduc-
/ ton OF ~ per cent. in Virginia and Mary
land, 6S In Kentucky, l0 in Michigan. and q
4 slight reduction in Illinois and Indiana. A
/ fair summary indicates An aggregate reduc-
81. Louis. Dec. 2G.-Two hundred ana
INV Chinese departed on the steamer Mis-
] sissippi for Texas Railroads.
Agricultural report just out makes the
cotton crop 400 600 commercial bales which
fully equal 100000 bale Of 400 pounds.
NEW ORIEANs, Dec. 10 Cotton rctlyc
and high grades easier and hrm AZ 2i@sitdei
sugar prime l2@l254e. holasses' PRIME
$500.
NEw YORK. Dec. 2o.-Gold Jun and heavy
nc 1894 1890.
LrvERroot- Dec. 29-Cotton closed heavy /;
UplAnds ll1ad; Orleans 1871; sales l2i00
bales for eN port aud -pFrul tt.tH 300 % '"s
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 3l.-The Greet South
ern Mail roufe from New lHrh. a. .ttt.. sud
ington. Richmond aud LyncbburR, to Mo-
bile and New Orleans has been changed via
Cincinnati and Louisville. The Louisville
aud Cincinnati short line railroads runnlpR
3 daily trains from Cincinnati aud making
close connections at Loui-Nlllr win the
Nashville and Memphis lines is the cause.
WASHINGTON. Dec D.-Rrvcuur e0l8 600
IL 4 reiterated that the President viii
refer the alleged Irregularities Of the Tex
As election 20 Congress.
MI 80 H.NH|
suggests As \ matter Of safety, the refusal ~
all $50 aud 800 Of the First National bank
Of Jersey CITY.
There has arrived here easy, Tissot and
kensella. These parties come here % hd-
Just the New Orleans Custom House com-
ltications. The President received to-day
a memorial signed hy leading merchants
and business men, living in Victoria ana
other places On British Columbia. meutinn-
ing various reasons why that colony should
be transferred TO the United states aud ask
ing the Presidents interpretation for THAT
object The President stated 90 che bearer
Of the memorial that he had read the paper
with great Interest and sent 10 10 thc state
Department. sumner Chairman % The Sru-
ate Committee on Foreign Relations, sympa-
thiZrs with the movement. A general muNr-
ment will be made In the colony toward
annexation.
The Merchants Exchange bank Of New
York, loses but $4,000 by Oakley's dciAlca-
l
NEw YORK. Dec. 3O.-The Erie railway,
| Company have seized the books Of the Great
Western and Atlantic Company, aud nov
| control that road.
NEW ORLEANS. Dec 3l.-Cotton actiye
and hrmer At 2ii4c; sales s6OO bales; re-
ceipts, l0.02l bales exports, to Liverpool,
1898 bales coastwise 2O73 bales. Receipts
| foI the week, 42.745 bhles; ports, 2Av2B
| bales: stock on hand, lal139 bales. sugar
quiet; prime. l2@ l2l4c; mUlasses, prime 05
| Ca7Oc whisky 9DmSl coffee, fair 1910
| l5l4c.; prime liza @i7ls Gold 2Oh.
| IT. LOUIS. Dee. 3l.-Fluur, suprrilur %
| ga 25 Corn. mixed and yellow bulk 65m
66c Oats 5Oa55c whisky, zoe Pork. g1S
50; bulk shoulders, llAe; clear slides lbh
! ole; bacon, clear rib, l7l4c; lard tirrcr,
7iAc.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 81 .--Cotton 23l4c; Fam
lily -four steady &C - %; Corn, Bbm7OC +;
| oats soc; sales of 10 hhds tobacco At 80 90
| @SOO; pork held at $50 % bacon shoulders
lll4c; sides l7@l7i4; bulk shoulders i2iac.
sides, l5ls a. Ice; lard. lSc. whisky, 9tm86.
NEW lORK, Dec. 3l.--Cotton 10 higher;
sales $500 bales at 25a4c Gold iirmcr at BOA