The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-10-12
FluCluati0n OF Cotton.

fluctuations in cotton prices, in tha,
| market, between September OF las. year
| and the current month. The changes
arc not only most remarkable, but also
| singnlarlv crratlc, and furnish com
plete explanation Of the losses sustained
| Nv plame,s who held on to their cotton
IN the hope ofgrt'ing - better price: OF
the factors who made large advances
upon that staple, and OF the buyers VIII
speculatcd IN il. The chart shows that
on the 2l of September, 1869 that is
TO say jnst about year ago-the mar
ket price Of cotton was thrty-three
cents pound. On that day n drcliue
set IN, aud proceeded so rapidly that, n,
h" close Of the same month the p,lce
had fallen to twenty-four and quarter
cents. Daring tho month Of October
the price remained steady. But. OH the
| lth Of November, il stood twenty
three cents--a decline of ten cents in
sixty days. At this point a slight reac.
ton set IN, and, by the close Of Jann-
ary the price had risen TO twcnty-tour
aud a half nts-,belng quarter Of d
cent higher than at the close Of October.
With the opening Of February com.
menced n steady and continuous decline
until, on the 10Th OF March, the price
had fallen to nineteen and half cents
a week later it was heck to twenty.
two cents, and stood at that for
single week declined the following
week to twcnty.one and half, but
rose again, week later. to twenty
two cents. Alter another series Of
Mountaineering from quarter of
cent to cent-,he price on the 81
of June was within quarter Of that
the 3 lst OF March. VIE: :wenty-ono aud
half cents. Then commenced still
another period Of steady, and, with the
exception ofone week. continuous de-
cline, until, on the 2ist Of July, the price
had gone down 10 seventeen and half
cents. 1t rose n week later to nine.een
cents, and dropped of again OH the 3ls,
Of August, to eighteen and half cents
CHOLERA AppRoAonlNa.- The aw.
ful news Of tho approach Of choie-
ra reminds Ls Of al old, inaidous aid
unconquerablc enemy. In Havana. it
is spreading with frightMl raridi,y.
There we're fifty three deaths III one day
and eighty on another. The victims
ere taken from all classcs-equally.
In the shipping in the harbor, its rava.
ges have been very great, and letters
dread lest the epidemic make snch
headway "a to fill tho city with mourn.
ing, and take the population off in
countless numbers. In France, we
hear of the cholera among the German
troops. In Southeastern Russia, it is
rapidly extending. The Journal de ST..
Petersburg. of the lth inst, announces
twenty cases and ten deaths from the
epidemic at Rostow, aud nine cases
and ;our deaths at Kertch. The appear.
ance Of the disease is also announced at
Odessa, in communication dated the
l4th inst. The latest news from Tags
anrog states that from the 18th Of
June to the 2s'l OF July, lls cases Of
the malady occurred in that town, seven.
ty-five Of which ended fatally.
SINGULAR ORiaIN OF FlREs.--The
Salem Register says that lady in that
city lost about dozen yards of velvet
which took iire from the rays of the sun
passing through globe in which an
ornamcnt was Roailug IN water. But
for the timely discovery Of the fire the
house might have been burned.
We remember case Of that kind
which occurred years ago. a globe
containing a pair Of gold fish was left on
the table in the parlor near a front
window, md while tho family were
at breakfast smoke was smell, and all
hands started to see what the matter
@as. On going into the par'or where
there had been no fire, they found It
drnsely filed with smoke. and large
hole burnt through the carpet and Roor.
The fire bursled ia a fame when The
door was opened. The cause was ap
parent the unclonded sun had cast
his rays through tho globe OF water,
giving it the effect OF a burning lens or
sun glass. In u few n,lnutes more the
house wonld have been all atlaze.
The unconcious lille fshca however,
were rs cool as a cucumber all the time.
--LGUrence Eagle.
----<s.
CURE FOR LocKJAw.-A correspond.
ent Of the Scientific American recon-
mends turpentine as a certain cure for
lockjaw. He says:
"Let any one who has an attack Of
lockjaw take a small quantity Of turpen.
tine, wnrn IT and pour il on the wound
nn matter where The wound is nr shat
its nature, aud relief will follow IN less
than one minute. Nothing better can
be applied to severe cut or bruise than
cold turbcntiha IL voill rive captain ra.